Nick Reynolds Kingston Trio Papers
name: label: Musician
content: Kingston Trio
label: Creator
content: Reynolds, Nick, 1933-2008
label: Former owner
content: Kingston Trio Legacy Project
label: Former owner
content: Reynolds, Leslie
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk music
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content: Folk musicians
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content: Folk songs -- United States
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content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
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content: Postcards -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by the Kingston Trio Legacy Project to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution in 2018.
creator: label: Musician
content: Kingston Trio
label: Creator
content: Reynolds, Nick, 1933-2008
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content: Nick Reynolds Kingston Trio Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Nick Reynolds, a member of the vocal music group, the Kingston Trio.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The history of the original Kingston Trio and its subsequent permutations has been well chronicled.  The group came to national prominence in 1958 during the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.  At that time the trio consisted of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds.  Their first album released in 1958 contained their first gold record, Tom Dooley.  Success continued for the trio but in 1961, Dave Guard left the group and John Stewart joined the group as his replacement. The group continued to have a successful run, their cover of Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and Greenback Dollar made the Billboard Top Ten chart in 1961 and 1963 respectively.  The group in its configuration of Reynolds, Shane, and Stewart ceased actively performing in June 1967.  Subsequent incarnations of the group performed into the twenty-first century.

Nicholas (Nick) Wells Reynolds, tenor, was a founding member of the Kingston Trio. He was born in San Diego, California on July 27, 1933.  His parents were Stewart S. and Jane Keck Reynolds.  His father was a commander in the United States Navy.  Reynolds attended schools in Coronado, California graduating in 1951 from Coronado High School.  He graduated from Menlo College, Atherton, California in 1956.

Reynolds, Bob Shane (1934-2020) and Dave Guard (1934-1991) formed the Kingston Trio in the 1950s.  Reynolds left the Trio in 1967 moving to Oregon.  He rejoined the Trio in 1988 after recording the album Revenge of the Budgie in 1983, and remained with the group until retiring in 2003.  Reynolds died in San Diego, California on October 1, 2008 survived by his third wife, Leslie Yerger Reynolds, and four children.

Sources

Family Search, 1940 United States Census, accessed July 9, 2019.
Obituary, Nick Reynolds, The New York Times, October 2, 2008.
Obituary, Nick Reynolds, The Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2008.
Kingston Trio Legacy Project, (http://kingstontriolegacyproject.com) last accessed July 9, 2019.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 map-folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1472
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Business letters
label: Type
content: Fliers (printed matter)
label: Type
content: Legal records
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sheet music
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series. 

Series 1: Reynolds, Nick, Personal Papers, 1950-2014, undated

Series 2: Kingston Trio Papers and Ephemera, 1956-2013, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Nelse Greenway, volunteer, 2019, supervised by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Articles -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Business letters
label: Genre/Form
content: Fliers (printed matter)
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal records -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 21st century
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Color prints (photographs) -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- Concerts -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection documents the life and career of Nick Reynolds, one of the members of the Kingston Trio folk music group. Included in the collection are: a scrapbook approximately covering the years 1958-1970, and including such things as articles, photographs, and flyers announcing appearances by the Trio; letters, including fan mail, and a large set of letters and cards sent by member Nick Reynolds to his parents; postcards; business and legal papers, especially relating to a 1981 reunion; programs; songbooks and sheet music; posters advertising appearances; a book about the Trio; articles and miscellaneous printed materials.