Dudley Reed negatives

Collection

Identifier: MS-0045

Staff Only

Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains large and medium-format black-and-white negatives of various events. Those taken for the college include commencements and awards, John F. Kennedy’s campaign visit, and photographs of Charles Downs. Other images of events and people in Chestertown and the surrounding area were taken, most likely for the Kent News.

This collection is organized by subject.

Dates

Creation: circa 1950-1970

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information

Louis Dudley Reed (1917-1988) was born October 1st in Chestertown, Maryland to Charles (1869-1935) and Susie McDaniel Reed (1877-1944). He worked as a typesetter and later as a photographer. Many of his pictures were used for the Kent County News. Reed passed away on May 27, 1988.