EXIT INTERVIEW: HENRY SNYDER

Abstract

Henry Snyder was born in Hayward, California in 1929 and did his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his PhD in history in 1963. He has taught and held administrative positions at University of Kansas, Louisiana State University, and University of California, Riverside. He has been director of the North American English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) project since 1978. In that time, the project has expanded from its original focus on eighteenth-century imprints to include records for letterpress items in any language printed between 1473 and 1800 in England or any of its dependencies, and works . . .