Edgar Dorsey Taylor Papers, 1910-1978

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Summary

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

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

Access and use

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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