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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1091.3
Creator: Reed, John, 1887-1920.
Title: John Reed additional papers,
Date(s): 1887-1976.
Quantity: 3 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Additional personal papers of John Reed, the American journalist and revolutionary.

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Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

• I. Letters
• II. Compositions
• III. Photographs
• IV. Printed material

Scope and Content

Correspondence contains many letters between Reed and his family and letters after his death between his wife, Louise Bryant, and others concerning Reed. Also includes some of Reed's manuscript compositions, photographs of John Reed and Reed family members, and printed materials.

Related Material

See HOLLIS and OASIS for additional John Reed collections held at the Houghton Library.

Container List

• Series: I. Letters
  • (1) Hunt, Edward Eyre, 1885-1953. 1 letter to Margaret G. Reed; 1935.
  • (2) Markham, F[ ] S[ ]. 1 letter to Margaret G. Reed; 1936.
    With enclosure.
  • (3) Metcalf, Betty. 1 letter to Harry Reed; 1936.
    With enclosure.
  • (4) Mulford's. 1 letter to Margaret G. Reed; [n.d.].
  • (5) Reed, Harry. 1 letter to Charles Jerome Reed; 1904.
  • (6) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 10 letters to Charles Jerome Reed; [1895]-1911 and [n.d.].
    Item 9 with enclosures.
    See also no. (9).
  • (7) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 2 letters to Harry Reed; 1910.
    Also one envelope.
  • (8) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 14 letters to Margaret G. Reed; 1910-1915 and [n.d.].
    See also no. (9).
  • (9) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 1 letter to Charles Jerome and Margaret G. Reed; [1910].
    Letter is annotated in an unknown hand; mentions Reed's nickname "Jacobus" shortened to "Cobe" in many letters; also refers to hand-made book by John Reed entitled, "Songs from a full heart and an empty head".
  • (10) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 2 letters to Margaret Frances Stone; 1909-1915.
    Item 1 includes poem by Reed, A.MS.s.; [Cambridge], 1 Jan 1909. 1s. (2p.), entitled "L'Aurore".
  • (11) Rosenstone, Robert A. 1 letter to John Reed; 1976.
    With enclosure.
  • (12) Stone, Margaret Frances. 1 letter to [John Reed]; [n.d.].
    Fragment.
  • (13) Street, Julian, 1879-1947. 1 letter to Harry Reed; 1940.
    With enclosures.
  • (14) Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. 1 letter to Julian [Street]; 1940.
  • (15) Wigglesworth, Beldon. 2 letters to Harry Reed; 1953.
  • (16) Wright, Sylvia. 1 letter to Andy; 1954.
  • (17) [ ]. 1 letter to [Margaret G.] Reed; 1908.

• Series: II. Compositions
  • (18) Chester historical pageant , July 18th to 23rd, 1910. Book of words. Print with A.MS. annotations by John Reed; Chester, England, 1910. 1 pamphlet.
    Item originally listed with bMS Am 1091 but apparently returned to Reed family and donated again with bMS Am 1091.3.
  • (19) Gaite-Montparnasse. Programme. Print; Paris, 1 Dec 1910. 1 pamphlet.
    Item originally listed with bMS Am 1091 but apparently returned to Reed family and donated again with bMS Am 1091.3.
  • (20) Industrial workers of the world. The pageant of the Paterson strike. Performed by the strikers themselves. Print; New York, 7 Jun 1913. 1 pamphlet.
    Item originally listed with bMS Am 1091 but apparently returned to Reed family and donated again with bMS Am 1091.3.
  • (21) Reed, John, 1887-1920. [Lyrics by John Reed]. Print; [v.p., v.d.]. 1 folder, 4 items.
    Sheet music; item 1 is a fragment, 5 Songs with pianoforte accompaniment by Arthur Foote, No. 4-- The wanderer to his heart's desire, words by Reed; item 2 is, Coyote song by Marion Bauer and words by Reed; items 3 and 4 are copies of, Score by Joseph W. Adams and words by Reed.
  • (22) Reed, John, 1887-1920. Miscellany relating to John Reed].
    1 folder.
  • (23) Reed, John, 1887-1920. [Notes:] Toledo. A.MS.; Toledo, Spain, [1910]. 1s. (2p.)
    Fragmentary notes taken while on walking tour of Spain.
  • (24) Reed, John, 1887-1920, and Alice Forrester. Deep water song. MS. (in unidentified hand); [n.p., n.d.]. 5s. (9p.)
    Sheets sewn together; music manuscript with music by Forrester and words by Reed.
  • (25) Reed, John, 1887-1920, and Joseph W. Adams. Medley. MS. in unidentified hand (mimeograph) with A.MS. annotations by Reed; [n.p., n.d.]. 3s. (5p.)
    For Harvard Varsity Glee Club; fragment of a music manuscript with arrangement by Adams and words by Reed.
  • (26) Street, Julian, 1879-1947. Julian Street's price . To a friend on receipt of his request for an autograph. Print s. with A.MS. annotations; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s. (1p.)
    Broadside.

• Series: III. Photographs
  • (27) Green, Charlotte Jones. 2 copies of photographs of sketches of family dwellings in Europe.
  • (28) Green, Henry Dodge. 1 individual portrait photograph.
  • (29) Reed, Charles Jerome. 2 individual photographs.
  • (30) Reed, Harry. 5 individual photographs.
  • PF (31) Reed, Harry. 8 photographs relating to his family.
  • (32) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 9 photographs as a child.
  • (33) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 6 individual photographs.
  • (34) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 2 copies of photographs of the 1904 and 1905 Morristown football teams.
  • (35) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 1 photograph probably from his Mexican trip.
  • (36) Reed, John, 1887-1920. 2 family group photographs.

• Series: IV. Printed material
  • (37) The American magazine. Articles by John Reed. 1 folder.
  • (38) Harvard Advocate. Articles by John Reed. 1 folder.
  • (39) Harvard Lampoon. Articles by John Reed. 1 folder.
  • (40) Harvard Monthly. Articles by John Reed. 1 folder.
  • (41) Morristonian. Articles by John Reed. 1 folder.
  • (1 is PF) (42) Miscellaneous articles by John Reed. 2 folders.
  • (43) Clippings about John Reed and Louise Bryant. 2 folders.
  • PF (44) Reed family clippings and miscellany. 1 folder.
  • PF (45) Envelopes used to transport this accession. 1 folder.