Register of the Taylor (Elliott and Burta) Collection, 1922-1986

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE & MISC. PAPERS

BOX 1: ELLIOTT TAYLOR (ROME & ALBANIA) TO BURTA BEERS, 1928-30

1.1-Trip East before sailing for Europe (Jun-Jul 1928)

1.2-ROME (1928) Jul/Aug

1.3-ROME (1928) Sep/Oct

1.4-ROME (1928) Nov/Dec

1.5-ROME (1929) Jan/Feb

1.6-ROME (1929) Mar/Apr

1.7-ROME (1929) May/Jun

1.8-ROME (1929) Jul/Aug

1.9-ROME (1929) undated fragments

1.10-ALBANIA (1929) Aug/Sep

1.11-ALBANIA (1929) Oct

1.12-ALBANIA (1929) Nov/Dec

1.13-ALBANIA (1930) Jan/Feb

1.14-ALBANIA (1930) Mar/Apr

1.15-ALBANIA (1930) May/Jun

1.16-ALBANIA (1930) Jul/Sep

1.17-ALBANIA (1930) undated fragments

BOX 2: ELLIOTT TAYLOR (USA) TO BURTA B. TAYLOR, 1935- ; ENCLOSURES FROM ALL CORRESPONDENCE

2.1-1935 Oct

2.2-1935 Nov/Dec

2.3-1936 Jan/Feb

2.4-1936 Mar

2.5-1936 Apr/Jun

2.6-1936 Summer

2.7-1950s & 1960s

2.8-ENCLOSURES: 1922 7/17 w/ Mother T to ET

2.9-ENCLOSURES: 1922 8/24 w/ Mother T to ET

2.10-ENCLOSURES: 1928 7/23 w/ BB to ET

2.11-ENCLOSURES: 1928 8/9 w/ ET to BB

2.12-ENCLOSURES: 1928 8/11 w/ ET to BB

2.13-ENCLOSURES: 1928 9/10 w/ BB to ET

2.14-ENCLOSURES: 1928 9/22 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.15-ENCLOSURES: 1928 9/28 w/ BB to ET

2.16-ENCLOSURES: 1928 10/24 w/ BB to Ruth Adele T

2.17-ENCLOSURES: 1928 10/30 w/ BB to ET

2.18-ENCLOSURES: 1928 11/18 w/ BB to ET

2.19-ENCLOSURES: 1928 11/26 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.20-ENCLOSURES: 1928 12/28 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.21-ENCLOSURES: 1929 4/12 w/ BB to ET

2.22-ENCLOSURES: 1929 4/15 w/ BB to ET

2.23-ENCLOSURES: 1929 4/21 w/ ET to BB

2.24-ENCLOSURES: 1929 5/2 w/ ET to BB

2.25-ENCLOSURES: 1929 5/4 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.26-ENCLOSURES: 1929 8/11 w/ BB to ET

2.27-ENCLOSURES: 1929 8/29 w/ BB to ET [photo of BB]

2.28-ENCLOSURES: 1929 10/18 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.29-ENCLOSURES: 1929 10/21 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.30-ENCLOSURES: 1929 10/22 w/ BB to ET

2.31-ENCLOSURES: 1929 10/27 w/ BB to ET

2.32-ENCLOSURES: 1929 10/29 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.33-ENCLOSURES: 1929 11/3 w/ BB to ET

2.34-ENCLOSURES: 1929 11/11 w/ ET to Edwin T

2.35-ENCLOSURES: 1929 11/14 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.36-ENCLOSURES: 1929 11/15 w/ BB to ET

2.37-ENCLOSURES: 1929 11/17 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Bers

2.38-ENCLOSURES: 1929 11/17 w/ BB to ET

2.39-ENCLOSURES: 1929 12/5 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.40-ENCLOSURES: 1929 12/8 w/ BB to ET

2.41-ENCLOSURES: 1929 12/15 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.42-ENCLOSURES: 1929 12/16 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.43-ENCLOSURES: 1929 n.d. [Beers family clippings]

2.44-ENCLOSURES: 1929 n.d.

