MANUSCRIPT
Reid family: Business and family papers
- Date
- 1858-1950
- By
- Reid familyReid, Nicholas, 1837-1915; Reid, Walter Edward, 1870-1952
- Reference
- MS-Papers-2631
- Description
Collection comprises: Walter Reid letterbook, 1912-20, 1929-33 containing letters relating to Reid & Reid and private affairs; miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to Reid family, 1858-1950; and newspaper cuttings, mainly obituary notices, 1934, relating to Mary Reid.
Source of title - Supplied title
Nicholas Reid was a director of W & G Turnbull Ltd. In 1900 his sons Walter & Howard entered into partnership to found Reid & Reid Ltd, Merchants & General Agents. Walter's wife Mrs Macarthy Reid, was the widow of T G Macarthy who founded the Macarthy Trust
Quantity: 2 folder(s). 1 volume(s).
Processing information: This collection was processed to item level in October 2021.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 2 folder(s), 1 volume(s), Business records, Family papers, Manuscripts
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Letter book
Date: 1912-1932
From: Reid family: Business and family papers
Reference: MSX-10051
Description: Letter book, predominantly containing carbon copies of outwards correspondence from Walter Reid dated between 1912 and 1933. Initial pages are an alphabetical index containing handwritten accounts. Five loose handwritten unsigned letters from Walter Reid to "Rev Mother", "Rev Father", and "Brother Basil" are inserted under 'L-M' in the index. Title supplied by Library. See an indent book of correspondence between Walter Turnbull and Nicholas Reid at MSX-9512. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Tan leather half-bound volume, silk covers, with "Letter Book" in gilt on spine, 28 x 23 cm Processing information: This volume was previously identified as MS-Papers-2631.
Correspondence and papers
Date: 1858, 1886 - 1933-1945
From: Reid family: Business and family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2631-1
Description: Comprises correspondence and Reid and Reid business and Reid family papers: - letter dated July 21 [1858?] from Wanganui, signed Herbert [Gaby?] - letter to "Captain Robb" from Walter Turnbull dated 20 March 1886 advising his business interests in W&G Turnbull were transferred to Nicholas Reid. - letters from [Campbell Duncan?] dated September 29th 1933 and a letter dated December 10 1935 concerning purchase of paintings. - letter from Governor-General Bledisloe dated 2 July 1934 on the death of Mrs Mcarthy Reid. - copy letter from Walter Reid to "Gertrude" dated 13th June 1945 concerning family wills. - notes listing Reid family members and relatives. - Carbon copy of the last will and testament of Walter Edward Reid. - auction catalogue for effects of the late Mrs T G MCCarthy Reid, 1934. - undated envelope to Walter Reid and an old copy of a song lyrics. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: handwritten and typescript letters, printed pamphlets
Clippings, photocopies, and photographs
Date: 1886, [1927-1938] - [1980?]
From: Reid family: Business and family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2631-2
Description: Comprises newspaper and magazine clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, and black and white photographs taken by an unidentified photographer. - magazine clippings show images of Mrs T G Macarthy Reid and Walter Reid, possibly taken 1927-1938. - newspaper clippings dated 1933-1935 featuring articles on the late Mrs Macarthy Reid. - photocopies probably made circa 1980 of newspaper article on the late Mrs Macarthy Reid (1933-1935 ), and the death of Nicholas Reid (dated 1915). - two black and white photographic prints show Walter Reid and an unidentified man; one black and white photographic print shows a man looking out of a dilapidated shack, annotated "The Tichborne Claimants private residence at Wagga Wagga NSW 1866". Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Clippings, photographic prints