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Cite as: Denton J. Snider Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1536
Snyder, John Francis, Dr. (1830-1921).
Papers, 1839-1920. 3 boxes
Dr. John F. Snyder was born March 22, 1830, near Cahokia, Illinois. He studied for two
years at McDowell’s Medical College in St. Louis, before traveling to California during the gold
rush. After two years, he returned to McDowell’s College and received his medical license in
1853. He then settled in Bolivar, Missouri. He joined the Missouri militia in the late 1850s and
during the Civil War he served as an officer in the Missouri State Guard and later in the
Confederate army under General Sterling Price. After the war he moved to Virginia, Illinois. He
served in the Illinois state legislature in the 1870s. He died April 30, 1921, in Virginia, Illinois.
Cite as: Dr. John F. Snyder Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2300
Social Planning Council.
Board of Directors Minutes, 1941 October-1945 December. 2 boxes
The Community Council of St. Louis, established in 1911, reorganized in 1937 as the Social
Planning Council. It was supported by the United Charities, Inc. The council was a voluntary
association made up of over 95 public and private social agencies for the purpose of studying
social conditions; analyzing and stimulating social needs and the community resources necessary
to meet them; insuring that the health and welfare needs of people are adequately satisfied and
promoting cooperation, higher standards, efficiency and coordination among the agencies of the
community.
Collection contains monthly typescript minutes and financial statements of the Board of
Directors of the Social Planning Council, dated October 1941 to December 1945. These minutes
include reports of hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, camps and several other types of
institutions in St. Louis City and County. The following individuals served as officers of the
organization: Dr. Llewellyn Sale (president), Dr. Walter B. Bodenhafer, R. Walston Chubb, John
L. Bracken, Rev. Fr. John J. Butler, Rev. Richard R. Caemmerer, Harry W. Castlen, Julian B
Cohn, Scott R. Dekins, Samuel Gerson, Mrs. John A. Haskell, Judge Fred J. Hoffmeister, Henry
F. Chadeayne, Father A. M. Schwitalla, E. G. Steger, Myron Gwinner, Harry G. Koerber, Joseph
W. McClain, Mrs. Arthur Stockstrom, Mrs. J. Eldred Newton, and Dean Sidney E. Sweet.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Social Planning Council Board of Directors Minutes, Missouri History Museum
Archives, St. Louis.
A1537
Socialer Saengerchor (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1866-1880. 3 volumes
The Socialer Saengerchor was a German singing society formed in St. Louis in the 1850s.
These records consist of a library register (1866-1871), minutes (1866-1880), and an undated
song catalogue of the Socialer Saengerchor.
Mostly in German handscript.
Cite as: Socialer Saengerchor Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0853
Societe Francaise D'Aide Mutuelle.