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Stock Assignments, 1954

 File — Box: RS1, Folder: 47

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The Reynolds Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents of R.J. and Katharine Smith Reynolds, with the bulk of the collection documenting the development and early years of Reynolda as a private estate and working farm from 1912-1924. Part of the American Country Place Movement, Reynolda reflected the trend through which elite Americans created large houses in park-like settings with model farms and extensive recreational facilities. The majority of the correspondence in the collection belongs to Katharine Smith Reynolds and records her interactions with architects, landscape architects, designers, merchants, employees, family, and friends. Significant correspondents include Philadelphia-based architect Charles Barton Keen (1868-1931), landscape architect Thomas W. Sears (1880-1966), Wanamaker’s department store, Lord & Burnham greenhouse designers, and the Aeolian Pipe Organ Company. Other correspondence relates to Kathrine Reynolds’ civic and social activities. The correspondence of R.J. Reynolds, and to lesser extent letters belonging to his wife, contain information on the tobacco industry and the Reynolds Tobacco Company.

The two series Reynolda Estate and Reynolda Farm document the design and construction of the farm, dairy, and Reynolda Village, which housed white managerial estate employees. Plant Lists and correspondence record work performed in the formal gardens and greenhouse. Additionally, accounts, correspondence, and receipts provide insight into the daily activities on the estate and offer a glimpse at the employees living and working at Reynolda.

Subject Files document Katharine and R.J.’s philanthropic work, social activities, travel, and the tobacco industry.

The papers of Hardin William Reynolds included in the collection represent life on Rock Spring Plantation in Patrick County, Virginia in the second half of the nineteenth century. These papers concern Hardin’s tobacco business, general store, legal dealings, and slave holdings. Notably, account records, bills of sale, and Freedmen’s papers record information about the African Americans living on the estate before and after the Civil War.

Dates

  • 1954

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use. Access to Series 4, Subseries 4, Sheriff’s Records, 1932, is restricted; consult the Reynolda House Museum of American Art Director of Archives for details.

Extent

From the Collection: 21.5 Cubic feet (47 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art Repository

Contact:
2250 Reynolda Road
Winston-Salem NC 27109 United States
336-758-5139