Mabel Snyder Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one oversized box containing four 16 x 20" portraits of Allen's Grove Township, Scott County, Iowa residents and one small flat archive box containing eight Scott County rural school records, attendance, and grade books from 1916-1947, most of which belonged to Mabel (Chrohnwick) Snyder.
The portraits were identified by handwriting on the back as:
Susan (JACOBS) SNYDER [1802-1874], wife of Simon and daughter of Mark and Lois JACOBS. She would have been the grandmother of Raymond E. Snyder, Mabel's husband. This is a charcoal like portrait of a younger woman wearing braids. It is not signed.
Mabel (CHROHNWICK) SNYDER [1884-1965], daughter of Edwin and Emma (WOOD) CHROHNWICK. The image is of a child at the age of 5 years or so. The medium resembles charcoal and is not signed.
Emma (WOOD) CHROHNWICK [1862-1947], wife of Edwin and mother of Mabel. This is another charcoal like portrait of a more mature woman with her hair styled up. It is not signed.
Hannah (HELLER) PARKER [1821-1893], wife of G.W. and daughter of Jacob HELLER. This researcher has not made a connection between Mabel Snyder and Mrs. Parker. This is a 14 x 17" sepia toned photographic print that has been mounted. The older woman has her hair pulled back severely and is wearing wire rimmed eye glasses.
Seven of the eight volumes of school records are from Liberty Township Independent #1 in Dixon, Iowa from 1916-1922 and 1936-1946 kept by teacher Mabel (Chrohnwick) Snyder. Included are attendance, performance and annual reports. There are notes regarding students' needs, visitors, teacher salary, etc.
One volume is from Allens Grove #5 (also known as Sand Hill #5) from 1933-1947. These records include attendance, performance and annual reports and were kept by eight different teachers: Dorothea Schultz, Gladus Dittmer, Betty McMullen, Clara Staggs, Mardelle Paustian, Evelyn Meyer, Florence Puck, Bertha McCammant, Margaret Sheridan and Bonnie Spangler.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1947
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Biographical / Historical
Most of the school records and three of the four portraits in this accession can be associated with Maude (Chrohnwick/Chronwick/Chronwich) Snyder. Maude was the only surviving child of Edwin and Emma (Wood) Chrohnwick.
Edwin and Emma married in Tipton, Iowa in December 1878 and are found in Inland Township, Cedar County, Iowa in the 1880 census but soon moved to Scott County, Iowa. Edwin died in 1929 and Emma in 1947. They are buried in the Dixon Cemetery.
Maude Viola Chrohnwick was born April 21, 1883 or 1884 in Dixon, Iowa and married Raymond Ephraim Snyder July 7, 1915 in Muscatine, Iowa. In the 1920 census Maude is listed with her parents Edwin and Emma in Allen's Grove Township with her occupation noted as teacher. It seems Raymond abandoned her soon after their marriage. He is not listed as a surviving child in his mother's 1917 obituary.
Raymond was the son of Calvin Burr and Harriet (Haile) Snyder. After Calvin's death in 1928 there were legal issues involving his share of the estate and there were efforts to have Raymond declared legally dead as he had been missing more than seven years. Maude filed for and was granted a divorce in 1960 with the cause noted as abandonment.
Calvin's parents were Simon and Susan (Jacobs) Snyder (1802-1874). They were early settlers of Allen's Grove Township, arriving in 1846 to establish their farm. Susan was born in 1802 in Pennsylvania, married in New York, moved to Ohio for a time and settled in Iowa. She died in 1874 and is buried with Calvin in the Dixon Cemetery.
Maude Snyder made a career of teaching in Scott County schools for 54 years, 50 of which were spent in the Dixon school. She retired in 1954 at the age of 70. Maude died in Davenport in 1965 and is buried in the Dixon Cemetery with her parents.
Extent
2.80 Linear Feet (in 1 oversized flat box 29 x 23 x 1.5" and 1 flat clamshell box 15.5 x 10.5 x2".)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 44 Section 4: Portraiture
Range 33 Section 1: School Records
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
Physical Description
some staining but quite good
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
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