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Series V: Correspondence
Series VI: Classical America
Series VII: Audio-Visual Materials

Henry Hope Reed papers, 1911-1998

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Series I: Professional Papers

Subseries 1: Writings


Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Sachem's Wood: The Work of A.J. Davis Destroyed," Task 5, 1944


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "Rome: The Third Sack," The Architectural Review London, 1950


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "Monumental Architecture," Perspecta, 1952

Photocopy with note in Reed handwriting: "What a gang!" and circle around names: Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Frank Lloyd Wright, Vincent J. Scully Jr.


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "The Temple and the City," New World Writing, 1953


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "Viollet-le-Duc and the USA," Liturgical Arts, 1954


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "The Architecture of Humanism," Landscape, 1954-1955


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "Catholic Architecture in America," Thought, 1956


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "For the Superfluous In Buildings," New York Times Magazine, 1956


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "Towards a New Architecture," Liturgical Arts, 1956


Box 1 Folder 2 Article, "In the Shadow of St. Barbara and St. Thomas," Thought, 1956

Includes reader's response to article published in The New York Times


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "The Modern is Dead, Long Live the Modern," New World Writing, 1957


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "The Next Step Beyond Modern," Harper's Magazine, 1957

Includes reader's response to article published in The New York Times


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "Classical New York," Art In America, 1957


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "The New Prometheus: Visual Glory in a Democratic Society," US Catholic Historical Society Historical Records and Studies, 1958


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "Gold and Glory," Harden's, 1958


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "The Tree of Picturesque Secessionism," AIA Journal, 1958


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "After Hours," Harper's Magazine, 1958


Box 1 Folder 3 Article, "The Tree of Picturesque Secessionism," A.I.A. Journal, 1958


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The City Hall," Antiques, 1961


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "42nd," Show, 1962

Includes draft of article


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The Tourist and the City," Landscape, 1962


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "A Few Words on the Dilemma of Modern Architecture," Journal of American Institute of Architects, 1962


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "Along the Slips: Changing Hanover Square," The Grace Log, 1962


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The World of Literature and the World of Art," National Sculpture Review, 1962


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The Tourist and the City," Landscape, 1962


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The Plague," Architectural Forum, 1963


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The Age of Splendor," Town & Country, 1964


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "Life at Lyndhurst: The Goulds" Historic Preservation, 1965


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "Why Is Everything So Bloody Ugly?," Status, 1966


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "Landmarks Preservation - Hope for the Future," National Sculpture Review, 1966


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "The Central Park Memorial Cemetery," The New York Times, 1966


Box 1 Folder 4 Article, "Central Park," The Rheingold Central Park Music Festival, 1966


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "Classical America," Historic Preservation, 1970


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "The Vision Spurned," Classical America, 1971


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "The Story of City Planning in New York," Classical America I, 1971


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "An Explanation," Classical America, 1971

Includes a non-Reed German translation and original copy of Classical America


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "Report from Paris," The Classical Forum, 1971


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "The Story of City Planning in New York, Part II," Classical America II, 1972


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "One of the World's Finest Buildings," The New York Times, 1972


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "Greek and Roman Art in the Lone Star State," The Classical Forum, 1972


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "Some Thoughts on Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux," Garden Journal, 1973


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "A Classical Garden in Modern Times," Classical America III, 1973


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "A Primer on Walking Tours," Museum News, 1974


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "Frick Wing- New Beauty," Art/World, 1977


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "How to Correct A Philadelphia Disaster: Possible Ways to Embellish Independence Hall Mall," Ornament, 1977


Box 1 Folder 5 Article, "America's Greatest Living Classical Architect: Philip Trammell Shutze of Atlanta, Georgia," Classical America IV, 1977


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Heathen Flurry Over St. Bart's," Art/World, 1980


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "The Case for Classical Architecture," The Livable City, 1980


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Carnavalet Paris Drawings," Art/World, 1980


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Roman Villa in Malibu," Skyline, 1980


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "A Morning at Caprarola," HSNY, 1981

Includes correspondence with Charles D. Webster (The Horticultural Society of New York)


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Art from Alexander's Classical Imperialism," Art/World, 1981


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "The Classical Tradition in Modern Times: A Personal Assessment," Smith College Catalogue, 1981


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "The Urban Park as a Work of Art," Urban Open Spaces, 1981


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Adam in America," The Connoisseur, 1982

Includes typed copy of article


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Central Park as a Work of Art," Antiques, 1982


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "What is Classical?" Art/World, 1982


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Beloeil: A Classical Eden in Belgium," HSNY, 1983

Includes "Beloeil: Seat of a Great Dynasty," published by the Ligne-Beloeil Foundation


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Mining the Riches of the NY Public Library," Newsday, 1986


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Architecture U.S. At IBM," Art/World, 1987


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Letter from Rome," The Classical Forum, 1987


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Central Park in the Dark," Newsday, 1988


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "The Next Great Parks Era: The People's Vision," Open Space, 1989


Box 1 Folder 6 Article, "Prince Charles' Vision," Art/World, 1989


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Chauncey Stillman," Friends of Central Park Newsletter, 1990


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Philip Trammell Shutze," American Arts Quarterly, 1991


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "A Manhattan Mansion," Sotheby's Preview, 1991


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Architecture and Sculpture," American Arts Quarterly, 1992


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Year of the Ugly Dollar," The Weekly Standard, 1995


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Pleasure Dome," Weekly Standard, 1996


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Thomas H. Everett," Classical America Newsletter, 1997


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "The Manhattan Arch at the Manhattan End of the Manhattan Bridge," A Little News, 1997

Published from the Friends of Central, Prospect, Cadwalader, Fort Greene, Druid Hill, and Branch Brook Parks


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "The Manhattan Arch at the Manhattan End of the Manhattan Bridge," Classical America Newsletter, 1997


