Wilbert Snow papers

Collection

Identifier: 1000-437

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes files on Snow's writing, both of poetry and prose, correspondence, political activities, position on the Middletown Board of Education, student reviews, papers and essays, and copies of the manuscript of his autobiography.

Dates

Creation: 1910-1979

Creator

Snow, Wilbert, 1884-1977 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Some materials is in public domain - No Copyright - United States

Biographical / Historical

C. [Charles] Wilbert Snow was a man of great intellect and a restless spirit. He was born on Whitehead Island, Maine in 1884 and went from this remote beginning to a varied career that spanned lobster fisherman in Maine, reindeer agent in Alaska, published poet and firm friend of Robert Frost, and Deputy Governor of Connecticut. Wilbert Snow Elementary School in Middletown, CT is named for him. He held teaching positions at 7 institutions of higher education, including 31 years at Wesleyan.* He was the father of 5 sons, one of whom died at age 14. His autobiography, Codline’s Child, published in 1974 by Wesleyan, is named for the midwife who delivered him.

* New York University (1907–1908), Bowdoin College (1908–1909), Williams College (1909–1910), the University of Utah (1913–1915), Indiana University (1916–1918, 1919–1921), Reed College (1918–1919), and Wesleyan University (1921–1952). https://library.udel.edu/special/findaids/view?docId=ead/mss0317.xml;tab=notes

Extent

47 Linear Feet (35 paige boxes, 3 hollinger boxes, 1 half hollinger box, 10 scrapbooks, 3" stack and 2 envelopes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

C. [Charles] Wilbert Snow was a man of many talents including poet, author, educator, politician. These papers primarily represent the 31 years he taught at Wesleyan and his concomitant activites during that time.

Arrangement

Series I: Alphabetical Boxes, describes the contents of cartons received from the family in 1979. Box X contains a copy of Snow's autobiography received earlier.

Series II: Numbered Boxes, describes the contents of 4 file cabinets containing Snow's papers that were rehoused in 1983.

Series III: Not Boxed, contains items such as scrapbooks, audiorecordings, ephemera, and two manuscript copies of Snow's autobiography.