Papers of Harriett Reid in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1920-1942
Overview
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., of lawyer Harriet Reid.
Dates
- 1920-1942
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. ORIGINALS CLOSED. USE MICROFILM. REQUEST AS: M-133, REEL E26.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Harriett Reid as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
5 foldersThis series consists mainly of correspondence but also includes clippings, a reminiscence, a statement, a proclamation, and a photograph, all providing information about Harriett Reid, her struggle with the Civil Service Commission, and her work as an arbitrator. It appears that Reid gave Catharine Waugh these papers in the 1940s.
BIOGRAPHY
Harriett Reid, lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, from 1920 to 1937 served as an arbitrator on the Illinois Industrial Commission, a civil service position dealing with workmen's compensation cases. In 1920 the Illinois State Civil Service Commission had refused to hire Reid because she was a woman; her friend, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, helped her fight the decision and win her appointment.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 56-121
Processing Information
Reprocessed: June 1990
By: Kim Brookes, Bert Hartry, Katherine Kraft, Jane Ward
- Title
- Reid, Harriett. Papers of Harriett Reid in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1920-1942: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00999
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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