Overview Thomas Lamb Eliot (1841-1936) served as a critically important figure in the founding and initial stages of Reed College as an academic institution. A Unitarian minister, T.L. and his wife, Henrietta Eliot, were friends of Simeon and Amanda Reed. Eliot encouraged and oversaw the foundation of The Reed Institute, then acted as Trustee and Regent of the college for the rest of his life. His papers include the extensive correspondence of both him and his wife from the 1860s up through the...