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Classical Ornament," Classical America Newsletter, 1997


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Carnegie Libraries: The Architecture of Literacy," Classical America Newsletter, 1997


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "The Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress," Classical America Newsletter, 1997


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "2 Recent Exhibitions," Classical America Newsletter, 1997


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Calvert Vaux- The Vision in Creating our Historic Parks," A Little News, 1998

Includes drafts and reference materials for article


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Monumental Architecture: The Art of Pleasing in Civic Design," The Classical America Series of Architectural Monographs, 1998


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Another Chance for Columbus Circle," City Journal, 1999


Box 1 Folder 7 Article, "Remembering Ed Jones," MAS Newsletter, 1999


Box 1 Folder 8 Article, "Reredos and Altar of the Church of Sao Bento de Olinda" Classical America Newsletter, 2001


Box 1 Folder 8 Article, "Comment le modernisme a gagne New York," Commentire, 2002

Includes draft in English


Box 1 Folder 8 Article, "The Jefferson Building: An Appreciation," The Capitol Dome, 2004

Includes draft of article, published by The U.S. Capitol Historical Society


Box 1 Folder 9 Article, "Henry Hope Reed's Ten Favorite Classical Monuments in New York," ICA & CA, undated


Box 1 Folder 9 Article, "The Medallion", undated


Box 1 Folder 9 Article, "W. Homer to D. Arbus Views of Central Park," Art/World, undated


Box 1 Folder 9 Article, "Historic Preservation Through Walking Tours," Preservation Leaflet Series, undated


Box 1 Folder 9 Article, "Villa Vizcaya", undated


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: New York on the Map," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: What's in the Cards?," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: It's Really a Green-Thumbed Town," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Collector Receives in Style," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: New York in Any Language," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Woman's Touch," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: 998 Fifth," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Village Walking Tour," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A Midtown Walking Tour," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Departure Time for a Train Depot," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Brooklyn Walking Tour," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Astor's World," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Classic Homes of the Upper East Side," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Along the Slips," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Columbia's College Walk," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Down Newspaper Row," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Oasis for the Muses," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Around the Corner to the Little Church," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Flatbush's Arch of Triumph," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: From Breweries to Town Houses," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Brief Turn Around the Park," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Downtown Walk Past Headquarters," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Athenian Temple on Lower Broadway," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Changing Face of Fifth Avenue," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Old Rialto," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Four Facades of the Metropolitan," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A Walk Around a Subway Station," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: From the Dakota to the Old Sheepfold," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Greeks, Goths, and Napoleonites," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A Fresh Look at the Old West Side," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Greek Revival in Downtown Manhattan," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Corsair's Country Place," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Visiting Day on 19th Street," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A Block on 91st Street Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Beneath the Squalor, Yesterday's Glamor," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Edith Wharton's Brownstone World," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Broadway a Century Ago," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: At the Foot of Broadway," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: An English Classical Terrace in New York," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Fascinating Facades of Old Broadway," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A Woodlawn Pilgrimage," Herald Tribune, 1962


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Varied, Storied Yorkville," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: In the Glooming East of Washington Square," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Some Old Survivors in Changing Chelsea," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Many Times of Mealtime," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Our Lordly Library," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Up on Washington Heights," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Gracious Gramercy," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Hoof beats fading into the past," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: East of Clinton Hill," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Elegant East 54th," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: American Museum of Natural History," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Tranquil Green-Wood," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Splendor of St. Patrick's," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Man Who Owned Greenwich Village," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Affluent Legend of Hunter's Point," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Why They Revolted- 50 Years Ago," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A New York Romance- The Story of Stone," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Of Two Sisters And a Museum," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: A Cluster of Clubs," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The Bronx Zoo," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: The City Still Waits for its Artists," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Measure us by our monuments," Herald Tribune, 1963


Oversize Box 1 Folder 1 Article, "Discover New York: Staten Island Bound? Pause at St. George," Herald Tribune, 1963


Box 1 Folder 10 Articles, "Discover New York," Herald Tribune Drafts, 1962-1963

Includes published articles and drafts of "A New York Romance," "The Man Who Owned Greenwich Village," "hoof beats fading into the past," "A Woodlawn Pilgrimage," "At the Foot of Broadway," "The Corsair's Country Place," "Athenian Temple on Lower Broadway," "Tranquil Green-Wood," "It's Really a Green-Thumbed Town"


Box 1 Folder 11 Book Reviews 1950s-60s, 1950s-1960s

Includes published pieces and drafts, including one with humorous commentary by John Bayley: "Suggestions written at L'Escargot"


Box 1 Folder 12 Book Reviews 1970s -2000s, 1970s-2000s


Box 43 Folder 3 Book Architecture in America: A Battle of Styles, edited by Reed and William A. Coles, 1961

Contains copy of text


Box 1 Folder 13 Book Beaux-Arts Architecture In New York: A Photographic Guide, text by Reed, 1988

Includes drafts of text


Box 1 Folder 14 Book Central Park: A History and a Guide, 1960s-70s

Co-written with Sophia Duckworth, includes royalty statements and correspondence John A. Pope, Clarkson N. Potter


Box 1 Folder 15 Book Library of Congress: Its Architecture and Decoration, 1990s, undated

Includes proofs of Reed piece "The Decorators," research on Blashfield and mural decoration, 36 photos


Box 2 Folder 1 Book The Golden City - Correspondence, 1957-59

Includes correspondence A.E. Richardson, Arnold Nicholson ( Saturday Evening Post), William Ernest Hocking, Edward Meeman (Memphis Press-Scimitar), Marquis Childs, John Maas, John Betjeman, J.K. Adams (Country Life), Sir Albert E. Richardson


