Robert Reed papers
name: label: Creator
content: Reed, Robert, 1938-2014
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
label: Names
content: Pindell, Howardena, 1943-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Robert Reed papers were donated in 2022 by Susan Whetstone, Robert Reed's widow, and by Dr. Lisabeth Jordan and Mark A. Reed, Robert Reed's children.
creator: label: Creator
content: Reed, Robert, 1938-2014
setName: label: See more items in
content: Robert Reed papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist and educator Robert Reed measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1944 to circa 2014. The collection includes correspondence with artists Robert Birmelin, Philip Guston, Howardena Pindell, and others; professional files documenting Reed's business with galleries, exhibitions, guest books for The Tree for Mine Series in Reed's hometown, Charlottesville, Va., and material relating to Joseph Albers; and printed materials containing catalogs and announcements for Reed's exhibitions dating from the 1960s to the 2010s, a few exhibition posters, and art reproductions.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Reed (1938-2014) was a painter and educator in New Haven, Connecticut, who was influential in the history of abstraction and African American art in the 20th century. He received a B.S. from Morgan State University in 1958, a B.F.A. Yale University School of Art 1960, and a M.F.A. from Yale in 1962. He studied with Jon Schueler and Joseph Albers, and was influenced by his colleague at Skidmore College, Philip Guston. Reed became a member of Yale's faculty in 1969 and taught at the university for almost 50 years. During his tenure as director of the Yale Summer School of Music and Art from 1970 to 1974, he formed the Institute for Studio Studies in Auvillar, France as part of the summer school program. Reed was the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from the College Art Association in 2004, a Yaddo fellowship, and was awarded a  grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944-circa 2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reedrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 3 series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1944-2014 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Professional Files, circa 1963-2014 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 4, OVs 5-6)

Series 3: Printed Materials, circa 1965-circa 2014 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 2-4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2023.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist and educator Robert Reed measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1944 to circa 2014. The collection includes correspondence with artists Robert Birmelin, Philip Guston, Howardena Pindell, and others; professional files documenting Reed's business with galleries, exhibitions, guest books for The Tree for Mine Series in Reed's hometown, Charlottesville, Va., and material relating to Joseph Albers; and printed materials containing catalogs and announcements for Reed's exhibitions dating from the 1960s to the 2010s, a few exhibition posters, and art reproductions.