MsC
436
Manuscript Register
PAPERS
OF JOHN CANTWELL REID
Collection Dates: 1933 -- 1962
(Bulk Dates: 1933 to 1942)
.5 linear ft.
This document describes a collection of materials held
by the
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University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: May 2002
Acquisition Note: These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1984 by Reid's daughter, Catherine Reid Cooper.
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Biographical
Note
Reid was also active
in civic affairs. He served two terms on the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
He was a friend of Grant Wood and interested in the Stone City Colony and
Art School. Reid was a member of the Iowa State Board of Regents in the 1940s.
John C. Reid died in 1968.
Scope
and Contents
Box
List
Box 1
Iowa State Board of Education, 1946 -- 1962. Material relating to the resignation of John C. Reid. Including correspondence from: Virgil M. Hancher (5), Wendell Johnson (3), Herschel C. Loveless (1), and Robert D. Blue (3). 60 items.
Stone City Art Colony, 1933 -- 1935. Including correspondence from Grant Wood (3). 144 items.
University of Iowa,
1935 -- 1942. Material relating to the Wood-Longman controversy. Including
correspondence from Grant Wood (8) and Virgil M. Hancher (5). 41 items.