2.45-ENCLOSURES: 1930 1/6 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.46-ENCLOSURES: 1930 1/13 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.47-ENCLOSURES: 1930 1/17 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.48-ENCLOSURES: 1930 1/27 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.49-ENCLOSURES: 1930 2/3 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.50-ENCLOSURES: 1930 2/18 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.51-ENCLOSURES: 1930 3/2 w/ BB to ET

2.52-ENCLOSURES: 1930 3/8 w/ Ruth Beers to BB

2.53-ENCLOSURES: 1930 3/18 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.54-ENCLOSURES: 1930 3/28 w/ BB to ET

2.55-ENCLOSURES: 1930 3/31 w/ BB to Mrs. EM Beers

2.56-ENCLOSURES: 1930 4/4 w/ BB to ET

2.57-ENCLOSURES: 1930 4/14 w/ Mrs. EM Beers to BB

2.58-ENCLOSURES: 1930 5/18 w/ BB to ET

2.59-ENCLOSURES: 1930 6/19 w/ BB to ET

2.60-ENCLOSURES: 1930 6/28 w/ BB to ET

2.61-ENCLOSURES: 1931 5/24 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.62-ENCLOSURES: 1931 8/17 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.63-ENCLOSURES: 1931 8/25 w/ ET to Jobe T. Taylor

2.64-ENCLOSURES: 1931 9/5 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.65-ENCLOSURES: 1931 10/11 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.66-ENCLOSURES: 1932 7/11 [photo: "teatime aboard SS Leviathan"] w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.67-ENCLOSURES: 1932 9/18 w/ ET to Ruth Adele T

2.68-ENCLOSURES: 1932 Italian airline ticket (n.d.)

2.69-ENCLOSURES: 1933 5/8 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers [photos]

2.70-ENCLOSURES: 1934 2/15 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers [photos]

2.71-ENCLOSURES: 1934 3/30 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers [photos]

2.72-ENCLOSURES: 1935 7/11 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers [photos]

2.73-ENCLOSURES: 1935 8/15 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.74-ENCLOSURES: 1935 10/26 w/ ET to BT [photos]

2.75-ENCLOSURES: 1937 2/8 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.76-ENCLOSURES: 1937 3/9 w/ BT to Mrs. EM Beers

2.77-ENCLOSURES: 1942 5/13 w/ ET to Mrs. EM Beers

BOX 3: ELLIOTT TAYLOR TO HIS FAMILY, 1928-1935

3.1-to JOBE T. TAYLOR Rome, 1928/29

3.2-to JOBE T. TAYLOR Albania, 1929/35

3.3-to JOBE T. TAYLOR other locations, 1928/36

3.4-to EDWIN F. TAYLOR Rome, 1928/29

3.5-to EDWIN F. TAYLOR Albania, 1929/34

3.6-to EDWIN F. TAYLOR other locations, 1928/33

3.7-to RUTH ADELE TAYLOR Rome, 1928/29

3.8-to RUTH ADELE TAYLOR Albania, 1929/33

3.9-to RUTH ADELE TAYLOR other locations, 1928/32

3.10-to JUSTUS E. TAYLOR [Uncle] Albania, 1929

3.11-to RUTH BEERS [sister-in-law] Albania, 1930

3.12-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS [mother-in-law] Albania, 1930

3.13-to Mr. B.W. BEERS [father-in-law] Albania, 1929

BOX 4: BURTA BEERS TO ELLIOTT TAYLOR, 1928-1930

4.1-College of the Pacific, 1928 Jun/Aug

4.2-College of the Pacific, 1928 Sep/Dec

4.3-College of the Pacific, 1929 Jan/Feb

4.4-College of the Pacific, 1929 Mar/Apr

4.5-College of the Pacific, 1929 May/Jun

4.6-College of the Pacific, 1929 Jul/Aug

4.7-BRYN MAWR, 1929 Sep/Oct

4.8-BRYN MAWR, 1929 Nov/Dec

4.9-BRYN MAWR, 1930 Jan/Apr

4.10-BRYN MAWR, 1930 May/Jul

BOX 5: BURTA BEERS TAYLOR TO HER FAMILY, 1929-1973

5.1-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Bryn Mawr, 1929

5.2-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Bryn Mawr, 1930

5.3-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Albania, 1930

5.4-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Albania, 1931

5.5-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Albania, 1932

5.6-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Albania, 1933

5.7-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Albania, 1934

5.8-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Albania, 1935

5.9-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS New York, 1936

5.10-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS New York, 1937

5.11-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Reedley (Calif.), 1941

5.12-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Reedley (Calif.), 1942

5.13-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS Stockton, 1949

5.14-to Mrs. E.M. BEERS undated fragments

5.15-to RUTH BEERS Bryn Mawr, 1929/30

5.16-to RUTH BEERS other locations, 1970s

5.17-to Mr. B.W. BEERS Albania, 1933

5.18-to RUTH ADELE TAYLOR [sister-in-law] Albania, 1932

BOX 6: FAMILY TO BURTA & ELLIOTT TAYLOR; CORRESPONDENCE W/ FRIENDS; BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE

