CAHC receives former Congressman Snyder’s papers
On Monday, Nov. 13, patrons gathered at the Argenta Community Theatre to celebrate former U.S. Congressman Vic Snyder and his legacy of work.
Presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield, the event raised $19,550 to oversee the archival costs of Snyder鈥檚 political papers, which will call the archives at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) home.
Snyder鈥檚 connection to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is twofold, having graduated from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 William H. Bowen School of Law, as well as having served 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock during his time in congress as it falls in the Second Congressional District.
The collection is quite large and includes over 700 boxes full of items Snyder amassed during his political career, spanning his time in the Arkansas Senate, from 1991-96, as well as his seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1997-2011. Archivists have only just begun work on the collection.
So far, they鈥檝e found invitations, letters, photos, scrapbooks, news clippings, photos of school groups that visited him at the Capitol, as well as a plethora of papers that detail his work drafting legislation.
The entire collection is expected to take two years to process. Items will be sorted, organized into folders, and stored in acid-free archival boxes. The collection will then be permanently housed in the archives at the CAHC. The goal is to make the information contained in the collection available to the public.
Dr. Deborah Baldwin, Associate Provost for Collections and Archives at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, is overseeing the project.
鈥淎rchives are not meant to be housed in dark places,鈥� says Baldwin. 鈥淭hey are meant for the general public to use 鈥� for students, teachers, scholars, for anyone.鈥�
The end result will include a web exhibit, a searchable 鈥渇inding aid鈥� with detailed information about the collection鈥檚 holdings, as well as teacher curriculum guides and more.
This article was written by Becca Bona and originally appeared in .