Janet Snyder Matthews | |
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Born | Janet Snyder |
Janet Snyder Matthews is an American historian and author. She is known for her work on historical places in Florida.
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] [4]
Matthews worked as the director of Florida's Division of Historical Resources. [4] [ when? ] and was named the head of the state's Bureau of Historical Preservation in 1999. [5] In 2002 she joined the National Park Service's advisory board, [6] 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. [7] [1]
She appeared on C-Span in 2005 when she was an official with the National Park Service. [8] In 2009 she returned to the University of Florida, first to teach classes on historic preservation [1] and then to work in the communications regarding historic properties in Florida. [9]
Matthews writes about historically-important places. In 1987, the town of Venice, Florida commissioned her to write [10] what would become Venice, Journey from Horse and Chaise. [11] She also wrote Edge of Wilderness, a Settlement History of Manatee River and Sarasota Bay 1528–1885 (1983), [12] and Sarasota: Journey to Centennial (1985) [13]
She received the Senator Bob Williams Award, given for exceptional service in historic preservation in Florida, in 2016. [1]
She married lawyer A. Lamar Matthews Jr., [4] whom she met while he was in law school and she was working at University of Florida. [3]