West Virginia and Regional History Center
Perley Reed, Author, Poetry and Artwork
Reed, Perley Isaac, 1887-1973
A&M 1776
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0.1 Linear Feet
1/2 in. (1 folder); (6 unboxed artworks)
0.13 Gigabytes
2 .docx files
1922-1965
The Marriage Certificate of Perley Reed and Elizabeth Dee Frost, telegrams recieved by Elizabeth and Perley, as well as newspaper clippings celebrating their engagment. Elizabeth's certificate of intitiation into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society in 1965. There are also 6 artworks by Reed, who was a hobbyist painter.
The artworks are:
Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau
Oil on canvasboard,
30 x 24,
1966
A Soldier's Farewell,
Oil on canvasboard,
20 x 16,
1963
Matterhorn,
Oil on canvasboard,
24 x 30,
1967
Romance in Old Paris,
Oil on canvasboard,
24 x 16,
1957
Meditation,
Oil on canvasboard,
20 x 16,
1961
Awakening,
Oil on canvasboard,
24 x 18,
1962
Images of the artworks located in the West Virginia & Regional History Center and Martin Hall are available in digital format.
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
English
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Perley Reed, Author, Poetry and Artwork, A&M 1776, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Related Materials
Nine additional artworks by Reed are housed in Martin Hall room 206, owned by the Reed College of Media, as of 2022. Photos of these artworks are available in the control folder for this collection and as a Word document.
Morgantown (W. Va.)
Poetry.
Art and artists