Reginald Reynolds Collected Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of pamphlets, leaflets, and newspaper clippings, many concerning India and M.K. Gandhi. Gandhi's letters to and about Reginald Reynolds are available online.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1955
Creator
- Reynolds, Reginald, 1905-1958 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Gandhi letters have been removed from the collection and access to the letters is provided online.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Biographical
Reginald Reynolds was a British Quaker, author, journalist, and field secretary for the Friends Service Committee. Reynolds was associated with Mohandas K. Gandhi during the Indian civil disobedience movement in the early 1930s. He founded or was associated with various movements which worked for India's freedom from British colonial rule, notably the Indian Freedom Campaign [see essay about Reynold's relationship with Gandhi and the Indian independence movement.] He was a conscientious objector to World War II.
Extent
.28 linear ft. (1 Box)
Abstract
A British Quaker, author, journalist, field secretary for the Friends Service Committee, associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi, and conscientious objector during World War II.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Reginald Reynolds, circa 1948.
Separated Materials
Besides the Gandhi letters being removed for safekeeping, letters from Aldous Huxley and J. Nehru were also removed to the Restricted Collection.
Legal Status
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed, and finding aid created, by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, October 2011.
Subject
- Reynolds, Reginald, 1905-1958 (Person)
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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