Description
By Frank R. Snyder and Others
Conceived by Irene Moore Lindsey
Completed by Valerie Edwards Elliott
This new title is available through the Smith Library please contact the library at: 1-513-523-3035 or by email at sml@lanepl.org for availability.
When young photographer Frank R. Snyder came to Oxford, Ohio, in the late 1890s, the small college town was known as the home of Miami University, Oxford College for Women, and Western College for Women. In addition to photographing many events at these institutions of higher learning, Snyder established a reputation for taking pictures of people and houses, and became the Oxford area’s leading photographer during the first half of the twentieth century. Fortunately, his family preserved thousands of Snyder’s photographic negatives after his death. As Oxford grew to be a city, many of the older homes that he photographed were altered or demolished, and Snyder’s pictures have survived as a notable record of the Midwestern town’s residential architecture. This book marks the first time that so many of them have appeared in one publication.
Irene Moore Lindsey moved to Oxford, Ohio, at an early age when her father came to practice medicine. She grew up in Oxford, graduated from high school and then from Miami University. After pursuing additional studies at the Katharine Gibbs School, she began her career at House Beautiful magazine in New York. There she remained for almost a decade before returning to her hometown, where she and her East Coast husband reared their two sons. She was a community leader who was elected to local government office and in later years was employed at the Smith Library of Regional History. In retirement she began writing the text for this book.
Valerie Edwards Elliott moved to Oxford, Ohio, as a young child when her father joined the faculty at Miami University. She grew up in Oxford, graduating from high school and also from Miami University. She earned a master’s degree from Indiana University and began her career as a librarian in San Diego, California. After a decade she returned with her West Coast husband to Oxford, where they reared their two sons. She followed Irene Lindsey in heading the Smith Library, and in retirement completed the book begun by her predecessor.