Box 2 Folder 2 Book The Golden City - Photographs [1 of 2], undated

35 photos


Box 43 Folder 4 Book The Golden City - Photographs [2 of 2], undated

Contains photographs and negatives used in Reed's bookThe Golden City


Box 43 Folder 5 Book The Golden City - Second Edition, undated

Includes notes, writing, and corrections related to the second edition of Reed's book The Golden City


Box 2 Folder 3 Book The Golden City - Russian Translation, 1990s

Includes correspondence Arcadi Nebolsine, Clark McLaim, Arthur Ross


Box 2 Folder 4 Book New York, NY American Heritage Publishing, Co., 1968

Contains copy of Reed's chapter, "A Stroll Up The Avenue in 1911"


Box 2 Folder 5 Book New York Public Library - Craftsmen (research on), 1980s, undated

Includes correspondence H. Stafford 'Stu' Bryant, John Patton, Kal Unger, Arlene Palmer, Frederick Fried, research on materials


Box 2 Folder 6 Book New York Public Library - Images [1 of 2], undated

113 photographs, 3 strips of negatives


Box 2 Folder 7 Book New York Public Library - Images [2 of 2], undated

113 photographs, 3 strips of negatives


Box 2 Folder 9 Book New York Public Library - Notes, drawings, research, 1980s, undated

Includes correspondence Betty Jacobson, Beatrice Rowland, Thomas Barbour, Lady Welsh, Elysabeth Carrere Welsh, notes on ancestral lineage of architects, 3 photographs


Box 2 Folder 10 Book Art of the Olmsted Landscape, 1981

Contains copy of Reed's chapter, "Central Park: The Genius of the Place"


Box 2 Folder 11 Book Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses, 1987-88

Includes correspondence Pauline Metcalf, Beatrice Gilmann Proske, Kathleen Manwaring, 7 photos, copy of Reed's chapter, "The Town Houses of Ogden Codman: A Brief Tour," and article "Ogden Codman" written by Margo Miller that mention's Reed's contribution


Box 43 Folder 2 Book The United States Capitol: Its Architecture and Decoration text by Reed, 2005

Includes copies of the preface and appendix, as well as photographs and illustrations used in the book


Box 2 Folder 12 Entries, Encyclopedia and Dictionary, 1957-2001, undated

Includes texts: "Horticulture" for Encyclopedia of NYC, "Landscape Architecture" for theDictionary of American History, on Elisabeth Marbury and Elsie de Wolfe forNotable American Women, "Landscape Architecture" forEncyclopedia of American Architecture, "American s Renaissance" forDictionary of American History, including a draft of that entry, "George Gromort," forThe Elements of Classical Architecture, "Bakewell and Brown," "Philip Trammell Shutze," "Horace Trumbauer," "Charles Adams Platt," "York and Sawyer," forMacmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, "Frederick Law Olmstead," forBotanical Encyclopedia of America"Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller" undated


Box 2 Folder 13 Entry Dictionary of American Biography: Edwin Blashfield, 1955, undated

Includes correspondence Lane Faison (Williams College), Gertrude Hall Brownell (relation of Blashfield), Stewar Klonis (Art Students League of NY), Dr. Davenport West


Box 33 Folder 18 Guide, Newport Tour, 1950s, undated

Includes "Tour: Newport's Crown," "The Elms" by Reed, and publications by the Preservation Society of Newport County


Box 2 Folder 14 Guide, "Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department", 1957 [?], 1976, 1977, 1982 [?], 1990 [?]

Includes several different versions of the guide, one undated assumed to be the 1957 edition that the 1982 [?] guide refers to, the 1976 edition with note "only edit that gives credit to Reed," the 1977 exhibition guide, a 1982 [?] edition with a 1957 copyright, and a 1990 [?] edition by Reed, but not credited to him, also includes to accompanying newspaper articles by Reed


Box 2 Folder 15 Guide, "City Hall," Municipal Art Society of New York, 1961

Includes Clay Lancaster's "New York City Hall Stair Rotunda Reconsidered,"Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians


Box 2 Folder 16 Guide, "Discover New York with Henry Hope Reed, Jr." New York Herald Tribune


Box 2 Folder 17 Guide, Newport and Maps, 1964

Includes letter from illustrator Ken Fitzgerald


Box 2 Folder 18 Guide, "Visit to Avery Library and Low Library, Columbia University," Municipal Art Society of New York, 1964


Box 2 Folder 19 Guide, "Marble House: The William K. Vanderbilt Mansion," Preservation Society of Rhode Island, 1965

3 photos


Box 2 Folder 20 Guide, "The Elms," Preservation Society of Newport County, 1968

Includes correspondence Jim Maher


Box 2 Folder 21 Guide, "Washington Square", 1982


Box 2 Folder 22 Guide, "A Building to Celebrate: The Central Research Library of the New York Public Library", 1984, 1986

Includes both first and second version of the guide


Box 2 Folder 23 Guide, "Rockefeller New York," Greensward Foundation, 1986-88

Includes correspondence Robert Macdonald (Museum of the City of New York), George D. Taylor (Rockefeller Family and Associates), and copy of guide signed by member of Rockefeller family


Box 2 Folder 24 Guide, "The Wethersfield Garden", 1984-1998

Includes an additional "Wethersfield" brochure not authored by Reed andNew York Timesarticle about the Wethersfield garden


Box 2 Folder 25 Guide, "The Central Park", 1994

Includes original guide by Reed,New York Timesarticle "A Topographical Map with Delights, Past and Present," as well as a Friends of Central Park Newsletter with copies of maps


Box 33 Folder 17 Guide, Washington D.C., 1970s-1994

Includes maps, newspaper clippings, "Tour: Washington," correspondence Audry F. Calhoun (Department of the Interior)


