Scope and Contents
The Papers of William T. Reid, Jr. primarily consists of correspondence and related papers, photographs, Reid family papers and memorabilia, and notes on athletes, dating from 1878 to 1981. Papers relate to Reid's family, his career at Harvard as a football coach, and his life as a Harvard undergraduate. A scrapbook from 1900 contains clippings covering the baseball season, photographs of Reid in uniform and of the baseball team's southern trip, telegrams and correspondence, curriculum material, and ephemera (including baseball-themed valentines). A small amount of material in the scrapbook dates from 1897/1898, including admissions examinations.
Dates
- Creation: 1863-1981
Creator
- Reid, Bill, 1878-1976 (Person)
Researcher access
Open for research; some access restrictions may apply. Requires review by archivist.
Extent
6.60 cubic feet (20 document boxes, 2 flat boxes)Arrangement
The collection is arranged in eight series:
- Miscellaneous papers (HUG 4736.10)
- Correspondence and related papers: Reid family, 1863-1970 (HUG 4736.12)
- Photographs from the William T. Reid Jr. collection : Correspondence and related papers, Reid family, 1863-1970 (HUG 4736.12 p)
- Correspondence and related papers, 1889-1971 (HUG 4736.14)
- Photographs from the William T. Reid Jr. collection : Correspondence and related papers, 1889-1971 (HUG 4736.14 p)
- Reid family papers and memorabilia, 1870-1981 (HUG 4736.25)
- Photographs, 1902-1981 (HUG 4736.30 p)
- Scrapbook, 1900 (HUG 4736.35)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thomas Stetson, March 7, 1994; accession 12838.
Processing Information
Series HUG 4736.12 and Series HUG 4736.14 were processed by P.A. Rosales circa 1994.
This finding aid was created by Jennifer Pelose in June 2020.
Information in this finding aid was assembled from container management data and legacy collection inventories. The collection was not re-examined.
Content enclosed in brackets was supplied by the archivist.
Creator
- Reid, Bill, 1878-1976 (Person)
- Title
- Reid, Bill, 1878-1976. Papers of William T. Reid, Jr., 1863-1981 : an inventory
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua55020
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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