Reed, Edward Bliss, 1872-1940

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Edward Bliss Reed: educator; B.A., Yale, 1894, Ph.D., 1896; instructor in English, Yale, 1900-1902, assistant professor, 1902-1926, associate professor, 1926-1929; lecturer in music at Yale, 1932-1940; for 26 years he did research on old Christmas carols, searching for, translating, and publishing eight new ones each year, and was responsible for the revival of many songs of medieval Europe.

From the description of Edward Bliss Reed papers, 1905-1962 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168564

Edward Bliss Reed: educator; B.A., Yale, 1894, Ph.D., 1896; instructor in English, Yale, 1900-1902, assistant professor, 1902-1926, associate professor, 1926-1929; lecturer in music at Yale, 1932-1940; for 26 years he did research on old Christmas carols, searching for, translating, and publishing eight new ones each year, and was responsible for the revival of many songs of medieval Europe.

Edward Bliss Reed, B.A. (1894-)

Born August 19, 1872, in Lansingburgh, N.Y.

Died February 15, 1940, in Springfield, Mass.

Father Rev. Edward Allen Reed, D.D. (graduate Auburn Theological Seminary 1871), minister Second Congregational Church, Holyoke, Mass.; son of Orville and Elizabeth (Allen) Reed of Lansingburgh. Mother, Mary Ann (Bliss) Reed; daughter of Peletiah and Mary Eleanor (Parmelee) Bliss of lansingburgh. Yale relatives include: William Parmelee (B.S. 1826) and Charles C. Parmelee (B.S. 1827) (great-uncles); Orville Reed, '77 (uncle); Lansing P. Reed, '04 (brother); William C. Hammond, Jr., '25, and Lansing V. Hammond, '30 (nephews); and Robert H. Cory, '02, David U. Cory, '03, John Chapin Reed ex -'10 S., Theodore B. Reed, '12 S., Linn V. Reed, '13, and Eliphalet Wickes, ex -'27(cousins).

Holyoke (Mass.) High School. Philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years; second College prize in English composition Sophomore year; second Henry James TenEyck Prize Junior year; winner of a Townsend Premium and DeForest Prize speaker Senior year; fence orator Freshman and Sophomore years; on board Yale Record four years (chairman Senior year); editor Yale Literary Magazine Senior year; Class poet and historian; member Senior Promenade Committee, Yale Union, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Registered Yale Graduate School 1894-1897 (Ph.D. 1896); studied in Paris and Munich on McLaughlin Fellowship 1896-1897; tutor in English, Yale University, 1897-1900, instructor 1900-1902, assistant professor 1902-1926, and associate professor 1926-1929; lecturer in music (associate professor rank) since 1932; director division of education The Commonwealth Fund 1927 until January 1, 1940, when he became director emeritus; had been closely identified with Yale-in-China since its foundation (executive secretary 1902-1909, member council 1909-1910, trustee 1910-1930, honorary trustee 1930-1940, and president 1928-1932); for twenty-six years did research on old Christmas carols, searching for, translating, and publishing eight new ones each year, and was responsible for the revival of many songs of medieval Europe; since 1913 had arranged the annual Phi Beta Kappa Christmas concerts held in Battell Chapel; secretary New Haven Carol Society 1923-1940, and, with David Stanley Smith ('00), editor of its Publications ; author: English Lyrical Poetry from its Origins to the Present Time (1912), Lyra Yalensis (1913), Sea Moods, and Other Poems (1917), Seven Hundred French Terms for American Field Artillerymen (1917), Lyra Levis (1922); editor: Selections from the Poetry of Alexander Pope (1901), Selections from the Works of Joseph Addison (1906), The Poems of Thomas, Third Lord Fairfax (1909), Shakespeare's Sonnets (1923), Songs from the British Drama (1925), Christmas Carols Printed in the Sixteenth Century (1932), and The Commonwealth Fund Fellows and Their Impressions of America (1932); assistant editor, Yale Review, 1911-1928; translator: Drill Regulations for the 75 mm. Gun (1917); contributed to a number of reviews and journals; regimental sergeant major 10th Field Artillery, Connecticut National Guard, July-September 15, 1916; attended School of Fire, Fort Sill, in first civilian class summers 1917 and 1918; active in organization and direction of Reserve Officers' Training Corp at Yale; deputy commissioner (with rank of major) American Red Cross Commission in Palestine January-July, 1919; trustee Mount Holyoke College 1913-1929; Daniel S. Lamont Memorial Lecturer at Yale 1914-1915 and 1924-1925; associate fellow Jonathan Edwards College 1933-1940; member advisory board Yale famatic Association; secretary Class of 1894 from 1904 to 1909 and on reunion and dinner committees; member New Haven Civil Service Board 1906-1909 (president 1908-1909); commissioner New Haven Public Library 1916-1918; president Alliance Française, New Haven, 1919-1921; member Modern Language Association, Elizabethan Club, and Center Church (Congregational), New Haven.

