Reynolda House Estate Archives Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
With nearly 4500 items, the collection consists of photographs, portraits, postcards, negatives, photo albums and scrapbooks from various sources connected to the Reynolds or Babcock families. Images related to the Reynolda Estate illustrate its creation and evolution over the past century. Each aspect of the estate--Reynolda House, Reynolda Farm, Reynolda Village, and Reynolda Gardens--is documented from the years of construction and development, 1912-1917, to the years of Katharine Smith Reynolds’ residency, 1917-1924, and finally through the Babcock era until the transition into an American art museum, 1935-1967. Members of the Reynolds and Babcock families are prevalent in the collection, specifically: R.J. Reynolds, Katharine Smith Reynolds, Dick Reynolds, Nancy Susan Reynolds, Smith Reynolds, and Mary Reynolds Babcock, her husband, Charles Babcock, and their children.
Dates
- 1890-1985
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Many of these photographs have been digitally reformatted and are available through the
Reproduction and Use
Reynolda House Museum of American Art holds copyright to most of the materials housed in its archival collections. Potential publishers of written works that quote, paraphrase, and/or contain reproductions of material from the Museum’s archival collections must be granted permission to publish by the RHMAA Director of Archives.
Historical Note
Created in 1993 with the establishment of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art Archives, the Historic Photograph Collection was created from photographs, portraits, and scrapbooks from various sources with or without accession information. The bulk of the collection was once part of the Reynolds Family Papers, 1787-1973, and were separated into a distinct collection at some point in the papers’ history. Added to those photographs are items that were discovered in various storage locations at Reynolda House during the renovations in 1990-1991. The remainder of the collection were received as gifts from various sources.
Most photographers for the items are unknown. However, some photographs were taken by Thomas Sears, the Philadelphia-based landscape architect responsible for the the final version of the landscape and formal gardens at Reynolda, and Mary Reynolds Babcock, oldest daughter of R.J. and Katharine Reynolds.
Extent
9.5 Cubic feet (4500 photographs, prints, and negatives contained in 26 boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Reynolda House Historic Photograph Collection contains images of persons, events, and activities associated with the Reynolds Family and Reynolda.
Arrangement
Photographs are grouped according to their various sources or accessions. When possible, photographs have been kept in the original order in which they were received in a collection or scrapbook. Each photograph has been given a unique identification number.
Acquistion Information
These items were acquired by Reynolda House Museum of American Art through various accessions.
- Title
- PC.194.04
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art Repository
2250 Reynolda Road
Winston-Salem NC 27109 United States
336-758-5139
rharchives@reynoldahouse.org