E. Reed Wilson papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- E. Reed Wilson papers
- Date
- 1935-1945
- Creator
- Wilson, E. Reed, 1891-1969
- Extent
- 0.4 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Mayors--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Mayors.
- Municipal government--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Arrangement
- Photographs and materials were removed from an acidic scrapbook; however, original order was maintained. The collection is divided into correspondence and reports. Photographs not found in the scrapbook were arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 61M269: [Identification of item], E. Reed Wilson papers, 1935-1945, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- E. Reed Wilson was a lawyer and the mayor of Lexington, Ky. Born in Lexington, Ky., Wilson attended the University of Kentucky and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1910. Active in the Democratic party, Wilson was elected mayor of Lexington in 1935. Thereafter he remained an active businessman.
- Scope and Content
- The E. Reed Wilson papers are the documents of E. Reed Wilson who was elected mayor of Lexington, Ky. in 1935. Most of the materials relate to Wilson's term as mayor. There are several personal letters, congratulatory and thank you notes, invitations and receipts. Also included are Wilson's reports and correspondence concerning government business, and newspaper clippings covering his term. Letters, photographs and newspaper clippings document Wilson's trip to Havana, Cuba for the first Pan American Congress of Municipalities in 1938. A scrapbook chronicles the premier of the motion picture KENTUCKY which took place in Los Angeles on December 14, 1938. Wilson and Kentucky Governor A. B. Chandler attended the premier. Newspaper articles, invitations and a telegram to Wilson from producer Louis B. Mayer are contained in the Wilson papers. Wilson and Chandler appear in many of the photographs along with several Hollywood movie stars.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Honorary Reception and Press Preview of Kentucky, Scrapbook, 1938 December 14
Page 1-Group Photo
Page 4-Invitation to Reception and Press Preview Ticket and Schedule Telegram
Page 5-Carthay Theatre Street View
Page 6-Twentieth Century Fox Invitation
Page 8-Group Photo at Train
Page 9-Men Group Photo at Train
Page 10-Group Photo at Train
Page 11-Group Photo at Luncheon
Page 12-Press Preview Program
Page 12-Group Photo at Luncheon
Page 12-Group Photo of Family
Page 13-Group Photo at Luncheon with Young Girls
Page 12-Actress Loretta Young and two men
Page 12-Unidentified Couple
Page 12-Joan Davis
Page 12-Don Ameche and guest
Page 12-Two Young Girls and Couple
Page 12-Loretta Young and Two Men at Table
Page 14-Two Young Girls and Three Persons
Page 15-Group Photo
Page 15-Two Young Girls and Couple
Page 16-Two Young Girls and Couple
Page 16-Group Photo
Page 17-Two Young Girls and Couple at Microphone
Page 17-Group Photo
Page 18-Group Photo
Page 18-Group Photo
Page 19-Group Photo
Page 19-Group Photo
Page 20-Group Photo
Page 20-Young Girls Walking the Red Carpet
Page 21-Fans along the Sidewalk
Page 21-Crowd of Fans
Page 22-Loretta Yong and Two Men
Page 22-Loretta Young and Two Men
Page 23-Two Young Boys and Couple
Page 24-Claudette Colbert and Man
Page 24-Claudette Colber and husband Dr. Joel Passman
Page 25-Couple
Page 25-Couple
Page 26-Two Women
Page 26-Two Women at Microphone
Page 30-Mr. and Mrs. Z. Sidney Kent
Page 28-Couple at Microphone
Page 28-Gilbert Roland and Guest
Page 29-Announcer Randolph Scott and Walter Brennen
Page 30-Couple at Microphone
Page 31-Dietrich and Fonda
Page 31-Man and Woman Walking the Red Carpet
Page 32-Bing Crosby and Wife Dixie Lee
Page 32-Don Ameche and Woman
Page 33-Kay Francis and Microphone
Page 33-Kay Francis
Page 33-Man at Microphone
Page 34-Clair Trevor and Man
Page 34-Gail Patrick and Husband
Page 36-Shearer and LeRoy
Page 36-Virginia Bruce and Husband Walter Rubin
Page 37-Gracie Fields and Mrs. David Butler
Page 37-Anita Foruse
Page 38-Attendance List
20th Century Fox Ticket and Invitation Correspondence, 1938 December 7
Scrapbook pages-Twentieth Fox Century Invitation
Lexington, KY Mayoral Correspondence, 1935-1945
Reports on Lexington History and Lexington Emergency Situations, 1937-1938
Man O War and Harfort, Raymond, McDonald and Wilson, 1938 March
Majorie Weaver and Wilson at the Kentucky Tobacco Festival Ball, Undated
Enlisted Men for Air Corps WWII, 1942 October
Hollywood Luncheon, 1938 December 14
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