6.1-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from Mrs. E.M. BEERS, Stockton 1929

6.2-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from Mrs. E.M. BEERS, Stockton 1930

6.3-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from Mrs. E.M. BEERS, Stockton undated

6.4-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from RUTH BEERS, Fresno & Stockton 1928

6.5-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from RUTH BEERS, Fresno & Stockton 1929

6.6-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from RUTH BEERS, Fresno & Stockton 1930

6.7-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from RUTH BEERS, Fresno & Stockton undated

6.8-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from RELTON R. ROBINSON (half-brother) 1929/30

6.9-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from Mr. B.W. BEERS, Benbow (Calif.) 1929/30

6.10-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from RUTH ADELE TAYLOR, Modesto (Calif.) 1928/29

6.11-to BURTA BEERS TAYLOR from MISC. RELATIVES 1928/87

6.12-Misc. BEERS FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE not addressed to BBT or ET 1923-30

6.13-to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from JOBE T. TAYLOR, Modesto (Calif.) 1922

6.14-to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from Mrs. JOBE T. TAYLOR, Modesto (Calif.) 1922

6.15-to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from EDWIN F. TAYLOR, Modesto (Calif.) 1928-35

6.16-to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from RUTH ADELE TAYLOR, Modesto (Calif.) 1928-30

6.17 -to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from Mrs. E.M. BEERS, Stockton 1929-30

6.18 -to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from Mr. B.W. BEERS, Benbow (Calif.) 1929

6.19 -to ELLIOTT J. TAYLOR from RUTH BEERS, Fresno & Stockton 1929

6.20 -Misc. TAYLOR FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE not addressed to BBT or ET 1922/28

6.21-Correspondence w/ Friends: ET (Albania) to Rev. Barthol W. Pearce & wife, 1929/30

6.22-Correspondence w/ Friends: Rev. Barthol W. Pearce (Sonora, Calif.) & wife to ET, 1929/30

6.23-Correspondence w/ Friends: ET (Albania) to misc. friends, 1930/31

6.24-Correspondence w/ Friends: Misc. friends to ET, 1922/33

6.25-Correspondence w/ Friends: Rev. Barthol W. Pearce & wife to BB, 1928

6.26-Correspondence w/ Friends: BBT (Albania) to misc. friends, 1930

6.27-Correspondence w/ Friends: Misc. friends to BBT, 1929/92

6.28-Business Correspondence: ET (Rome & Albania) to R.G. Cole (World's Alliance YMCA), 1928/30

6.29-Business Correspondence: R.G. Cole to ET, 1928/30

6.30-Business Correspondence: ET (Albania) to misc. business correspondents, 1929/32

6.31-Business Correspondence: Misc. business correspondents to ET, 1929/30

6.32-Business Correspondence: BBT (Albania) to misc. business correspondents, 1930

6.33-Business Correspondence: Misc. business correspondents to BBT, 1929/32

BOX 7: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS; SPEECHES; ESSAYS; REPORTS, ETC.

7.1-Elliott J. Taylor biographies

7.2-Carol Woerishoffer Graduate Dept., Bryn Mawr College---course description, 1929

7.3-ET diary, 1930

7.4-Vacation in Greece, 1934

7.5-ET essay on Michelangelo, c1929

7.6-ET sermon: "That leadeth unto life," c1929

7.7-ET summary of rel. betw. Colegio Monte Mario & Italians, 1929

7.8-ET summary of help given Albania by Italians, 1929

7.9-ET radio talk: WEAN, Providence RI, 1936

7.10-BBT "Albanian superstitions & folkways: The tale of the bride," 1956

7.11-Samuel Irwin. "Through the Italian Tyrol," 1928

7.12-Ralph G. Cole. "A peep into the soul of Albania," 1929

7.13-ALBANIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Kavaje: Monthly Reports, 1930

7.14-ALBANIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Kavaje: Graduation program & related materials, 1931

7.15-ALBANIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Kavaje: Monthly Reports, 1931

7.16-ALBANIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Kavaje: Do., 1932

7.17-ALBANIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Kavaje: Do., 1933

7.18-ALBANIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Kavaje: Do., 1934

BOX 8: CLIPPINGS; PHOTOS; MEMORABILIA

8.1-Clippings

8.2-Albania miscellany

8.3-Notes

8.4-Bryn Mawr College--bulletins, banking papers, etc.

