Snyder-Rockwell collection, 1779-1948 (bulk 1862-1918).

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Snyder-Rockwell collection, 1779-1948 (bulk 1862-1918).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729670968

The collection contains personal correspondence & memoirs of the Snyder & Rockwell families, diaries & journals, and newspaper & journal articles about Kansas & Missouri from 1779 through 1948. Captain Bertrand Rockwell and his wife Julia appear to be the main collectors of this history. There are several collections of personal correspondence from different members of the Snyder family but only a clipping about Captain Rockwell's father and his Civil War journal.

2 cubic ft. (4 boxes (1 oversize))

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8099501

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Rockwell, Julia Marshall Snyder, 1850-1947.

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Snyder family.

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Rockwell, Bertrand, 1844-1930.

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Rockwell family.

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Custer, Thomas Ward, 1845-1876

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