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Lyle J. Reed collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG 573

Abstract

National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest audio recordings, scrapbooks, clippings, and playlists.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964-1987
  • Creation: 2008

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Lyle John Reed was born on August 17, 1926 to Benjamin Alfred and Mary Ellen (Derby) Reed in Walker, Iowa. In 1944, he graduated from Ashland High School located in Wisconsin. Reed served during World War Two as a supply clerk in the European Theater. Later in life he worked at Wauna Pulp Mill, retiring in 1991. He eventually moved to Svenson, Oregon in 2002. Reed was a long standing member of the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Association.

Extent

8 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These materials were donated to Special Collections by Lyle J. Reed in 2000.

Digital Collection

Some of these materials have been digitized and made into the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest and Festival collection.

Processing Information

These materials were processed by Daniel Olortegui Vargas, the 2023 Gary E. and Carolyn J. Strong Special Collections fellow.

Title
Guide to Lyle J. Reed collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Olortegui Vargas. Updated by Rebecca Hastings in 2025.
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository