Robert Dennis Reid papers
name: label: Creator
content: Reid, Robert Dennis, 1924-2000
label: Names
content: ADI Gallery
label: Names
content: Fairweather Hardin Gallery
label: Names
content: Galerie Darthea Speyer (Paris, France)
label: Names
content: Grand Central Art Galleries
label: Names
content: Grand Central Moderns (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Rose Fried Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: University of Notre Dame Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Bearden, Romare (1911-1988)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: African American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Robert Dennis Reid donated his papers to the Archives of American Art on November 4, 1974.
creator: label: Creator
content: Reid, Robert Dennis, 1924-2000
setName: label: See more items in
content: Robert Dennis Reid papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: This small collection of papers of African American artist and educator Robert Dennis Reid consists primarily of correspondence (75 items), and scattered exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, and photographs and slides of Reid's artwork. There is also one photograph of Reid. Within the correspondence are six letters from Romare Bearden.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: African American painter and fine arts professor Robert Dennis Reid was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1924. He studied at Clark College in Atlanta from 1941-1943 and continued his art education at the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, Reid studied at the Parsons New School of Design in New York City. 

Throughout his career, Reid exhibitied at Grand Central Art Gallery in New York City, the UCLA Gallery, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In addition, the 1st World Festival of Negro Artists in Dakar, Senegal (1965) featured Reid's work. Reid held positions as a professor of painting and drawing at the Summit Art Center in New Jersey and the Rhode Island School of Design. He also exhibited with the U.S. State Department in the "Arts in the American Embassies" program. To supplement his income, Reid worked for the United States Post Office in the evenings. Robert Dennis Reid died in 2002.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reidrobd
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into 4 series:

Series 1: Biographical Information, circa 1960s (Box 1; 1 item)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1960s-1970s (Box 1; 75 items)

Series 3: Printed Material, circa 1961-1975 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 4: Photographs and Slides, 1964-1977 (Box 1; 2 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Jayna Hanson in 2008.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: This small collection of papers of African-American painter and fine arts professor Robert Dennis Reid consists of a resume, 75 letters to and from Reid, scattered exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, and photographs and slides of Reid's artwork. There is also one photograph of Reid. Within the correspondence are six letters from Romare Bearden, as well as correspondence with Grand Central Modern Gallery, Grand Central Galleries, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, Fairweather Hardin Gallery (Chicago), Rose Fried Gallery, Galerie Darthea Speyer (Paris), Benson Gallery, ADI Gallery, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.), and the Young Gallery (Calif.).