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Title: Donald Snyder Scrapbook, 1929-1941

Predominant Dates: 1933-1938

ID: MSS Snyder

Primary Creator: Snyder, Donald E. (1915-2001)

Extent: 0.35 cubic feet. More info below.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2002

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Donald Snyder Scrapbook was assembled by alumnus Donald E. Snyder and documents his student experience at Oregon State College. In addition to event programs and dance cards, the scrapbook contains greeting cards, ticket stubs, grade reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, watercolor drawings, and decals. Snyder graduated in 1938 with a degree in engineering.

The Donald Snyder Scrapbook was assembled by alumnus Donald E. Snyder and documents his student experience at Oregon State College. The scrapbook contains greeting cards, ticket stubs, decals, dance cards, membership cards, grade reports, a driver's license, event programs, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and watercolor drawings. There are also materials relating to Snyder's elementary and high school education (diplomas) as well as documentation of his marriage to Martha De Ganna.

Born in 1915, Donald E. Snyder grew up in Glendale, Oregon. He entered Oregon State College in 1934 and was a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1938, Snyder went on to work as an engineer for the federal government. He married Martha De Ganna in 1941. Snyder died in 2001.

Author: Karl McCreary

More Extent Information: 3 photographs; 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The Donald Snyder Scrapbook was transferred to the former University Archives in 2002 by the OSU Alumni Association.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center has other scrapbooks assembled by students that document their experience at Oregon State College during the 1930s and 1940s. These include: the Grace Gramms Scrapbook (MSS Gramms); the Doris P. Adamson Scrapbook (MSS Adamson); the Jayne Walters Scrapbook (MSS Walters); and the Russell and Katherine Tegnell Scrapbook (MSS Tegnell).

Preferred Citation: Donald Snyder Scrapbook (MSS Snyder), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information placed online in 2012.

Snyder, Donald E. (1915-2001)

Oregon State College--Alumni and alumnae.
Snyder, Donald E., 1915-2001
Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Dance cards.
Drawings (visual works).
Ephemera (general object genre)
Photographic prints.
Scrapbooks.