Box 2 Folder 26 Guide, "New York Public Library," NYPL, 1964, 1995, undated

Includes correspondence Ada Rosario Cecere (daughter of Menconi)


Box 2 Folder 27 Guide, Branch Brook Park Map, 1996


Box 2 Folder 28 Guide, Library of Congress, undated

Includes draft of guide


Box 2 Folder 29 Guide, Manhattan Boat Tour, undated


Box 2 Folder 30 Guide, "The National Academy of Design: The Building, the Donor, the Architect", 1980s [?], undated

Includes letter from Chauncey Stillman thanking Reed for the draft of the guide, dated 1988


Box 2 Folder 31 Letters to Editor [1 of 7], 1950s


Box 2 Folder 32 Letters to Editor [2 of 7], 1960s

Includes correspondence John Maass (City of Philadelphia)


Box 2 Folder 33 Letters to Editor [3 of 7], 1970s


Box 2 Folder 34 Letters to Editor [4 of 7], 1980s


Box 2 Folder 35 Letters to Editor [5 of 7], 1990s


Box 2 Folder 36 Letters to Editor [6 of 7], 2000s


Box 2 Folder 37 Letters to Editor [7 of 7], undated


Box 34 Folder 3 New York City History - Architecture, 1947-1996

Includes publications "Methodist Landmarks," "A Description of Trinity Church," "Van Cortlandt House Museum," "Historical Marks and Monuments in Brooklyn," types and handwritten notes


Box 34 Folder 9 New York City History - Brownstones, 1950s-1960s

Includes research and notes for Reed's "New York's Brownstone Front," lecture notes for "When Our Cities Were Brown," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (March 1955), "Nineteenth Century Dwelling Houses of Greenwich Village," (1968) and correspondence


Box 34 Folder 4 New York City History - Delancey Family, 1960s, undated

Includes correspondence, magazine clippings, photographs, typed and handwritten notes


Box 34 Folder 1 New York City History - Eats, 1950s-1960s

Includes handwritten and typed notes, newspaper clippings, and The New York Historical Society Quarterly (October 1952) that relate to the history of food and dining in New York City


Box 34 Folder 12 New York City History - Lampposts, 1950s

Includes notes on the history of electric street lighting in New York City, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and research for the R.R. Bowker lamp post


Box 34 Folder 5 New York City History - Landmarks and Preservation, 1963-1965

Includes Jewish Landmarks in New York by Bernard Postal and Lionel Koppman, newspaper clippings, newsletters


Box 34 Folder 11 New York City History - Literature, Paintings, 1960s

Includes notes and "Three Hundred Years of New York City Families"


Box 34 Folder 10 New York City History - Marble and Stone Carving, 1957-1963

Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, notes on marble in New York buildings, and correspondence


Box 34 Folder 14 New York City History - Miscellaneous, 1960s, undated

Includes notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, publications "Night of the Blackout" (1965), trees of unusual size and age, and "The Physiography of the New York Region"


Box 34 Folder 13 New York City History - Rail and Harbor Terminals, 1950s-1970s

Includes New York Terminal Maps, research, notes, and clippings on New York rail roads, harbors, and transportation terminals


Box 34 Folder 7 New York City History - Real Estate, 1960s, undated

Includes types and handwritten notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, "The Development of the Luxury Apartment House" by Ronald Freyberger, and brochures


Box 33 Folder 20 New York City History - Research, 1949-1992

Includes various magazine publications, newspaper clippings, "New York City: A Students' Guide to Localized History," "The Story of the Abigail Adams Smith Mansion and the Mount Vernon Estate," "New York An American City 1783-1803: A Study of Urban Life," "The First Cooperative Apartment House in New York City," prints, maps, notes, negatives, and several brochures


Box 34 Folder 6 New York City History - Ruling Families, undated

Contains photographs and negatives, illustrations for New York's Ruling Families


Box 34 Folder 2 New York City History - Transportation, 1950s-1960s

Includes handwritten and typed notes, newspaper clippings, publications, "The Horse and New York" by Reed, photographs, and negatives related to the history of transportation in New York City, the Brewster Carriage Company, Equine NY, subways, and traffic


Box 34 Folder 8 New York City History - Townhouses, 1962-1988

Includes correspondence with Michael Dwyer and Isidore Meyer, photographs, and drawings for 14 East 81st Street


Box 33 Folder 19 Notes American Skyline, 1950s, undated

Includes chapter notes for "Young Republic," "First Industrial," "Civil War Era," and other notes for chapters from various sources


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction Villas and Cottages by Calvert Vaux, 1968


Box 3 Folder 1 Forward The Architecture of Humanism by Geoffrey Scott, 1974


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction The American Vignola by William R. Ware, 1977


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction Central Park: A Photographic Guide text by Reed, 1979


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction Palladio's Architecture And It's Influence text by Reed, 1980


Box 3 Folder 1 Forward The Pine Tree Book by Russell Peterson, 1980


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction, "Kenyon Cox: An American Muralist", 1980


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1980


Box 3 Folder 1 Preface Fragments from Greek and Roman Architecture, 1981


Box 3 Folder 1 Note Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome by John Bayley, 1984


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction Italian Villas and their Gardens by Edith Wharton, 1988


Box 3 Folder 1 Preface American Classicist: The Architecture of Philip Trammell Shutze by Elizabeth Dowling, 1989


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction The Decoration of Houses by Edith Wharton, 1997


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction The Elements of Classical Architecture by Georges Gromort, 2001


Box 3 Folder 1 Preface American Splendor by Michael C. Kathrens, 2002


Box 3 Folder 1 Introduction Brooklyn Sculpture by Helen Appleton Reid, undated


Box 37 Folder 9 Proposed Book Classical Architecture , 1979, undated

Originally filed with Classical America, Reed attempted to garner funding through Classical America


