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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of the Reid family, journalists and newspaper publishers, were given to the Library of Congress by Helen Rogers Reid and her sons, Whitelaw Reid (1913-2009) and Ogden R. Reid, between 1953 and 1987. Whitelaw Reid (1913-2009) gave additional material to the Library of Congress in 2002 and 2008.
Part I of the papers of the Reid Family was processed in four parts between 1958 and 1981 by David Mathisen, Grover Batts, and Audrey Walker. Additional material received in 1987 was processed as Part II by Audrey Walker in 1996. Some reprocessing was done on both parts by Joseph K. Brooks with the assistance of Patricia Craig and Susie Moody in 2001. The finding aid was revised in 2011. Part III was processed by Maria Farmer and Dan Oleksiw in 2016. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
An index of correspondents in the General Correspondence of the Whitlaw Reid Papers in Part I is available in the Manuscript Reading Room and online as a PDF document.
Some photographs and photographic albums have been transferred to the Library's Print and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912), Elisabeth Mills Reid, Ogden Mills Reid, Helen Rogers Reid, and Whitelaw Reid (1913-2009) is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of the Reid Family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on 239 reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by a colon and container number, or reel number, Reid Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Reid Family Papers span the years 1795-2003, with the bulk of the material concentrated between 1869 and 1970. The papers are organized in three parts. Part I, encompassing material received, arranged, and described by the Library between 1968-1971 spans the years 1795-1970 and consists of four series. Part II, consisting of material organized and described in 1996, supplements Part I. Part III consists of material given to the Library in 2002 and 2008.
Series A of Part I includes the papers of Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) journalist, Republican party activist, diplomat, and proprietor of the
The papers of Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) span 1795-1961, with the bulk of the material covering the period 1869-1912. The most extensive correspondence occurs during the period of Reid's ambassadorship to Great Britain, 1905-1912, and during presidential election years. There is an appreciable decrease in correspondence during the years of the Grover Cleveland administration.
Reid's correspondence includes an extensive interchange of letters with literati and educators as well as with politicians and journalists. Topics include
Whitelaw Reid's papers also include speeches, articles , biographer's notes , scrapbooks, and clippings . There is a gap in the scrapbooks from 1892 to 1898.
In 1881 Reid married Elisabeth Mills, daughter of Darius Ogden Mills, a financier who moved from New York to California during the Gold Rush of 1849 and amassed a fortune organizing the Bank of California at San Francisco and other business ventures. Series B, the papers of Elisabeth Mills Reid , consists of family correspondence , general correspondence , business correspondence , financial papers , a subject file , and miscellaneous papers , spanning 1880-1931.
Elisabeth Mills Reid's family correspondence includes letters from her husband, 1880-1911, with intimate glimpses of the social and political scene in Washington, particularly during James A. Garfield's presidency. Reports coinciding with her periodic absences from New York City discuss such matters as Stanford White's decoration of a Madison Avenue residence, events among the city's social circles, and diplomatic activities after Whitelaw Reid's appointment as American ambassador to Great Britain in 1905.
Elisabeth Mills Reid's family correspondence also includes letters from her daughter-in-law, Helen Rogers Reid, discussing day-to-day operations of the newspaper, prominent figures in politics and other fields, and members of the
Elisabeth Mills Reid's business correspondence and financial papers , with their detailed accounting of the management of the town house on Madison Avenue and the country estate, "Ophir Farm" near White Plains, New York, document an opulent life style as well as Reid's work for a variety of philanthropic causes. Material in both the general correspondence and subject file record activities related to the Nurses' Training School at New York's Bellevue Hospital, the D.O. Mills Training School for Nurses, the construction of a hospital at San Mateo, California, Reid's work with the American Red Cross, and her assistance to Edward L. Trudeau in founding his sanatorium at Saranac Lake, New York.
Series C of Part I, the papers of Ogden Mills Reid , covers the years 1900-1947 and consists of a travel journal , family correspondence , general correspondence , business correspondence , financial records , a subject file , and miscellaneous papers .
Ogden Mills Reid's journal recounts impressions of Japan, Korea, China, and the Philippines and interviews with Douglas MacArthur and Chiang Kai-Shek during a trip Reid made with Wilbur S. Forrest following the close of World War II.
Reid's family correspondence includes letters from his father, Whitelaw Reid, and from his mother, Elisabeth Mills Reid, in which she coaches her son regarding the
Substantial correspondence is included in the subject file for the European edition of the
The largest grouping in the Reid Family collection is Series D, the papers of Helen Rogers Reid , wife of Ogden Mills Reid. Her papers span the years 1899-1970 and include family correspondence , general correspondence , business correspondence , financial records , a subject file , a speech and article file , and miscellaneous papers .
The main focus of Helen Reid's papers is her devotion to the success of the
Under Helen Reid's direction, the political philosophy of the
The subject file also contains papers related to Helen Reid's work on behalf of her alma mater, Barnard College; the
Part II supplements the series comprising Part I but also includes records of the Reid Foundation , an institution that awarded grants to journalists for work and study abroad. Voluminous case and correspondence files contain applications, resumes, sample articles, correspondence, and reports by grant recipients on conditions in Mexico and countries in Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa during the post World War II period. Ben H. Bagdikian and Jules Witcover were among the prominent grant recipients.
