The Dorothy Ada Snow Papers include travel diaries and itineraries, correspondence, and photo albums. Snow was employed at Mount Holyoke College from 1940 until her retirement in 1977. Four brief travel diaries and two itineraries record Snow's travels to Great Britain and Ireland in 1963 and 1965. The diaries contain discussions of meals, lodgings, fellow travellers, and the sights. Other materials include the cards, notes, and letters which Snow recieved upon her retirement. Two photograph albums in the collection also relate to Snow's retirement. One album includes photos of friends and coworkers, identifing captions accompany all of the photos.

This collection is organized into four series:

• Travel Material
• Retirement Material
• Biographical Information
• Photograph Albums