Freda Reid Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2016
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Freda Reid Papers
Creator:
Reid, Freda M. H.
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0163
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1943-2001
Abstract: A small collection of papers and photographs of marine phytoplankton specialist Freda M. H. Reid. Included are files on Reid's
work with plankton taxonomy and ecology, as well as those pertaining to her involvement with the SIO Building Advisory Committee
in restoring the Old Scripps Building.
Scope and Content of Collection
A small collection of papers and photographs of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) marine phytoplankton specialist
Freda M. H. Reid. Included are files on Reid's work with plankton taxonomy and ecology, professional correspondence, and material
pertaining to her involvement with the SIO Building Advisory Committee in restoring the Old Scripps Building and preserving
it as a National Historic Landmark. The collection also includes photographs of the Reids, research expeditions, the SIO campus
and oceanography colleagues. Subjects of note include taxonomy and ecology of marine phytoplankton, and SIO history.
Arranged in three series: 1) PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 2) OLD SCRIPPS BUILDING and 3) PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES.
Biography
Freda Mary Hunt Reid was born in Biddulph, Staffordshire England on February 15th 1926. She received a B.S. in Botany and
Zoology from Manchester University in 1948, and continued her education with some graduate work under a Fulbright Scholarship
in algology and ecology at Ohio State University from 1951-52. In 1976 she completed the International Phytoplankton Course
for Experienced Participants at the University of Oslo.
Reid arrived at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in 1953 as a graduate research assistant under phytoplankton
research biologist Robert Holmes. She taught SIO courses on phytoplankton taxonomy to graduate students from 1960 onward,
and she worked as a specialist alongside research oceanographer John Strickland for the Institute of Marine Resources (IMR)
Food Chain Research Group from 1965 to 1987. Beginning in 1987 she worked as a research associate in phytoplankton at the
SIO Marine Life Research Group.
Reid was a member of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, as well as the International Society for Diatom Research.
She was married to SIO physical oceanographer Joseph L. Reid.
Preferred Citation
Freda Reid Papers. SMC 163. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1992, 2004
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Digital Content
Selected photographs from this collection have been digitized and can be viewed by searching the term "Freda Mary Hunt Reid"
on the UC San Diego Digital Collections website. In addition, a few of these images are viewable directly through links in
the container list.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Phytoplankton -- Research
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- Buildings, structures, etc
Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- History
Box 1, Folder 30-35
Data from California Coastal phytoplankton volumes
1985
Box 1, Folder 36-38
Boden, Brian P. and Freda M. H. Reid, "Marine Plankton Diatoms between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands (SW Indian
Ocean)"
1987-1989
General note
Published in the
South African Journal of Antarctic Research 19, No. 2. Includes manuscripts, figures, notes and related correspondence.
Box 1, Folder 39
Freda Reid curriculum vitae
2000
Box 1, Folder 40-41
Central Pacific gyre phytoplankton photos
undated
Box 1, Folder 42
Correspondence
1977-1983
General note
Correspondence to and from Freda Reid.
Box 1, Folder 43-44
Building Advisory Committee for Refurbishing Old Scripps Building
1978-1983
General note
Memoranda, meeting minutes and notes.
Box 1, Folder 45
Photographs of building exterior, and during renovation
ca. 1978-1988
Box 1, Folder 46
Assorted photos of SIO
1953-1970
General note
Color slides.
Box 1, Folder 47
Assorted photos of Joe Reid
1953-1988
General note
Photographs and slides.
Portrait
1953
Portrait of Joe Reid: 1953
Box 1, Folder 48
Assorted photos of SIO expeditions
1968-1978
General note
Color slides.
Box 1, Folder 49
Naval portraits of Joe Reid
1943
Box 1, Folder 50
Group photo aboard R/V
Horizon
1949
General note
Norris Rakestraw, Marston Sargent, Joseph Reid and two unidentified men.
Box 1, Folder 51
Group photo on deck of RMS
Queen Mary
1951
General note
Fulbright Scholars Griff, David, [unidentified] and Freda.
Box 1, Folder 52
Hans Klein and Joe Reid at CalCOFI conference in Lake Arrowhead
1952 July 30
Box 1, Folder 53
Reid residence in La Jolla
1953
General note
Exterior of house.
Box 1, Folder 54
Joe Reid, Bob Arthur and Townsend Cromwell on Point Loma
1955
Joe Reid, Bob Arthur and Townsend Cromwell on Point Loma: 1955
Box 1, Folder 55
IGY planning meeting in Japan
1957
General note
Revelle, McKay, Wooster, Reid, Knauss. 2 images from this folder have been digitized.
IGY planning meeting in Japan
International Geophysical Year planning meeting in Japan: 1957
IGY planning meeting in Japan
International Geophysical Year planning meeting in Japan: 1957
Box 1, Folder 56
Sheina Marshall
ca. 1965, 1975
General note
British copepod zoologist who visited the Food Chain Research Group around 1965 to work with holographic techniques with John
Strickland and J. Beers.
Box 1, Folder 57
John Strickland
ca. 1966
Portrait of John Strickland: 1966
General note
Head of the Institute of Marine Resources Food Chain Research Group at SIO.
Box 1, Folder 58
Boreas Expedition
1966
General note
Color slides.
Box 1, Folder 59
Group photo at Los Angeles Airport
1966
General note
Ed Couglurau, [unidentified], Joe Reid, Mantyla, Wiley.
Box 1, Folder 60
Styx Expedition
1968
General note
Color slides.
Box 1, Folder 61
Old Scripps Building during renovation
ca. 1978
Box 1, Folder 61
ARIES Expedition
1971
General note
Color slides.
Box 1, Folder 62
CalCOFI group photo outside National Marine Fisheries Service Building
1975
Box 1, Folder 63
Margaret Robinson retirement party, Del Mar
1977
General note
Photograph of Margaret Robinson with Marston Sargent and 1 color slide of group performing.
Box 1, Folder 64
Photos of SIO pier
ca. 1985
General note
Color negatives.
Freda Reid with Scripps pier in background
Freda Reid with Scripps pier in background: ca, 1985
Box 1, Folder 65
Group photo of Phytoplankton course in Oslo
1986
Box 1, Folder 66
Joe Reid with Albatross Award of the American Miscellaneous Society
1988
Joseph L. Reid with Albatross Award from American Miscellaneous Society: 1988
Box 1, Folder 67
Freda Reid with Carina Lauge
1990
Box 1, Folder 68
Joe Reid group photos
1991
General note
Joe Reid with Roger Revelle at Deep Sea Research party and group photo with Albatross Award.
Box 1, Folder 69
Joe Reid accepting Alexander Agassiz Medal
1992
General note
Copy b/w negatives.