Box 3 Folder 2 Proposed Book Classical Architecture , 1970s, undated

Includes handwritten and typed material related to an unpublished project on classical architecture


Box 3 Folder 3 Proposed Book Walks in New York, undated


Box 3 Folder 4 Unpublished article, "The New American Landscape", 1958

Includes correspondence John B. Jackson (Landscape)


Box 3 Folder 5 Unpublished article, "A Visual Chronology of NY", 1950s-1960s, undated


Box 3 Folder 6 Unpublished article, "Originality: The Great Illusion", 1950s-60s, undated

Includes drafts under various titles including "A Modern Delusion: The Cult of Originality," correspondence W.J. Bate, Ellen Perry (Progressive Architecture Magazine)


Box 3 Folder 7 Unpublished article, "The Bees of Aristaeus", 1960s, undated


Box 3 Folder 8 Unpublished article, "Equine New York", 1960s, undated


Box 3 Folder 9 Unpublished article, "MOMA and the Rockefellers", 1960s, undated

Includes correspondence Arthur Upham Pope


Box 3 Folder 11 Unpublished article, "Places with a View", 1960s, undated


Box 3 Folder 12 Unpublished article, "The De Lancey Era", 1960s, undated


Box 3 Folder 13 Unpublished article, "A Modern Phenomenon", 1960s-1970s, undated


Box 3 Folder 14 Unpublished article, "The Uneasy Success of Modern Art", 1960s-1970s, undated


Box 3 Folder 15 Unpublished article, "The Public and Modern Art", 1972 [?]

Includes correspondence with Robert Wool of New York Times Magazineand Charles Mee ofHorizon


Box 3 Folder 10 Unpublished article, book review of The Power Broker, 1974

Contains unpublished book review of Robert A. Caro's The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York


Box 3 Folder 35 Unpublished article, "Role of Art Museum", 1978

Includes drafts, one with different title: "What Is To Be Done About the Art Museum?"


Box 3 Folder 16 Unpublished article, No Title, Classical & Modernism, 1970s, undated


Box 3 Folder 17 Unpublished article, "On Modern Art", 1970s, undated


Box 3 Folder 18 Unpublished article, "Classical In Our Time", 1980


Box 3 Folder 19 Unpublished article, "Kenyon Cox and Role of Art", 1982


Box 3 Folder 20 Unpublished article, "Our Classical Future", 1987, 1994

Includes correspondence Lewis Lapham


Box 3 Folder 21 Unpublished article, "Washington Revealed", 1989

Includes correspondence Martin Peretz ( The New Republic)


Box 3 Folder 22 Unpublished article, No Tittle, Beaux Arts, 1980s, undated


Box 3 Folder 23 Unpublished article, "The Decorators", 1980s, undated


Box 3 Folder 24 Unpublished letter to the editor, "The Park and the People", 1992 [?]


Box 3 Folder 25 Unpublished article on Clement E. Conger, 1992 [?]


Box 3 Folder 26 Unpublished article, "Our Classical Future", 1994


Box 3 Folder 27 Unpublished article, "How Modern Took Over", 1994


Box 3 Folder 28 Unpublished article, "Diplomatic Reception Rooms", 1995


Box 3 Folder 29 Unpublished article, "Untitled [Attack on Western Civilization]", 1996


Box 3 Folder 30 Unpublished article, "Bryant Park, Gertrude Stein, and Buttocks", 1995-1996


Box 3 Folder 31 Unpublished article, book review of A Clearing in the Distance, 1999

Contains an unpublished book review of Witolz Rybczynski's A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century


Box 3 Folder 32 Unpublished article, "Where the Future Lies", 1999


Box 3 Folder 33 Unpublished article, "On the Anorexic", 1990s-2000s, undated


Box 3 Folder 34 Unpublished article, "On the U.S. Capitol", 2001 [?]


Box 3 Folder 36 Unpublished articles on New York City, 1950s, undated

Includes drafts with titles like: "New York's Ruling Families," "New York: A Federal City," "New York: City of Art," "Gleanings on the Heights," "Plans for Grand Central," one draft credited by Reed and Gay Talese


Box 3 Folder 37 Unpublished draft articles and ideas [1 of 2], 1950s-60s, 1980s, undated

Includes numerous untitled and titled drafts: "Classical Underground," "The Romantic Fallacy," "The Triumph of Classical New York," "Walking Is Not Un-American, "The Bees of Aristaeus," "The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Contemporary Art," "The Artist and the Landscape," "The Year 2064," "Italy and the Classical," "Modern," "The Public and Modern Art," "Ugliness In the Name of Art," "The Great American Exposition: New York's Crystal Palace to San Francisco's Treasure Island," "Civil War Broadway," and "Equine New York," correspondence John B. Jackson (Landscape), Charles J. Rolo (Harper's Bazaar)


Box 3 Folder 38 Unpublished draft articles and ideas [2 of 2], 1950s-60s, 1980s, undated

Includes numerous untitled and titled drafts: "Classical Underground," "The Romantic Fallacy," "The Triumph of Classical New York," "Walking Is Not Un-American, "The Bees of Aristaeus," "The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Contemporary Art," "The Artist and the Landscape," "The Year 2064," "Italy and the Classical," "Modern," "The Public and Modern Art," "Ugliness In the Name of Art," "The Great American Exposition: New York's Crystal Palace to San Francisco's Treasure Island," "Civil War Broadway," and "Equine New York," correspondence John B. Jackson (Landscape), Charles J. Rolo (Harper's Bazaar)

Subseries 2: Lectures & Exhibitions


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "The New Prometheus: Visual Glory in a Democratic Society," US Catholic Historical Society, 1957

