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Title: Edgar Dorsey Taylor Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1978
Collection number: 1305
Creator: Taylor, Edgar Dorsey, 1904-
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
1 oversize folder
67 oversize boxes
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.
Language:
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.
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 Edith Liu, 1982-88.
[Identification of item], Edgar Dorsey Taylor Papers (Collection 1305). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3222420
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.
Collection consists of 240 woodblocks, 255 woodblock prints, correspondence, diaries, sketches, and printing tools related
to Taylor and his work.
Arranged in the following series:
- Personal.
- Artwork.
- Correspondence.
- Baja trip.
- Baja book.
- Woodcuts.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Taylor, Edgar Dorsey, 1904- --Archives.
Artists--California--Archival resources.
Wood-engravers--California--Archival resources.
Woodcuts.
Woodblocks.