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Nellie M. Reed Papers

COLLECTION OVERVIEW

Collection Number: GR ASCSA NMR 072
Name(s) of Creator(s): Nellie M. Reed (1872-1957)
Title: Nellie M. Reed Papers
Date [bulk]: 1895-1896
Date [inclusive]:
Language(s): English
Summary: This small collection contains of correspondence, papers and lectures including her ASCSA paper on Ενιαυτός, a page from ΕΣΤΙΑ (February 13, 1896) refering to Eugene Andrews's reading of the Parthenon inscription, a collapsible metal cup, and photos.
Quantity: 0.50 linear meters
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Ann Townsend and Mary Townsend Bartholomew, 2011, 2018.
Information about Access: The collection is available for research after consultation with the Archivist.
Cite as: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Archives, Nellie M. Reed Papers (Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα, Αρχείο Nellie M. Reed)

 For more information, please contact the Archives:
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
54 Souidias Street, Athens 106 76, Greece,
phone: 213 000 2400 (ext. 425)
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Nellie M. Reed (1872-1957), a graduate of Cornell University (1895), attended the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 1895-1896. Later, she became a Librarian.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Nellie M. Reed Papers consist of correspondence, papers and lectures including her ASCSA paper on Ενιαυτός, a page from ΕΣΤΙΑ (February 13, 1896) refering to Eugene Andrews's reading of the Parthenon inscription, a collapsible metal cup, and photos. Nellie's letters are a treasure of information for a period that is otherwise poorly represented in the ASCSA Archives.

For the content of her letters, also see Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, "An Epistolary Window on One Woman's Greek Experience," akoue 65, 2011, pp. 18-20.

CONTENT LIST 

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SERIES I Correspondence

BOX 1: 24 July 1895–25 July 1896

These letters were handwritten in ink and at some point some of the text of these letters was overwritten in pencil. Unless otherwise noted, they are all address to her mother, Mrs. Amelia E. Reed or Mr. Raymond C. Reed, Ithaca, New York.

FOLDER 1
a) Wednesday 24 July 1895, 10.30 a.m. Handwritten postcard.  Postmarked Binghamton, New York.
b) 24 July 1895. Fragile envelope and 7 page handwritten letter from Hotel St. Denis, New York City.
c)  25 July 1895, 8.30 a.m. Handwritten postcard. From [Hotel] St. Denis, New York City.
d) 25 July 1895, 11.30 a.m. Fragile envelope and 2 page handwritten letter from on board Fürst Bismarck.
e) 26–31 July 1895. 24 page handwritten letter from on board Fürst Bismarck.
f) 31 July 1895. Envelope and 3 page handwritten letter from on board Schnelldampfers “Fürst Bismarck”.
g) 31 July 1895, 9 a.m. Envelope and 4 page handwritten letter from on board Schnelldampfers “Fürst Bismarck” as approaches the Isle of Wright and harbor of Cherbourg.
h) 2 August 1895, 11.30 p.m. Envelope and 4 page handwritten letter from Hamburger Hof, Hamburg.
i) 5 August 1895. Envelope and 13 page handwritten letter from Weimar c/o Fr. Günther, Kurthstrasse, Weimar [Germany].
j) 6 August 1895. Envelope and 15 page handwritten letter from Weimar c/o Fr. Günther, Kurthstrasse, Weimar [Germany].
k) ? August 1895. Handwritten postcard received in Ithaca, NY on 17 August 1895 from Weimar, Germany. Postcard illustrated with views of Weimar: statue of Schiller and Goethe; Goethe’s Gartenhaus; Fürstengrusst, Russische Capelle; Krieger-Denkmal.
l) 14–18 August 1895. Envelope and 7 page handwritten letter from Weimar [Germany].
m) 21–26 August 1895. Envelope and 6 page handwritten letter from Weimar and Jena [Germany].
n) 22 August 1895. Handwritten postcard from Jena illustrated with views of Fuchsthurm, Jena, Forstthurm [Germany].
o) 27 August–2 September 1895. Envelope and 10 page handwritten letter from Weimar, Berlin, Thuringian Forest, Thuringer Hof, Eisenach [Germany].
p) 28 August 1895. Handwritten postcard “ Gruss von der Wartburg” from Wartburg von Osten [Germany].
q) 30 August 1895. Handwritten postcard “Gruss aus dem Ulmthal” from Germany.
r) 5, 7, 9 September 1895. Envelope and 6 page handwritten letter from Berlin.
s) 10–17 September 1895. Envelope and 6 page handwritten letter from Berlin.
t) 18 September 1895. Handwritten postcard from Berlin.
u) 20 September 1895. Envelope and 6 page handwritten letter from Vienna.
v) 22–24 September 1895. Envelope  and 8 handwritten pages (of various sizes and some taped together) from Saran-bey to Constantinople.
w) 28 September 1895. Envelope and 10 handwritten pages (some taped together) from Constantinople, Smyrna, Athens.
x) Undated late September 1895. Two handwritten pages. Prince Wasif Ali Mirza to Mrs. Reed. And calling card.
y) 29 September–3 October 1895. Envelope and 6 handwritten pages (some taped together) from Athens.

