Series consists of correspondence, memos, agreements, performance evaluations, and other documents related to Reed's role at Environment Canada as an Assistant Deputy Minister with the Canadian Forest(ry) Service, and the establishment of the federal Department of Forestry. Also included are (mostly photocopied) research materials, reports, and Reed's own written account of his involvement with the CFS.

Series consists of correspondence, affidavits, and other documents related to Reed's role as an expert witness in forestry-related court cases.

Series consists of reports, publications, and speeches written by Reed, in addition to some of his research materials. These documents appear to have been written and used by Reed primarily in his role as a consultant.

Series consists primarily of photocopied research materials, in addition to some correspondence, handwritten notes, pamphlets, reports, and clippings touching on a variety of subjects related generally to the historical, social, and cultural study of forestry and conservation, both in Canada and internationally. Also included are some of Reed's lecture materials, and reports and research materials apparently written by or related to some of his university students. The materials in this series appear to have been used by Reed primarily in his role as a professor in the UBC Faculty of Forestry.

Series consists of tapes with recorded radio interviews, conference proceedings, lectures, and speeches given by Reed.

Series consists of Reed's (unpublished) memoirs, as well as some autobiographical notes and correspondence.