- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Taylor, Joseph D. (Joseph Danner), 1830-1899
- Title:
- Taylor Family Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/hm50tr78v
- Dates:
- 1850-1904 (mostly 1865-1890)
- Size:
- 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-2
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence of Joseph D. Taylor (grandfather of Robert Hill Taylor, Princeton Class of 1930) of Cambridge, Ohio, and his wife, Elizabeth Ann (Hill) Taylor, from their marriage in 1866 to her death in 1887; correspondence with their children William and Gertrude; letters by Elizabeth Ann to her father, William Hill of Maine, and two of her commonplace books; an autograph album presented to Elizabeth Ann in 1850; a journal of a train trip from Trenton, N.J., to Washington, D.C., in 1865; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1859-1860); two letters (1868, 1889) by Rutherford B. Hayes to Joseph D. Taylor; and miscellaneous correspondence and documents of other members of the Taylor and Hill families.
- Arrangement
Arranged in the following sections: Elizabeth Ann Hill Taylor, Joseph D. Taylor, Gertrude Taylor, William Hill Taylor, Caro M. Taylor, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Hill, newspaper clippings.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Taylor, Joseph D. (Joseph Danner), 1830-1899
Joseph D. Taylor, grandfather of Robert Hill Taylor (Princeton Class of 1930) and a teacher and lawyer, served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. During the Civil War, Taylor was a captain in the Eighty-Eighth Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Collection History
- Processing Information
Folder list written by Lisa Yankowitz ('13) in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Taylor Family Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/hm50tr78v
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-2
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- Subject Terms:
- Fathers and daughters -- Ohio -- 19th century.
Fathers and sons -- Ohio -- 19th century.
Husband and wife -- Ohio -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- 19th century.
Railroad travel -- Middle Atlantic States -- 19th century. - Genre Terms:
- Commonplace books -- 19th century
Correspondence -- 19th century
Family papers -- 19th century.
Libri amicorum - Names:
- Taylor family
Hill family
Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, d. 1887
