Reeve, Frank Driver, 1899-

Frank Driver Reeve was born in Ogden, Utah, on June 7, 1899. He received degrees from the University of New Mexico and the University of Texas. Dr. Reeve made significant contributions to the study of the history of New Mexico and the Southwest. He was the editor of the New Mexico Historical Review, in which much of his research appeared. He is best known for his scholarly research regarding the history of the Navajo from colonial times through the nineteenth-century, and his three volume History of New Mexico. He was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 36 years until he retired in 1964. He died on December 31, 1967.

Frank Driver Reeve was born in Ogden, Utah, on June 7, 1899. He received degrees from the University of New Mexico and the University of Texas. Dr. Reeve made significant contributions to the study of the history of New Mexico and the Southwest. He was the editor of the New Mexico Historical Review, in which much of his research appeared. He is best known for his scholarly research regarding the history of the Navajo from colonial times through the nineteenth-century, and his three volume, " History of New Mexico . He was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 36 years until he retired in 1964. He died on December 31, 1967.

Frank Reeve. Part of the Frank Reeve Pictorial Collection PICT 000-158 (Box 1, Folder 1).

Frank Driver Reeve was born in Ogden, Utah, on June 7, 1899. He enrolled at the University of New Mexico in 1921, and received his bachelors degree in 1925, and his masters degree in 1928. His masters thesis was titled "A History of the University of New Mexico." Reeve did graduate work at Stanford University, the University of Colorado and received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas. His dissertation was titled, "Federal Indian Policy in New Mexico 1858-1880."

Dr. Reeve had a keen sense of history and made significant contributions in the study of the history of New Mexico and the Southwest. He was the editor of the New Mexico Historical Review in which much of his research appeared. He is best known for his scholarly research regarding the history of the Navajo from colonial times through the nineteenth-century, and his three volume History of New Mexico.

Reeve was known as a champion of faculty causes and a defender of academic freedom. He was an honorary member of the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a member of the New Mexico and American historical associations. He wrote sections on New Mexico for the Encyclopedia Britannica and other reference books. Reeve was regarded as a leading authority on Southwestern history. He was on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 36 years before he retired in 1964. He suffered from bad health through most of his life and died on December 31, 1967.

Source for biographical information: "Frank D. Reeve." New Mexico Historical Review, Vol., 43, Pp., 85-97. Albuquerque: UNM Press, 1968.