Included in the Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) series of Part II is a file on Horace Greeley, founder of the
Among the correspondents in the Elisabeth Mills Reid series of Part II are Elisabeth's father, Darius O. Mills, and brother, Ogden Mills.
Correspondents in the series of Ogden Mills Reid Papers in Part II include JohnV. Babcock, Royal Cortissoz, Frederic R. Coudert, Harold L. Ickes, Leon L. Lewis, Edward G. Longman, and George H. Moses.
Helen Rogers Reid corresponded extensively with
The papers of Whitelaw Reid (1913-2009), grandson of Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) and son
of Ogden Mills Reid and Helen Rogers Reid, constitute the bulk of Part III. Part III
contains six series: Whitelaw Reid Papers (1913-2009) , Helen Rogers Reid Papers , Other Family
Members ,
Most of the Whitelaw Reid (1913-2009) Papers consists of correspondence with or about
Whitelaw Reid's family correspondence includes exchanges with his mother, Helen Rogers Reid, and father, Ogden Mills Reid, as well as with his aunt, Florence Rogers Ferguson. Ferguson's nearly seven decade correspondence with her sister Helen Rogers Reid is part of the Helen Rogers Reid Papers series. Her correspondence with other Rogers family members is in the Other Family Members series. Also in the Other Family Members series are files relating to financier Darius Ogden Mills and his daughter Elisabeth Mills Reid.
The
The collection is arranged in three parts composed of thirteen series:
Part I:
Part II:
Part III:
Typewritten diary related to the Spanish-American War peace negotiations of 1898; pocket diaries containing engagements and memoranda; and lists of persons met and entertained, with occasional comment.
Arranged by type of diary and therein chronologically.
Copies of letters, cablegrams, and telegrams sent by Reid or his office.
Arranged chronologically. Each volume, except those during his ambassadorship to France, contains an index of correspondents. For the period 1869-1893, private correspondence and office correspondence are in separate volumes.
*The letterbook dated Dec. 18, 1899-May 1, 1900, which is Vol. III in Container A48 was not filmed. The letterbook dated Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 1900, which is Vol. II in Container A49, appears on Reels 78, 80, and 81, where it is designated as Container 48, Vol. III, Container 49, Vol. II, and Container 49, Vol. III, respectively.
Letters received and sent.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically therein. Indexed in an appendix to the finding aid.
An index of correspondents is available in the Manuscript Reading Room and online as a PDF document.
Letters received and sent during Reid's ministry to France (1889-1892) and his activities as United States representative to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897), the coronation of Edward VII (1902), and ambassador to Great Britain (1905-1912). Additional correspondence during this period may also be found in the General Correspondence series.
Arranged chronologically.
Memoranda and data collected for speeches and articles; reports from boards of regents of universities, trust companies, the Associated Press, and charitable institutions; memorabilia; and newspaper clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, or type of material.
Holograph, typewritten, near print, and printed copies, drafts, and notes of speeches, articles, and books.
Chiefly chronologically arranged. Undated articles, speeches and articles that are printed and bound, and a copy of Whitelaw Reid's
Newspapers clippings by or about Reid and topical issues.
Arranged chronologically by volume except a 1912 grouping relating to Reid's death which precedes the others. Undated and unbound clippings are filed at the end of the series.
Four miscellaneous pamphlets and three volumes of facsimile dispatches.
Notes about Reid's early life. Assembled by Royal Cortissoz.
Family and general correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically within each folder or group of folders. Articles and speeches arranged chronologically. Miscellaneous papers arranged by type of material.
Letters exchanged with various family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Financial papers.
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence, reports, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Miscellaneous items and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material.
Typescript copy of a diary kept during a trip to the Far East in 1945.
Correspondence with family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Business letters.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Financial papers.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein.
Correspondence, reports, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein.
Printed matter, programs, receipts, and lists.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein.
Letters exchanged with various family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Business letters.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Financial statements, payrolls, and records of securities.
Arranged chronologically by year alphabetically therein by corporate name or topic.
Papers other than correspondence relating to various family members.
Arranged alphabetically by name of family member.
Correspondence, reports, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Speeches and background material.
Arranged chronologically.
Calling cards, wedding announcements, address, books, printed matter, and other miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.
Correspondence, scrapbooks, biographical material, clippings, subject files, financial and legal records, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
Correspondence, financial and legal records, and subject files.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
Correspondence, financial records, subject files, speeches, articles, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
Correspondence, financial and legal records, biographical material, subject files, address books, address card files, and photographs.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
Correspondence, annual reports, budgets, financial statements, business plans, newspaper circulation data, proposals, records of Forum for High Schools and Forum on Current Problems, brochures, speeches, printed matter, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically and thereunder chronologically by subject, name of organization, or type of material.
Correspondence, case files, applications, resumes, articles, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, subject, or type of material.
Correspondence, financial and legal records, subject files, maps, and related material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.
Correspondence, financial statements, subject files, real estate development plans, maps, legal documents, and related material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.
Memorial scrapbook of clippings related to the death of Darius O. Mills.
Correspondence and topical files, including subject files and files relating to newspaper operations.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, type of material, or topic.
Correspondence, topical files, biographical files and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic.
Correspondence, financial papers, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by family member.
Annual reports, chronological files, financial reports and statements, studies, topical files, and miscellaneous files.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic.
Correspondence, chronological files, minute books, legal and financial files, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Photographs and a map.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.