Taylor (Edgar D.) Papers, 1910-1978

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Summary

Title:
Edgar Dorsey Taylor Papers,
Dates:
1910-1978
Creators:
Taylor, Edgar Dorsey, 1904-
Abstract:
Edgar Dorsey Taylor (1904-1978) was an artist who worked in the black and white woodcut medium. The collection consists of 240 woodblocks, 255 woodblock prints, correspondence, diaries, sketches, and printing tools related to Taylor and his work.
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.) 1 oversize folder 67 oversize boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Edgar Dorsey Taylor Papers (Collection 1305). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of 240 woodblocks, 255 woodblock prints, correspondence, diaries, sketches, and printing tools related to Taylor and his work.

Biographical / historical:

Taylor was born in Grass Valley, California, on July 15, 1904; BA (1928) and MA (1932), University of California at Berkeley; during the 1930s-40s, he taught at University of California at Berkeley and University of Texas at Austin; in the early 1950s he began to teach at the University of Southern California; drawn to the black and white woodcut in 1959, Taylor went on to produce a large body of work in the medium; his work was published in The Gulf of California (1959), The Boulevard (1965), and Baja California Woodcuts (1969); died on March 28, 1978 in Los Angeles, California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Edith Liu, 1982-88.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Personal.
  2. Artwork.
  3. Correspondence.
  4. Baja trip.
  5. Baja book.
  6. Woodcuts.

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

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, January 1998 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: March 1989 .

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], Edgar Dorsey Taylor Papers (Collection 1305). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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