Guide to the Marie Hansen Taylor Papers, 1848-1927 M0603

Processed by Sara Timby; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1998
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Marie Hansen Taylor papers
Creator: Taylor, Marie Hansen
Identifier/Call Number: M0603
Identifier/Call Number: 607
Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1848-1927

Scope and Content

Writings of Marie Taylor, 1848 and 1854 (poetry and prose). 19 journals of Marie Taylor, 1860-1877; 1 of Lillian Taylor Kiliani, 1919. Correspondence between the family, 1891-1927. There are also 4 boxes of cookbook material, much handwritten in both German and English.

Biography

Born in Gotha, Germany. Her father was the court astronomer. Married Bayard Taylor, writer, traveller, and artist, in 1856. She knew many of the authors and publishers of her time. She collected recipes with her daughter in anticipation of doing a cookbook. The plan was to include with the recipes a bit about their history. Their daughter, Lillian, married Dr. Otto Theobold Kiliani.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Marie Hansen Taylor Papers, M0603, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of the great-grandaughter, Natalie Kiliani Shastid, 1992

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions

None.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- Social life and customs.
Cookery.
American literature -- 19th Century
Taylor, Bayard
Kiliani, Otto Theobald.
Kiliani, Lillian Bayard Taylor

box 1, folder 1

Correspondence: 192053 Apr 4, 1891-Oct 4, 1891

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence: 192051 Oct 6, 1891-Apr 20, 1892

box 1, folder 3

Correspondence: 192049 May 20, 1892-Nov 1, 1892

box 1, folder 4

Correspondence: 192047 Dec 9, 1892-Dec 9, 1894

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence: 192045 Feb 21, 1895-Aug 13, 1899

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence: 192043 Dec 13, 1899-Nov 4, 1902

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence: 192041 Oct 24, 1905-Jun 26, 1919

box 1, folder 8

Correspondence: 192039 Aug 16, 1912-Jun 30, 1915

box 1, folder 9

Correspondence: 192037 Aug 9, 1915-Oct 15, 1915

box 1, folder 10

Correspondence: 192035 Nov 14, 1915-Nov 11, 1916

box 1, folder 11

Correspondence: 192033 Oct 22, 1917-Sep 10, 1927

box 1, folder 12

Reminiscence of stay in San Gemini, Italy, by Marie Taylor 192031 1858

box 2

Journals: 1848 book of verse by Marie Taylor; personal journals 192029 1860 -1867

box 3

Journals: 1868, 1870 - 1875, 1877 personal journals; 1919 personal journal: Lillian T. Kiliani 192027

Box 4

Cookbook Material: clippings, recipes 192025

Box 5

Cookbook Material: clippings, recipes

Box 6

Cookbook Material: clippings, recipes

Box 7

Recipe book 192023

General

Flat box
Box 8

Books on art and museums