Florence Lydia Snow papers
Overview
Florence Snow (1861-1955) was a poet and author who lived most of her life in Kansas. These papers include her journals and notebooks, correspondence, poems and other writings, public proofs and notes, studies of the human hand, Snow's obituary along with images of her, and some family history.
Dates
- Creation: 1895 - 1954
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Florence Snow
Florence Lydia Snow was born on June 18, 1861 at Bellmore, Indiana to Lydia and George Catlin Snow. In 1862, the family moved to Kansas, where George Snow was an agent at Neosho Falls in Woodson County for the Osage Nation.
The family resided for a time at Baldwin City in Douglas County, and later lived at Neosho Falls. Florence earned an undergraduate degree from Baldwin City's Baker University in 1883. She became a prolific author and poet, receiving an honorary master's degree from the University of Kansas in 1908. In 1909, she earned a graduate degree from Baker University, and in fall 1919 attended graduate classes at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
Her published works include The Lamp of Gold, Sincerely Yours, and her autobiographical Pictures on My Wall: a Lifetime in Kansas. Following the death of her parents in 1920, Florence moved from Neosho Falls to Lawrence in Douglas County. She died on October 17, 1955.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 969
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, Florence Snow, November 1943; Lydia Sain, August 1958 and November 1959; Hester Buell, August 1980; Barbara A. Brookhart, 2021, 2022.
Separated Materials
Miss Snow compiled a scrapbook of articles:
Snow, Florence Lydia, Kansas art and artists, Lawrence, Kansas : Watson Library, 1942. RH E314, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library
Processing Information
Some materials previously located at RH MS 305, which had been transferred from University Archives. Volume 13 in Box 1 was formerly shelved at KB R1 Ac12s.
Subject
- Snow, Florence L. (Florence Lydia), 1861- (Person)
- Buell, Hester, 1900-1993 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Florence Lydia Snow Collection
- Subtitle
- Florence Lydia Snow papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mab, 2007. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2007. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2021; eje, 2023.
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1843003431
- Preferred citation
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Florence Lydia Snow papers, Kansas Collection, RH MS 969, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository