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Charles W. Snell

A National Park Service historian with a long career in public history, he wrote guides and administrative histories that helped interpret major American historic sites for visitors and researchers alike.

2 Audiobooks

Saratoga National Historical Park, New York

Saratoga National Historical Park, New York

by Charles W. Snell, Francis Wilshin

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, New York

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, New York

by Charles W. Snell

About the author

Charles W. Snell was an American historian associated with the U.S. National Park Service. Sources found for this profile connect him with works on places such as Saratoga National Historical Park and Antietam, suggesting a career focused on documenting and interpreting important historic landscapes.

A Washington Post obituary published in July 2007 identifies him as Charles W. Snell and notes that he died on July 8, 2007, in Silver Spring, Maryland. The same notice mentions military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, pointing to military service as part of his life story.

Because detailed biographical material was limited in the sources available here, this overview stays close to what could be confirmed: he appears to have been a public historian whose writing supported the preservation and interpretation work of the National Park Service.