Taylor (Frederic W.) Papers, 1897-1944

Printable guide [HTML]

Request items

Title:: Frederic William Taylor papers
Dates:: 1897-1944
Creators:: Taylor, Frederic William
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.
Extent:: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) 12 oversize boxes
Language:: Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Frederic William Taylor papers (Collection 153). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

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.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Mrs. Frederic W. Taylor.
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.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Anne Caiger, December 1999 Simon Elliott, Lilace Hatayama, February 2000; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:: © 2008
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; Date of source: 12/1999, 2/2000; frontmatter gathered MARC Record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé, and edited by Josh Fiala, 2002.

Access and use

Restrictions:: 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.
Terms of access:: 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.

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

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US