8.5-Misc. lg. photos [esp. portraits of ET]

8.6-snapshots of environs of Rome [esp. Ostia, Nemi, Villa d'Este]

8.7-snapshots of Rome [esp. Colegio Monte Mario]

8.8-snapshots of Naples [incl. Pompeii]

8.9-snapshots of Florence

8.10-snapshots of Pisa

8.11-snapshots of Italy, 1928

8.12-snapshots enroute to Europe, 1928

8.13-misc. snapshots of other neareastern & European locales

8.14-ET/BBT marriage documents

8.15-COP programs & related items

8.16-ET Kiwanis awards

8.17-Misc. programs, etc. from friends & family

8.18-Misc. other

BOX 9: PICTURE POSTCARDS

9.1-USA

9.2-Albania

9.3-Austria (Vienna)

9.4-Austria (Vienna---Art)

9.5-Bosnia (Sarajevo)

9.6-Croatia (Dubrovnik)

9.7-France (Paris)

9.8-France (Paris---Art)

9.9-Hungary (Budapest)

9.10-Italy (Assisi)

9.11-Italy (Assisi---Art)

9.12-Italy (Florence)

9.13-Italy (Florence---Art)

9.14-Italy (Milan)

9.15-Italy (Naples)

9.16-Italy (Pisa)

9.17-Italy (Pompeii)

9.18-Italy (Rome)

9.19-Italy (Rome---Ancient)

9.20-Italy (Rome---Art)

9.21-Italy (Rome---Environs, esp. Nemi, Tivoli)

9.22-Italy (Venice)

9.23-Switzerland

9.24-Misc. Yugoslav villages & scenery

9.25-COMMERCIAL PHOTOPACKETS: Germany (Oberammergau)

9.26-COMMERCIAL PHOTOPACKETS: Hungary (Budapest)

9.27-COMMERCIAL PHOTOPACKETS: Italy (Rome)

9.28-COMMERCIAL PHOTOPACKETS: Italy (Rome---Colegio Monte Mario; Capuchin Cemetery)

9.29-COMMERCIAL PHOTOPACKETS: Italy (Venice)

SERIES 2: VISUAL MATERIALS (photographic slides, film, negatives, and artifacts)

Note

[items in boxes are color slides and were taken between 1950 and 1980 unless otherwise indicated; a complete listing of all images is available on-site]

BOX 1: PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES

Abstract: Switzerland, Austria, West Germany, South England, Toledo Spain, Holland, North Spain, Finland, Denmark, Portugal (including Madeira), Spain (Catalunya), Andorra, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy (Rome), Amalfi Drive, France (Paris), Italy (except Rome), Madeira, Portugal, Morocco, Scandinavia.

BOX 2: PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES

Abstract: Spain, Canary Islands, USSR, Yugoslavia, France (Paris), England, Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Madrid, Toledo), Italy (Rome), North America, Nova, Scotia, New England, PNW (Pacific North West), Alaska, Canada, California, California, California, Canada, Montana

BOX 3: PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES

Abstract: North America: Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Hawaii, Greenland, Seattle, Stockton CA/other CA, Baja CA, Utah, Arizona, South America: Peru, Peru, Peru, Peru (Machu Picchu)

BOX 4: PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES

Abstract: Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Venezuela, Bolivia, brazil, chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, China, China (Beijing misc), China, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, Iran, India (Fatehpur).

BOX 5: FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES

Film: [Albania] by Dr. Elliot J. Taylor and Burta May Taylor 1932-1935

Abstract: About 95 minutes. Narrated track of Burta May Taylor done in 1990. Taped from 2 silent 16mm reels at the Library of Congress

VHS Tape "Albania Ms254" copy 1

VHS Tape "Burta Taylor's Albania" copy 2

DVD "Mss 254 [Albania]" copy 3

Film: "Film Albania Trip" by Dr. Elliot J. Taylor and Burta May Taylor 1932-1935