Includes correspondence Elizabeth Youngstrom (Scribner's)


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "German Contributions to the Arts in New York," Social Scientific Society for Intercultural Relations, 1961


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "The Pennsylvania Avenue Plan," TAMS, 1974


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, Work of Philip Trammell Shutze, Columbia University, 1979

Contains draft of address by Reed offered at opening exhibition of Philip Trammell Shutze


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "The Role of Art in the Embellishment of the City," Historic Richmond Foundation, 1983


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "Our Classical Heritage," Oregon School of Design, 1989


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, Arthur Ross Awards, 1989, 2001


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "The Jefferson Building," United States Capitol Historical Society, 1997


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "Richard Morris Hunt Centennial Dedication," NYC Parks, 1998

Includes photographs of Reed delivering address


Box 39 Folder 8 Address, "Our Gallery of Apollo: The American Renaissance in New York," Art Commission of the City of New York, undated


Box 39 Folder 9 Courses given at Yale, Montclair, New School, 1950s-60s, undated

Courses: Yale, "American Renaissance," Montclair Adult School "Romantic Era and Civil War Era," New School "History of New York City," "Cultural Historical Tour of New York"


Box 39 Folder 10 Exhibition proposals, 1964, 1981, undated

Includes proposals for exhibitions entitled, "Prospect Park - A Centennial" (1964) and "Classical New York" (1981)


Box 39 Folder 11 Exhibition, "Ars in Urbis," Yale Art Gallery, 1953

Photocopy of brochure with Reed listed in acknowledgements


Box 39 Folder 12 Exhibition, "Monuments of Manhattan: Great Buildings In New York City, 1800-1918," The University Club, 1955

Includes notes on loaned items and correspondence James Kellum Smith


Box 39 Folder 13 Exhibition, "Classical Brooklyn," Long Island Historical Society, 1956

Introduction and catalogue text, with note 'exhibition put together by HHR'


Box 39 Folder 14 Exhibition Text, "Twentieth-Century Tapestries (on Jan Yoors)," Montclair Art Museum, 1956-57


Box 39 Folder 15 Exhibition, "75th Anniversary Architectural League 1957", 1950s, undated

Includes planning meeting minutes, correspondence Xenophon Smith (Postmaster General), John Jacobus (Princeton), Carolyn Pitts (Philadelphia Museum of Art), Howard Rice (Princeton), Carey McWilliams (The Nation), Lester Markel (New York Times), Marshall B. Davidson (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Newbold Morris (Lovejoy, Morris, Wasson & Huppuch), 5 photos


Box 39 Folder 16 Exhibition Text, "Central Park's Calvert Vaux," Museum of the City of New York, 1974


Box 39 Folder 17 Exhibition, "Andrea Palladio," Cooper Hewitt Museum, 1977

Organized by Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio and Classical America, folder contains brochure with text by Reed


Box 39 Folder 18 Exhibition Text, "Georgian Splendor: The Work of Philip Trammell Shutze," Columbia University, 1979


Box 39 Folder 19 Exhibition Text, "Mott B. Schmidt: Architectural Portrait," National Academy of Design, 1980

Brochures and text by Alvin Holm


Box 39 Folder 20 Exhibition Text, "The Classical Tradition in Modern Times," Symposium Smith College, 1981

Exhibition "Speaking a New Classicism: American Architecture Now," Smith College Museum of Art & Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, folder contains catalogues with essay, original folder tag read "Talk at Smith College"


Box 39 Folder 21 Exhibition Text, "Robert Adam & His Style," Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1982


Box 39 Folder 22 Exhibition Text, "A Building to Celebrate," New York Public Library, 1986


Box 39 Folder 23 Exhibition Text, "Richard Morris Hunt and New York", 1986


Box 39 Folder 24 Exhibition Text, "The National Sculpture Society Celebrates the Figure," National Sculpture Society, 1987


Box 39 Folder 25 Exhibition Text, "Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses," The National Academy of Design, 1988-1989

Includes correspondence with Chauncey Stillman and article about the exhibition in theBoston Globe


Box 39 Folder 26 Exhibition, "The Classical Tradition, The Wave of the Future," University of Texas at Austin, 1980s, undated

Includes transcript of a recording, correspondence Miss Leighton, Lynn Cooksey, David H. Stewart, Mrs. Barrie Scardino, Susan R. Hoover


Box 40 Folder 1 Invitations to speak, 1965-66

Includes correspondence J.W. Boutillier, Lucia Dubro (Atlanta Public Schools), Helene Palmer (Junior League of the City of New York), Jewel Bellush (Hunter College), Thomas S. Buechner (Brooklyn Museum)


Box 40 Folder 2 Lecture Notes [1 of 2], 1960s, undated

Includes drafts and notes, some titled: "The Human Figure and Street Ornament," and "The Vanderbilt Family and the American Renaissance"


Box 40 Folder 3 Lecture Notes [2 of 2], undated

Includes drafts and notes from various lectures, addresses, speeches, and talks


Box 40 Folder 4 Lecture, "When Our Cities Were Brown," Newark Public Library, 1961


Box 7 Folder 1 Lecture, "New York in the Age of Elegance: The Vanderbilt Family and the American Renaissance", 1964


Box 40 Folder 5 Lecture, Delancey Family, St. Nicholas Historical Society, 1966


Box 40 Folder 6 Lecture, New London Historical Society, 1960s, undated


Box 40 Folder 7 Lecture, "Paris Parks", 1972


Box 40 Folder 8 Lecture, "The Classical Tradition in Art and Architecture: An Answer to Post-Modernism," Southern Methodist University of Texas, 1980

Includes correspondence Dean Eugene Bonelli, George Parker and Paul Gapp


Box 40 Folder 9 Lecture, "Classical America: Movement and Tradition," French Institute of Architecture Conference, Paris, 1982


