‘S’ Surname Correspondence, 1924-1930

Two folders containing typewritten notes and correspondence between Chester A. Reeds and others (including Charles P. Berkey, Roy Chapman Andrews, and William Diller Matthews) with regards to Reeds’s editorial work. One folder containing Reeds’s own notes and drafts. Nineteen folders containing correspondence organized in alphabetical order. Four folders containing typewritten and handwritten notes by Chester A. Reeds regarding an issue of Natural History entitled ‘The Romance of Fossil-Hunting.’ Another nineteen folders of alphabetized correspondence pertaining to this particular issue of Natural History, including correspondence from Roy Chapman Andrews, Barnum Brown, Charles P. Berkey, Henry Fields Osborn, and others. This correspondence often takes the form of Reeds asking esteemed professionals to contribute articles to the Natural History issue and their replies (in many cases polite refusals due to being too busy). In cases in which the authors were able to contribute, their drafts occasionally appear with changes and suggestions made by Reeds, the editor. The alphabetized folders also include carbon copies of letters Reeds sent to his colleagues, peers, and even family when he mailed out the completed Natural History magazine issue to them to read.