Snare, Wilma Cook, collection, 1856-1997

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

This collection consist of records, histories, and photographs related to families, places, groups and businesses in Cherokee and Crawford Counties, Kansas. Includes histories of the Tharp and Bumgarner families of the area.

Wilma Cook Snare, born in 1930 to Walter and Myrtle Cook, was a local historian of Cherokee County, Kansas, and a licensed practitioner nurse at the Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center. Snare collected and researched material related to places, mining, events, and families of Cherokee County. She wrote a book on its history called Down Memory Lane, and wrote articles for local newspapers, as well as assisting researchers. Wilma Cook Snare passed in 2004, followed by her husband Robert Stanley Snare in 2005.

Publication Date

8-23-2022

Keywords

Mining, Social Life and Customs

Disciplines

History

Size of Collection

.5 linear feet

Dates of Collection

1856-1997

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0300

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Snare, Wilma Cook, collection, 1856-1997" (2022). Finding Aids. 420.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/420