The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Letters, photographs, sketches and drawings, business records and printed matter.
Reel 1598: Business and personal correspondence; exhibition invitations and announcements; clippings; a brief biographical sketch; financial receipts and statements of sales; and photographs of Dickson Reeder's paintings and exhibition installations.
Reel 1682: 110 sketches of costumes and scenery by Dickson Reeder, 48 photographs of productions, and 5 magazine articles about the Reeder School.
Citation:
Dickson Reeder papers, 1943-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 1598-1602 & 1682 available at Archives of American Art offices; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the lender, Flora Blanc Reeder, after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Painter, etcher, engraver, designer, teacher; Fort Worth, Texas. Reeder and his wife, Flora Blanc Reeder, founded the Reeder School, a performing arts school for children in Fort Worth.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Flora Blanc Reeder.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
