Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955

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Albert T. Reid was born on August 12, 1873 at Concordia (Cloud County), Kansas. Reid studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, as well as the Art Students League and the New York School of Art.

Reid's early professional experiences as an artist and illustrator include service at the Kansas City Star, 1897-1899; the Chicago Record, 1899; the New York Herald, 1899-1900; and magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, from 1901-1902. He founded and published the Leavenworth Post from 1905-1923, and published the Kansas Farmer from 1908-1916. With George Melville Stone, Reid directed the Reid-Stone Art School in Topeka.

Reid established the Albert R. Reid Syndicate for political cartoons and served as the National President of the American Artists Professional League. He died in New York, where he had lived for several decades, on November 26, 1955

Source: Craig, Susan V. Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945), http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1028, 11-Aug-2006

From the guide to the The Illustrated Detective Magazine, "50 Famous Crimes" series, 1922-1946, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

Albert T. Reid was born on August 12, 1873 at Concordia (Cloud County), Kansas. Reid studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, as well as the Art Students League and the New York School of Art.

Reid's early professional experiences as an artist and illustrator include service at the Kansas City Star, 1897-1899; the Chicago Record, 1899; the New York Herald, 1899-1900; and magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, from 1901-1902. He founded and published the Leavenworth Post from 1905-1923, and published the Kansas Farmer from 1908-1916. With George Melville Stone, Reid directed the Reid-Stone Art School in Topeka.

Reid established the Albert R. Reid Syndicate for political cartoons and served as the National President of the American Artists Professional League. He died in New York, where he had lived for several decades, on November 26, 1955

From the guide to the Papers of Albert T. Reid, 1885-1956, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Comic strip engraving block by Ring Lardner and commemorative medals, etc. University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
creatorOf Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955. [Albert Reid papers] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
creatorOf Albert Reid miscellanea, 1920s, 1953-1955 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
creatorOf Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955. [Materials regarding the creation of a Dwight Eisenhower monument] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
creatorOf Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955. [Albert Reid miscellanea] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
creatorOf Marriage certificate, 1892 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
creatorOf Reid, Albert Turner, 1873-1955. [Illustrated detective magazine "50 famous crimes" series] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
creatorOf The Illustrated Detective Magazine, "50 Famous Crimes" series, 1922-1946 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
creatorOf Papers of Albert T. Reid, 1885-1956 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
referencedIn Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Albert Turner Reid 1873-1955 biographical file. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Some inklings of mine. [Clyde, Kan.], 1893 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
creatorOf Records, 188_ -1966 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
referencedIn Compilation of Articles, 1898-1900 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
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Cloud County (Kan.)
Comic books, strips, etc.
Commemorative coins
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First Presbyterian Church (Concordia, Kan)
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Birth 1873-08-12

Death 1955-11-26

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