Box 40 Folder 10 Lecture, "The Role of Art in the Embellishment of the City," Historic Richmond Foundation, 1983


Box 40 Folder 11 Lecture, Walking Tours, Municipal Arts Society, 1986


Box 40 Folder 12 Lecture, "Fashion, Rebellion and Modern Art," Long Island University, 1988


Box 40 Folder 13 Lecture, "Henry Clay Frick and the Grand Tradition," Frick Collection, 1988


Box 40 Folder 14 Lecture, "The totality of the Arts in the Traditional Space," Classical America, 1993


Box 40 Folder 15 Lecture, "On Biltmore," Symposium Montgomery Museum, 1995

Includes correspondence Rebecca Gillette


Box 40 Folder 16 Lecture, "The United States Capitol," National Academy of Design, 1995


Box 40 Folder 17 Lecture, "Coming of the Modern," Davidson College, 1996


Box 40 Folder 18 Lecture, English Architecture, Classical America, 1996

Contains lecture Reed gave on English architecture at a Classical America meeting


Box 40 Folder 19 Lecture, "Wethersfield, the Garden of the Late Chauncey Stillman," National Academy of Design, 1997


Box 40 Folder 20 Lecture, "Washington's Classical Future," The National Building Museum, 2001


Box 40 Folder 21 Lecture, "The Triumph of the Modern," Genealogical Society, 2002


Box 40 Folder 22 Lecture, "The Meigs Capitol," National Civic Art Society, 2004


Box 40 Folder 23 Lecture, "On the U.S. Capitol", 2000s, undated


Box 40 Folder 24 Lecture, "The City Beautiful Movement," Municipal Arts Society, undated


Box 40 Folder 25 Lecture, "The City as a Work of Art", undated


Box 40 Folder 26 Lecture, "On the Classical Tradition, Amherst College, undated


Box 40 Folder 27 Testimony, Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1960s, undated

Includes statements regarding proposed police stable in Prospect Park and on Greenwich Village Historic District, correspondence James Felt (City Planning commission)


Box 40 Folder 28 Testimony, Proposed Air Force Academy, 1955


Box 40 Folder 29 Testimony, Washington Square Park, 1966

Previously filed in NYU Walking Tours - Henry James Tour

Subseries 3: Central Park Curatorship


Box 27 Folder 14 Central Park - Miscellaneous

Earlier accession?


Box 27 Folder 16 Central Park - Miscellaneous

Earlier accession? (dated 1979)


Box 28 Folder 10 Central Park - Miscellaneous

Earlier accession? (Includes photos, history of Central Park and bicycle tours of Central Park)


Box 27 Folder 15 Central Park - Miscellaneous - Reports

Earlier accession?


Box 28 Folder 1 Central Park - Stables and Polo Field Battle

Earlier accession?


Box 40 Folder 30 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [1 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets, original binder entitled "Central Park - Summer 1968"


Box 40 Folder 31 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [2 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets, original binder entitled "Central Park - Summer 1968"


Box 40 Folder 32 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [3 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "The Lake I"


Box 40 Folder 33 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [4 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "The Lake II"


Box 40 Folder 34 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [5 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "North End"


Box 40 Folder 35 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [6 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "South End"


Box 41 Folder 1 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [7 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "Ramble"


Box 41 Folder 2 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [8 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "Bethesda Terrace"


Box 41 Folder 3 Central Park - Photography - Jones, E. Powis [9 of 9], 1968

Includes photographs by E. Powis Jones, the majority of which were taken in 1968, many of which document the conditions, public facilities, and activities in Central Park; it is assumed that these photographs are part of Reed's work as curator of Central Park, but these volumes also contain reference materials that could be associated with any of Reed's writings or projects concerning Central Park; it is not confirmed that Reed personally organized or wrote captions for these materials and photographs; this folder includes index of photographs and contact sheets; original binder entitled "Misc."


Box 41 Folder 4 Central Park Maps (including Tree Map), 1967, 1994

Maps with text by Reed: "Bridges of Central Park," (1989) "The Grand Design" (1994) with the history of the park's design, "Grand Design or Catch All?" (1967), "Tree Map" (1967)


Box 41 Folder 5 Central Park Stables, 1967

Includes correspondence Lewis Mumford, Joseph Walker, Jack M. Kaplan, Thomas P. Hoving, Richard Edes Harrison, 4 photos


Box 4 Folder 1 Correspondence during Central Parks Curatorship, 1965-66

Includes correspondence Thomas Hoving, Richard Edes Harrison, Allyn Cox, Alan Burnham, Bill Farrell, Grace M. Mayer, Irvin Schwartz (resident who first suggested ban of cars in Central Park)


Box 4 Folder 2 Correspondence during Central Parks Curatorship, 1966-70

Includes correspondence Thomas Hoving, Arthur Rosenblatt, Richard Morris, August Heckscher, Robert Makla, 2 photos


Box 4 Folder 3 Press Clips, Park Curatorship, 1960s

Includes articles referencing Reed andNew York Timesfront page announcement of his tenure scrawled 'Hooray!'


