Merl E. Reed papers

Collection

Identifier: G1994-14

Staff Only

Scope and Contents of the Papers

The papers of Merl E. Reed, 1966-2000, reflect his career at Georgia State University as a historian of the American labor movement, as well as his extensive research on the university and include his complete manuscript on its history.

Dates

1966-2000

Creator

Reed, Merl Elwyn, 1925-2016 (Person)

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Biographical Note

Merl Elwyn Reed (1925-2016), a noted historian of the American labor movement, was a faculty member in the Department of History at Georgia State University (GSU), 1965-1994. He was instrumental in creating both a credit union and the Southern Labor Archives at the university. Following his retirement, he worked on a history of GSU's early years, published as