FOLDER 2
a) 13 October 1895. Envelope and 22 handwritten pages from Boeotia. Plus ll labeled black/white snapshots.
b) 17–18 October 1895. Envelope and 5 handwritten pages from Athens.
c) 20–23 October 1895. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens.
d) 30 October 1895. Handwritten postcard from Nauplia
e) 31 October 1895. Envelope and 12 handwritten pages from Athens and trip to Nauplia, Mycenae, Epidaurus.
f) 5 November 1895. Envelope and 6 handwritten pages from Athens.
g) 9–10 November 1895. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens.
h) 13–18 November 1895. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens, Eleusis.
i) 20–26 November 1895. Envelope and 9 handwritten pages from Athens.
j) 28–30 November 1895. Envelope and 5 handwritten pages from Athens.
k) 8 December 1895. Envelope and 16 handwritten pages from Athens and Attica trip.
l) 15 December 1895. Envelope and 10 handwritten pages from Athens.
m) 20 December 1895. Handwritten postcard from Athens.
n) 22 December 1895. Envelope and 7 handwritten pages from Athens, Phalerus, Phyle.
o) 29 December 1895. Envelope and 10 handwritten pages from Athens, Salamis.
p) 1–2 January 1896. Envelope and  7 handwritten pages from Athens.
q) 4 January 1896. Envelope and 2 handwritten pages. Acropolis.
r) 5 January 1896. 7 handwritten pages from Kephisia. (The original letter was in tatters from age and was copied in 1948.)
s) 12 January 1896. 12 handwritten pages from Athens.
t) 16 January 1896. Envelope and 9 handwritten pages from Athens.
u) 19 January 1896. Envelope and 5 handwritten pages from Athens, Boeotia. Plus 7 black/white snapshots with typed descriptions.
v) 26–30 January 1896. Envelope and 9 handwritten pages from Athens.
w) 30 January 1896. 6 handwritten pages from Athens.
x) 2 February 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens.
y) 6 February 1896. Handwritten postcard from Athens.
z) 10 February 1896. Envelope and 11 handwritten pages from Athens.

FOLDER 3
a) 13–16 February 1896. Envelope and 12 handwritten pages from Athens (Acropolis).
b) 20 February 1896. Envelope and 6 handwritten pages from Athens.
c) 23–27 February 1896. Envelope and 13 handwritten pages from Athens.
d) 1–5 March 1896. Envelope and 14 handwritten pages from Athens.

e) Miscellaneous mementos (these were filed between the 1–5 and 8–12 March correspondence):
1 page handwritten invitation to NMR from Marion H. Alexander on Washington’s birthday.
Small placecard with photo of Praxiteles’ Hermes, white and red ribbon and handwritten “Miss Reed, Kephissia, Feb. 24, 1896”.
Small envelope with carnival confetti, Athens.
Unsigned 1 page handwritten birthday poem.
Unsigned 1 page handwritten Valentine poem with handwritten envelope addressed “Miss N. Marie Reed σπίτι Merlin Athens”.
Notification of ASCSA Open Meeting on 21 February 1896. Speakers E. P. Andrews, J. C. Hoppin.

f) 8–12 March 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens (Menidi).
g) 15 March 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens (Museion Hill), Colonus, Spata, Eleusis.
h) 21 March 1896. Handwritten postcard from Athens.
i) 22 March 1896. Handwritten postcard from Tripolitza.
j) 23 March 1896. Handwritten postcard from Sparta.
k) 25 March 1896. Handwritten postcard from Kalamata.
l) 27 March 1896. Handwritten postcard from Megalopolis.
m) 30 March 1896. Handwritten postcard from Olympia.
n) 2 April 1896. Envelope and 4 handwritten pages from Athens and beginning of Peloponnese trip.
o) 5 April 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens (Easter and Olympic games)
p) 9 April 1896. Envelope and 16 handwritten pages from Athens (Megara).
q) 10 April 1896. Envelope and 6 handwritten pages from Athens (Marathon Run). The envelope and letter are photocopies.
r) 15 April 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Athens.
s) 18 April 1896. Handwritten postcard from [unknown].
t) 23 April 1896. Envelope and 5 handwritten pages from Athens.
u) 26–30 April 1896. Envelope and 9 handwritten pages from Athens.

FOLDER 4
a) 3 May 1896. Handwritten postcard from Athens.
b) 4 May 1896. Envelope and 4 handwritten pages from Athens (Kaisariani).
c) 7 May 1896. Envelope and 4 handwritten pages from Aegina, Poros, Delos, Mykonos, Sunium, Thorikos.
d) 9–10 May 1896. Envelope and 3 handwritten pages from Marathon, Rhamnous, Eretria, Oropos.
e) 15–16 May 1896. Envelope and 9 handwritten pages from on board the Theseus.
f) 17 May 1896. Envelope and 7 handwritten pages from Island travels.  Plus letter in German from W. Wilberg to Amelia Reed, Nellie’s mother.
g) 21 May 1896. Envelope and 6 handwritten pages from Athens.
h) 25 May 1896. Envelope and 5 handwritten pages from Athens.
i) 27 May 1896. Envelope and 2 handwritten pages from Athens. (Refers to “enclosed” letter from Mr. Whicher, head of Packer Collegiate, but no such letter was here.)
j) 29 May 1896. Handwritten postcard from Patras.
k) 1–5 June 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Delphi, Patras, Corfu, Brindisi, Naples, Avernus.
l) 9 June 1896. Handwritten postcard from Naples.
m) 12 June 1896. Handwritten postcard from Pompeii.
n) 14 June 1896. Envelope and 10 handwritten pages from Rome.
o) 18–20 June 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Rome.
p) 24–25 June 1896. Envelope and 8 handwritten pages from Rome, Florence.
q) 29 June 1896. Envelope and 5 handwritten pages from Florence.
r) Date lost. Received Ithaca on 17 July 1896. Handwritten postcard from Milan.
s) 9 July 1896. Envelope and 3 handwritten pages from Paris.
t) 12 July 1896. Envelope and 3 handwritten pages from Paris.
u) 13 July 1896. Handwritten postcard from Paris.
v) 16 July 1896. Envelope and 6 handwritten pages from London.
w) 19 July 1896. Envelope and 3 handwritten pages from London.
x) 23 July 1896. Envelope and 3 handwritten pages from London.
y) 25 July 1896. Envelope and 3 handwritten pages from London.
z) 30 July 1896. Handwritten postcard from London. Preparing to return to the US.

aa) Fragments of handwritten letter. No date. Athens.

FOLDER 5
298 page typed transcription of the correspondence of Nellie Marie Reed 24 July 1895–30 July 1896. Transcribed by Ann Townsend, NMR’s granddaughter, in 2010.

In addition, photocopied photographs of Amelia Leonard Reed c 1876, Raymond Clinton Reed 1893, Ethel D. Puffer 1891 Smith College, Carita Atwell Champman 1891 Smith College, Amey Webb Wheeler and Benjamin 1995 in Athens, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Mary Alice Walton 1887 Smith College, Ruth Emerson ca 1895, Marjorie Putnam Jacobi ca 1895, Charlotte Holbrook ca 1889, Wilhelm Wilberg 1896, Wilhelm Dörpfeld and brother in phustanella ca 1895, “Redcliff” 108 University Avenue, Ithaka, New York ca 1896 with Nellie Marie Reed on right, Nellie Marie Reed Burnett 1945, Bellie Marie Reed ca 1880.

