0.1 Linear Feet, 1/2 in. (1 folder); (6 unboxed artworks)
Quantity
0.13 Gigabytes, 2 .docx files
Creator
Reed, Perley Isaac, 1887-1973
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The Marriage Certificate of Perley Reed and Elizabeth Dee Frost, telegrams recieved by Elizabeth and Perley, as well as newspaper
clippings celebrating their engagment. Elizabeth's certificate of intitiation into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society in 1965.
There are also 6 artworks by Reed, who was a hobbyist painter.
The artworks are:
Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau
Oil on canvasboard,
30 x 24,
1966
A Soldier's Farewell,
Oil on canvasboard,
20 x 16,
1963
Matterhorn,
Oil on canvasboard,
24 x 30,
1967
Romance in Old Paris,
Oil on canvasboard,
24 x 16,
1957
Meditation,
Oil on canvasboard,
20 x 16,
1961
Awakening,
Oil on canvasboard,
24 x 18,
1962
Images of the artworks located in the West Virginia & Regional History Center and Martin Hall are available in digital format.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by
contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Perley Reed, Author, Poetry and Artwork, A&M 1776, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Nine additional artworks by Reed are housed in Martin Hall room 206, owned by the Reed College of Media, as of 2022. Photos
of these artworks are available in the control folder for this collection and as a Word document.