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Janet Snyder Matthews
Birth Name:Janet Snyder
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Janet Snyder Matthews is an American historian and author. She is known for her work on historical places in Florida.

Early life and education

Matthews grew up in Ohio. She has a bachelor's degree from Kent State University and a master's degree from Ohio State University.[1] She earned a second master's degree[2] and a Ph.D. from Florida State University.[3]

Career

Matthews worked as the director of Florida's Division of Historical Resources. and was named the head of the state's Bureau of Historical Preservation in 1999.[4] In 2002 she joined the National Park Service's advisory board,[5] and in 2004 she moved to the National Park Service where she was associate director for cultural resources and the keeper of the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

She appeared on C-Span in 2005 when she was an official with the National Park Service.[7] In 2009 she returned to the University of Florida, first to teach classes on historic preservation and then to work in the communications regarding historic properties in Florida.[8]

Matthews writes about historically-important places. In 1987, the town of Venice, Florida commissioned her to write[9] what would become Venice, Journey from Horse and Chaise.[10] She also wrote Edge of Wilderness, a Settlement History of Manatee River and Sarasota Bay 1528-1885 (1983),[11] and Sarasota: Journey to Centennial (1985)[12]

Awards and honors

She received the Senator Bob Williams Award, given for exceptional service in historic preservation in Florida, in 2016.

Personal life

She married lawyer A. Lamar Matthews Jr.,[13] whom she met while he was in law school and she was working at University of Florida.

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Putterman . Samantha . May 26, 2016 . Local historian Janet Snyder Matthews honored . 2023-03-21 . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . en-US.
  2. News: 1985-08-17 . Sarasota's past holds writer's future . 32 . The Tampa Tribune . 2023-12-09.
  3. Web site: Djinis . Elilzabeth . March 9, 2022 . Longtime Sarasota lawyer, mentor, advocate Lamar Matthews dies . 2023-06-12 . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . en-US.
  4. News: Stockbridge-Pratt . Dorothy . 31 Aug 1999 . Historian accepts Florida positions . 3B . Sarasota Herald Tribune ; Sarasota, Fla. . Proquest.
  5. News: 21 April 2002 . Historic challenge ; How to bring the past alive under current conditions? . F2 . Sarasota Herald Tribune ; Sarasota, Fla . Proquest.
  6. News: Goodnough . Abby . January 4, 2010 . For Cape Cod Wind Farm, New Hurdle Is Spiritual . .
  7. Web site: Janet Snyder Matthews | C-SPAN.org . www.c-span.org.
  8. News: Chun . Diane . 1 Apr 2014 . Giving a "remarkable city" its due . Gainesville Sun; Gainesville, Fla. . Proquest.
  9. News: Mudge . Bob . 2017-11-08 . Venice historian headlines library luncheon . 10A . Port Charlotte Sun . 2023-12-09.
  10. Review of Venice
  11. Review of Edge of Wilderness
  12. Review for second edition of Sarasota
    • News: Stockbridge-Pratt . Dorothy . 22 Dec 1997 . JOURNEY TO CENTENNIAL SKETCHES ADD COLOR TO ACCOUNT . 1B . Sarasota Herald Tribune; Sarasota, Fla. . Proquest.
  13. Web site: JANET SNYDER MATTHEWS BOOK IS BACK! – Friends of the Venice Public Library, Inc. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210319115904/https://www.venicefriends.org/venice-book/ . March 19, 2021.

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