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Charles D. Snow photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1610

Scope and Contents

The Charles D. Snow photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 3 color photographs of the Neal family ranch and the Dinosaur National Monument area taken in the 1990s. The collection also contains 4 black-and-white copy prints of older family photographs, originals taken in the 1960s but prints created later, likely in the 1990 or 2000s. The images were donated in conjunction with an audio recording of the Neal and Snow family recollections of Dinosaur National Monument.

Dates

  • 1990-2000

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Charles D. Snow photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Biographical Note

Charles Donald “Don” Snow (1926-2018) was born on April 15, 1926, in Jensen, Utah, to Olive Arletta Neal and Albert Milo Snow. Snow was raised in Jensen, located near Dinosaur National Monument. According to the obituary of his maternal grandmother, Eliza Virginia Veatch Neal, paleontologist Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum stayed at the Conrad Frank ranch owned by the Neals during his 1909 excavations. Douglass’s discovery of dinosaur bones in what would be known as the Carnegie Quarry led President Woodrow Wilson to designate the area as a national monument in 1915. According to newspaper reports, members of the Neal and Snow families assisted Douglass in his work and may have been present at some of his discoveries.

Don Snow served in World War II in the United States Navy, serving on the U.S.S. Metcalf (DD-595). After his discharge from the Navy, Snow attended the University of Utah, studying first business administration and then geology. In 1948, he married Bonnie Belle Goodman. After graduating in 1952, Snow began working as a geologist, first for the Bureau of Land Management and then for various uranium projects in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, and the west coast. After Bonnie Snow died in 2009, Don began pursuing writing, publishing Chasing Gas Hills Yellowcake, an account of the Gas Hills uranium boom. Don Snow died on August 18, 2018.

Extent

7 Items (1 box)

Abstract

Charles Donald “Don” Snow (1926-2018) was a geologist and author. In the early 20th century, Snow's family lived near the Utah quarry where Earl Douglass discovered dinosaur bones in 1909. This collection contains color photographs from the 1990s of the former family ranch and black-and-white copy prints of photographs of Neal and Snow family members.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Charles D. Snow in 2009.

Separated Materials

See also the Charles D. Snow audiovisual collection (A1004) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections staff.
Title
Guide to the Charles D. Snow photograph collection, 1990-2000
Author
Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863