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Finding Aid for the Frederic William Taylor papers, 1897-1944
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Frederic William Taylor papers
    Date (inclusive): 1897-1944
    Collection number: 153
    Creator: Taylor, Frederic William
    Extent: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) 12 oversize boxes
    Abstract: Correspondence, clippings, photographs, certificates, awards, letters of citation and related printed material concerning the activities of Taylor as Director General of El Salvador Agriculture and developer of rubber in the United States. Also included are 14 scrapbooks, reports, etc. with manuscripts and memorabilia kept by Taylor as Superintendent of Horticulture and Director of Concessions at the Buffalo Exposition, 1901. This is arranged under such headings as: annals, McKinley assassination, horticulture, concessions reports, foods and their accessories, and reports of the agricultural and horticultural division.
    Language: Finding aid is written in English.
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Mrs. Frederic W. Taylor.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Frederic William Taylor papers (Collection 153). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3222421 

    Scope and Content

    Collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, certificates, awards, letters of citation, and printed material related to Taylor's activities as Director General of El Salvador Agriculture and as a developer of rubber production in the U.S. Also includes 14 scrapbooks and reports with manuscripts and memorabilia kept by Taylor while he was Superintendent of Horticulture and Director of Concessions at the Buffalo Exposition in 1901. Pamphlets on various fair and expositions in the U.S., part of the original collection, were transferred to the Fairs and Expositions Collection (Collection 344) in the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Taylor, Frederic William--Archives.
    Pan-American Exposition--(1901 Buffalo, N.Y.).
    Agriculturists--Archival resources.

    Genres and Forms of Material

    Scrapbooks.

    Items Removed from Collection