Helen Tasarov Reed Papers
1915-1993

M77.8.1

Helen Tasarov Reed Papers 1915-1993
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

 This collection consists of the papers of Helen T. Reed, covering the period between 1952 and 1961. The materials detail Mrs. Reed's activities in the promotion of education, and her involvement with the integration of schools in the city of Asheville, NC and the county of Buncombe, NC.

Helen Reed was born in 1915 in Toronto. She held a master's degree in international law and was fluent in several languages. She moved to Asheville in 1946 and taught languages and civics for thirteen years at Asheville Country Day School. She worked as a free-lance translator in a number of capacities, in this country and abroad.

 She was a member of the Unitarian Church in Asheville from its earliest days, when she and her husband began to meet with other interested people. The church has had ongoing relationships with various community groups, and has taken official positions on a number of social issues. The Unitarians in Asheville were active in promoting school integration during the 1950s and 60s.

An oral history of Mrs. Reed [both interview and summary] has been compiled for entry into the collection, in the oral history section of Special Collections.

See also oral history Lacy Haith, 1909- and Harriett Haith, 1931- oral histories in Voices of Asheville, H35 La. UNCA Oral History Collections.