Title: Frank O. Schneider Historical Maps and Business Records, 1656-1943
Collection identifier: 257
Primary Creator: Schneider, Frank O
Extent: 5.4 cubic feet. More info below.
Frank O. Schneider (1887-1943), of Kankakee, Illinois, was a civic-minded businessman and nationally respected figure in the Savings and Loan community. Schneider dedicated his professional life to the Kankakee Federal Savings and Loan Association (originally called the Kankakee Building and Loan Association), a company that enabled thousands of Kankakee residents to buy homes of their own. In addition to his duties as President of the Savings and Loan, Schneider was a partner in the Albert Schneider & Sons insurance firm, and he served as the director of several national banking and savings organizations.
Schneider was also a collector of early maps and atlases. He was particularly interested in cartographic representations of the Kankakee River.
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: 1 oversize folder
Acquisition Source: The collection was donated to the Library between 2000 and 2008 by Lorraine Z. Schneider (Frank Schneider's daughter-in-law) and her children, including Richard and Eileen Schneider, Ann L. and William C. Walters, and Donna A. and Richard M. Duffield.
Related Materials:
A number of books and Kankakee City Directories included in the Schneider family's donation have been catalogued for the unit.
See also Images of a Vanished Era, 1898-1924: The Photographs of Walter C. Schneider [brother of Frank O. Schneider], ed. Lucian Niemeyer (2007): Q.070.49 Sch586i.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/schneider.pdf
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