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Finding aid created by Ute Schechter, Peter Klicker, 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Reed Family Papers, 1899-1946 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2010.055

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Reed Family Papers 1899-19461910-1946 01/Mss. Acc. 2010.055 0.66 The papers are in: English This collection contains the papers and biographic material, 1899-1946, of the Reed family of Floyd County, Virgina and Warren, Ohio. Included are personal letters and photographs, as well as  records relating to service of family members in WWI and WWII.  The correspondence series consists largely of personal letters written by Asa Daniel Reed to his future wife, Clarence Elizabeth Mangus (later Clarence Elizabeth Reed), during Reed's service in the U.S. Army.  Reed's assignments included posts in the Philippines during the U.S. occupation thereof, in Texas along the border with Mexico, and in Germany and France during World War I.  Interwar correspondences focus more on Clarence Reed's domestic life in Warren, Ohio.  During the World War II period, Asa and Clarence Reed received correspondences from their son, Eugene Mangus Reed, serving in the U.S. Army.  The biographic material series includes publications from the late nineteenth century on health remedies, as well as brief histories of the Ohio and Erie Railroads.  The series also contains Asa D. Reed's discharge papers from the U.S. Army, the baby book of Eugene Mangus Reed, and a photograph of Clarence Mangus. Reed familyReed, Asa Daniel, Ca. 1888-unknownReed, Clarence Elizabeth, UnkownReed, Eugene Mangus, November 28, 1923-unknown arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Preferred Citation

Reed Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 01/29/2010.

 Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.  Further arranged and described by Peter Klicker, SCRC staff, in February-March 2010.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers and biographic material, 1899-1946, of the Reed family of Floyd County, Virgina and Warren, Ohio. Included are personal letters and photographs, as well as  records relating to service of family members in WWI and WWII.  The correspondence series consists largely of personal letters written by Asa Daniel Reed to his future wife, Clarence Elizabeth Mangus (later Clarence Elizabeth Reed), during Reed's service in the U.S. Army.  Reed's assignments included posts in the Philippines during the U.S. occupation thereof, in Texas along the border with Mexico, and in Germany and France during World War I.  Interwar correspondences focus more on Clarence Reed's domestic life in Warren, Ohio.  During the World War II period, Asa and Clarence Reed received correspondences from their son, Eugene Mangus Reed, serving in the U.S. Army.  The biographic material series includes publications from the late nineteenth century on health remedies, as well as brief histories of the Ohio and Erie Railroads.  The series also contains Asa D. Reed's discharge papers from the U.S. Army, the baby book of Eugene Mangus Reed, and a photograph of Clarence Mangus.

 Arrangement of Materials

Organized into two series: Series 1: Correspondence, Series 2: Biographic Material. Each series is arranged chronologically.

 Additional Information Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Photographs Geographic Name: Philippines--Description and travel. Topical Term: Postcards. World War, 1914-1918--France World War, 1914-1918--United States. World War, 1939-1945. Detailed Description of the Collection Correspondence id65596 1910-1946 id66517 1 Correspondence id66518 1910-1912 1 1 Correspondence id66519 1913-1914 1 2 Correspondence id66520 1915 1 3 Correspondence id66521 January-July 1916 1 4 Correspondence id66522 August-December 1916 1 5 Correspondence id66523 January-April 1917 1 6 Correspondence id66524 May-July 1917 1 7 Correspondence id66525 August-December 1917 1 8 Correspondence id66526 1918 1 9 Correspondence id66527 January-June 1919 1 10 Correspondence id66528 July-December 1919 1 11 Correspondence id66529 1920-1925 1 12 id66530 2 Correspondence id66531 1933-1938 2 1 Correspondence id66532 1940-1942 2 2 Correspondence id66533 1944 2 3 Correspondence id66534 undated 2 4 Correspondence id66535 undated 2 5 Correspondence id66536 undated 2 6 Correspondence id66537 undated 2 7 Correspondence id66538 undated 2 8 Telegrams id66539 1911, 1925, 1928 2 9 Postcards id66540 1914, 1921, 1941-1944 2 10 Invitations id66541 1917-1946 2 11 Greeting Cards id66542 1925-1940 2 12 Biographic Material id65597 circa 1899-1942 id66543 2 Publications id66544 1899, 1901 2 13 Military Material id66545 1920 2 14 Baby Books id66546 1923 2 15 Advertisements id66547 1931 2 16 Railroad Materials id66548 1942 2 17 Photographs id66549 undated 2 18