Married June 17, 1905, in Sparkill, N.Y., Elizabeth Burd Thompson (B.A. Vassar 1903), daughter of William Reed and Mary (Thaw) Thompson (B.A. Vassar 1877). Children Elizabeth Burd (B.A. Vassar 1927), the wife of Borden Helmer (Dartmouth 1921); William Thompson (of the Yale Class of 1933; died September 1929); Mary Bliss (B.A. Vassar 1935), the wife of David Crocker (B.A. Harvard 1933, M.B.A. 1935; M.D. Yale 1940); and Anne Parmelee (Vassar 1943).

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Ashes interred in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife, daughters, mother, two grandchildren, and a sister, Fanny R. Hammond, the wife of William Churchill Hammond (Mus.D. Mount Holyoke 1924) of Holyoke, Mass.

The Edward Bliss Reed collection of carols in the University Library was his gift.

Yale Obituary Record, pages 59-60.

From the guide to the Edward Bliss Reed papers, 1905-1962, (Manuscripts and Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Edward Bliss Reed carol collection, ca. 1610-1930 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Seabury, Warren Bartlett, 1877-1907. Warren Bartlett Seabury papers, 1901-1936 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Yale-China Association. Yale-China Association records, 1878-2008 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Edward H. and Lotta C. Hume papers, 1897-1990 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Hume, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1876-1957. Edward H. and Lotta C. Hume papers, 1897-1990 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Yale-China Association. Yale-China Association records, YRG 37-A, 1877- (inclusive), 1901-1982 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, records, 1899-1921 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Edward Bliss Reed papers, 1905-1962 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Yale-China Association records, 1878-2008 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933. Papers of Sara Teasdale [manuscript], 1888-1934 (bulk 1905-1933). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas W. Lamont John Masefield collection, 1918-1947. Houghton Library
referencedIn Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Letter 1922 February 24, Staten Island. N.Y. [to] Virgil Markham, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. Wagner College, Horrmann Library
creatorOf Reed, Edward Bliss, 1872-1940. Edward Bliss Reed papers, 1905-1962 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Anson Phelps Stokes family papers, 1761-1960, 1892-1958 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958. Anson Phelps Stokes family papers, 1761-1960 (inclusive), 1892-1958 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Sara Teasdale Collection, 1888-1934 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Warren Bartlett Seabury papers, 1901-1936 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Thurston, John Lawrence, 1874-1904. John Lawrence Thurston papers, 1894-1956 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn John Lawrence Thurston papers, 1894-1956 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 person
associatedWith Hume, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1876-1957. person
correspondedWith Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948 person
correspondedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 person
associatedWith Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. person
associatedWith New Haven Carol Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Raymondus, Curio Parochiae St. Stephani. person
associatedWith Seabury, Warren Bartlett, 1877-1907. person
associatedWith Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958. person
associatedWith Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933. person
associatedWith Thurston, John Lawrence, 1874-1904. person
associatedWith United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Yale University. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale-China Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. Dept. of English. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. President's Office. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New Haven (Conn.)
Subject
Carols
Christmas music
Literature
Music
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Collector
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Death 1940

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