Samuel E. Snider manuscript collection, 1894-1896.

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Samuel E. Snider manuscript collection, 1894-1896.

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The majority of the materials are from Snider's tenure as missionary at Ft. Defiance, Arizona, during the period 1894-1896. Included are photographic materials of Hopi and Navajo Indians and Snider's letter book which contains intra-agency correspondence with the Methodist Episcopal Church and with United States Indian agency officials. Also included are an 1891 Bible; a small ledger, ca. 1895; an Odd-Fellows manual, 1904; a brochure from the Central Branch National Military Home, Montgomery County, Ohio, ca. 1915; and news clippings.

.5 linear ft.

Northern Arizona University, Cline Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7608023

Northern Arizona University, Cline Library

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Snider, Samuel E., 1847-1921.

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Reverend Samuel E. Snider was born June 8, 1847, in Preston County, West Virginia. He served in the Fourth West Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. Following the War he moved in Pawschiek County, Iowa. By 1871 he was licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Maggie Hickman in 1873. His missionary career among the Indians began in 1881 with the Sioux where he established the boarding school at Fort Peck, Montana. From 1884 to 1896 he was a missionary at Ft. Defiance, Ari...

Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...