12 letters and eight cards, 1984-90, from Barrett Reid. Most were written while Reid was the editor of Overland. The subjects include personal news, Reid's comments on Riddell's writings (eg. her poems 'Musk duck' 'His life', 'November' and 'The poet and the wind processor' and radio program), Reid's readings (eg. Illywacker), invitation for Riddell to write reviews for Overland (eg. the Labour ward by John Strauss, This goes with this by P. Goldsmith and Honey by Kate Llewellyn) and news of the death and an account of the funeral of Stephen Murray-Smith (Sept. 1988) Unit ID: 7
Cuttings and typescripts of articles and 18 poems by Barrett Reid, including an obituary of John Reed and 'A landscape painter: the Sidney Nolan Retrospective Exhibition' and copies of Reid's correspondence with Max Harris Unit ID: 8