SERIES II Essays, lectures, newspaper clippings, and other miscellanous material

BOX 2

FOLDER 1- Articles and Lectures by Nellie Marie Reed
a) “Boeotia Trip”. A 14 typed page copy of letters to her family 28 September-13 October 1895 describing the ASCSA school trip to Boeotia.
b) “In the Peloponnesos” by Nellie M. Reed, ’95 in The Cornell Magazine. April 1897. 267-275.
c) “The Insel-Reise”. Lecture delivered at the Packer Collegiate Institute, 12 October 1896. 19 handwritten  pages.
d) “The Insel-Reise”. Lecture delivered at the Packer Collegiate Institute, 12 October 1896. 11 typed pages.
e) Two almost identical articles titled “’Ενιαυτóς in the Gortynian Inscription” 21 handwritten pages, Athens 1896 and “’Ενιαυτóς in the Gortynian Code”16 handwritten pages, no date. Also 14 page offprint of “ΕΤΟΣ und  ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ” by Adolf Wilhelm, 1900 and envelope.
f) “Greeks in Lent No. 1.” 10 handwritten pages. Plus small piece of paper with old black/white photo of Athens and in calligraphy “Χριστος Ανεστη Αθηνα.”
g) “Greeks in Lent No. 2 (more about Peloponnesus trip)”. 12 handwritten pages (pages torn along fold line).
h) “Christmas Holidays at Athens”. 11 typed pages.

FOLDER 2 – Miscellaneous Papers
a) Two handwritten letters: one two page letter dated January 12 1961 from Mrs. Eugene [Gene] P. Andrew  to Dorothy Reed Burnett  (daughter of Nellie Marie Reed) enclosing a 14 page letter written 1895-96 from “Uncle Gene” to Mrs. E. M. Andrews (his mother) when he was a student at the ASCSA.
b) Official document from State Department, United States of America (old form of a passport) issued 12 July 1895
c) Three Greek epigraphy squeezes.
d) Joseph Clark Hoppin’s inaugural dissertation, “Euthymides,” presented to the Higher Philosophical Faculty of the Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, 1896. Inscribed on front “To Miss N. Marie Reed with the best regards of the writer, JCH”.

e) 5 newspaper articles:
“Αρχαιολογικαι Διαλεξεις Αμερικανικη Αρχαιολ. Σχολη” ΕΣΤΙΑ, 13 February 1896 (original).
“Germany’s Glorious Day” The New York Times, 3 September 1895 (photocopy).
“Armenians Were Responsible, Constantinople Riots . . .” The New York Times, 25 October 1895 (photocopy).
“Powers will not Recede, Insist on Having More Guardships at Constantinople” The New York Times, 9 December 1895.
“Fear in Constantinople” The New York Times, 13 December 1895.

f) Miscellaneous scraps of small pieces of paper, many torn, with penciled notes: dates and other notes; pieces of envelopes.
g) “ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΙ  ΕΛΛΗΝΟ – ΤΟΥΡΚΟ – ΓΑΛΛΟ – ΑΓΓΛΟ – ΙΤΑΛΙΚΟΙ  ΜΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥΣ  ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΑΣ  ΠΡΟΣ ΧΡΗΣΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΣΥΝΤΕΧΝΙΩΝ” 32 very fragile pages, published in Athens at the bookstore of Αντονιου Στ. Γεωργιου, no date.
h) Blank Greek Postal Order Postcard “ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΑΡΙΟΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΝ ΑΠΟ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΕΙΣ ΠΟΛΙΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ”

FOLDER 3 – Notebooks

a) Small paper notebook “1895-1896” with daily accounts.
b) Small notebook with cloth cover May 1896 – May 1898 plus calling cards, ticket, receipt, detailed sketches of Delphi.
c) Notebook with pressed flowers, August 1895 (in Germany).

SERIES III Photographs

Photographs of Greek archaeological sites collected by Reed in 1895-1896. Most have her description penciled on the back. Other descriptions in parenthesis were made by Ann Townsend. In the front of this binder is Nellie Marie Reed’s metal pyxis holding her collapsible traveling cup. The pyxis is inscribed with her name.