Box 4 Folder 5 Reed on Commercial Invasion of Central Park, 1967

Includes correspondence from friends and members of the public responding to Reed'sNew York Timesarticle (June 27, 1967) protesting commercial invasion of Central Park


Box 4 Folder 4 Reports and Assessments on Curatorship, 1966, undated

Includes Reed's reports for Hoving and personal assessment of the first six months of his curatorship


Box 33 Folder 16 Report, Task Force on Municipal Archives, 1966-1968

Contains 1966 task force recommendations for the preservation of the Municipal Archives and signed letter to Reed from Mayor Lindsay

Subseries 4: Publicity


Box 41 Folder 6 Press Clips [1 of 7], 1950s


Box 41 Folder 7 Press Clips [2 of 7], 1960s

Includes articles about walking tours


Box 41 Folder 8 Press Clips [3 of 7], 1970s


Box 41 Folder 9 Press Clips [4 of 7], 1980s


Box 41 Folder 10 Press Clips [5 of 7], 1990s


Box 41 Folder 11 Press Clips [6 of 7], 2000s


Box 41 Folder 12 Press Clips [7 of 7], undated


Box 41 Folder 13 Reviews and Notices American Skyline, 1950s

Includes correspondence Charles Farnsley, Everard Upjohn


Box 41 Folder 14 Reviews and Notices The Golden City, 1959


Box 42 Folder 1 Reviews and Notices Central Park: A History and a Guide, 1967

Includes a handwritten, unsigned note offering feedback on p 126: "This is the great theme of your chapter…"


Box 42 Folder 2 Reviews and Notices Architecture in America: A Battle of Styles, 1960s


Box 42 Folder 3 Reviews and Notices Central Park: A Photographic Guide, 1979


Box 42 Folder 4 Reviews and Notices Palladio's Architecture and Its Influence, 1980


Box 42 Folder 5 Reviews and Notices The Library of Congress, ed. Reed, 1983, 1998

By Herbert Small, edited by Reed


Box 42 Folder 6 Reviews and Notices The New York Public Library: Its Architecture and Decoration, 1986, 2011

Includes correspondence Sam Robbins, Randolph Herr


Box 42 Folder 7 Reviews and Notices The Pine Tree Book, 1987

By Russell Peterson, foreword by Reed


Box 42 Folder 8 Reviews and Notices, "Beaux-Arts Architecture in NY", 1988


Box 42 Folder 9 Reviews and Notices, "Rockefeller NY", 1988


Box 42 Folder 10 Reviews and Notices, "Bridges of Central Park", 1989-2007


Box 42 Folder 11 Reviews and Notices The U.S. Capitol, 2005


Box 42 Folder 12 Reviews and Notices Architecture of Humanism, undated

Preface by Reed


Box 42 Folder 13 Lecture Announcements, Promotional Materials [1 of 2], 1960s-2000s

Includes promotional material from the Museum of the City of New York, Friends of Central Park, Reed's lectures, walking tours, and other events


Box 42 Folder 14 Lecture Announcements, Promotional Materials [2 of 2], 1960s-2000s

Includes promotional material from Reed's lectures, walking tours, and other events

Subseries 5: General


Box 42 Folder 15 Awards, 1991-2005

Includes material and correspondence concerning awards and prizes from Notre Dame (Richard H. Driehaus Prize), the Victorian Society, the Acorn Foundation, and Municipal Arts Society


Box 42 Folder 16 Biographical Materials, 1963-2013

Includes materials, correspondence, DVDs, and photographs related to the lives of Reed and his wife, Constance Reed, such as materials concerning the Reed's 30th wedding anniversary, to Reed as an alumni of Harvard University, or Constance and Henry Reed's deaths


Box 42 Folder 17 Board Memberships, 1979-2012

Includes materials related to Reed's work as a board member of organizations other than Classical America


Box 42 Folder 18 Books Referencing Reed, 1950s-1990s

Includes correspondence Gil Millstein


Box 42 Folder 19 Collected Quotes & Articles, 1912-2007

Includes quotations and articles not written by Reed, but collected by Reed


Box 42 Folder 20 Consultation, CBS News Reports, 1960s

Includes broadcast transcripts: "A Question of Values: A close look at luxury apartments in Manhattan" and "Our Vanishing Legacy"


Box 42 Folder 21 Curriculum Vitae, 1979-2001


Box 42 Folder 22 Guggenheim Fellowship, 1958-1960

Includes application information, correspondence James F. Mathias, J. Kellum Smith, Henry Allen Moe


Box 42 Folder 23 MacArthur Foundation Application, 1984-1986

Includes correspondence and materials related to Reed's application to the MacArthur Foundation


Box 42 Folder 24 Notes, City and Preservation, undated

Contains texts: "Old Buildings - Should They Be Preserved?" and "Some Considerations on the Greatness of Cities"


Box 37 Folder 10 Notes, J. Buelhmann Opus, undated

Originally filed with Classical America, connection unknown


Box 42 Folder 25 Notes, Miscellaneous, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, undated

Contains fragments of undated writing and notes by Reed


Box 42 Folder 26 Notes, Trip to France and Italy, 1982

Descriptions of visit to Paris, Turin and Genoa


Box 42 Folder 27 Obituaries, 1978-1999

Includes obituaries of Thomas Everett, Christopher Tunnard, John Bayley, Chauncey Stillman, and Ray Mack written and collected by Reed


Box 42 Folder 28 Reading Lists, undated

Includes landscape architecture and Georges Gromort


Box 42 Folder 29 Transcript, Reed - Bayley interview, 1959

Photocopy with note: "Gilbert MilsteinNew York TimesJune 30, 1959"


Box 42 Folder 30 Transcript, Reed- Cox interview, 1973

Includes transcript, photographs, and recording of Reed's interview with Allyn Cox that was subsequently printed in Classical America III


Box 42 Folder 31 Transcript, Reed- Everett interview, 1975

Includes transcript of Reed's interview with Thomas Everett


Box 42 Folder 32 Transcript, Reed- Jack interview, 1975

Includes transcript of Reed's interview with James Jack


Box 42 Folder 33 Transcript, Wood - Reed interview, 1998

Includes transcript and correspondence related to Tony Wood's interview with Reed


Box 42 Folder 34 Translation, Alberti, undated

Items are untitled but could be Reed's translation of Leon Battista Alberti'sDe iciarchia(dated 1954 in WorldCat)