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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: William Reilly and Edward King papers
creator:
King, Edward J. (Edward James Raleigh-King)
creator:
Reilly, William F.
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-040
Physical Description:
2.6 Linear Feet
1 archive box + 1 flat box
Date (inclusive): 1938-1995
Abstract: Papers of longtime partners William Reilly and Edward King, 1938-1995, including contracts, deeds, correspondence, tax forms,
William Reilly's medical records as he dealt with AIDS-related complications, and book and short story manuscripts written
by Edward King.
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Formerly boxes 103-150 and 103-251. Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013.
[Box/folder #, or item name] William Reilly and Edward King Papers, Coll2013-040, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
William F. Reilly and Edward James Raleigh-King, known as Edward J. King, were partners from approximately the 1950s until
their deaths in the 1990s. William J. Reilly was born in England on May 11, 1926, and served in the Royal Air Force in World
War II. Edward King was born in Warwickshire, England (date unknown), and served as a captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment
In World War II. King and Reilly emigrated to Toronto, Canada, and then to Los Angeles where they eventually settled. Reilly
died of AIDS-related complications on April 24, 1995, while King died circa 1994 of undisclosed causes.
Papers of longtime partners William Reilly and Edward King, 1938-1995, including contracts, deeds, correspondence, tax forms,
William Reilly's medical records as he dealt with AIDS-related complications, and book and short story manuscripts written
by Edward King.
Taylor, Sharon.
The Complete Registry of the Reillys in America. Halbert's Inc, 1985.
Townend, Peter, ed.
Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, eighteenth edition. London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1969.
The World Book of Reillys. Halbert's Family Heritage, 1991
Half a box (.5 linear foot) of AIDS-related newspaper clippings was integrated into the ONE subject files collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays' writings
Gay men -- Fiction
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients
Gay men
King, Edward J. (Edward James Raleigh-King)
Reilly, William F.