Collection context
Summary
- 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.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988