Guide to the John Shackelford Taylor Papers
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Guide to the John Shackelford Taylor Papers
Accession number: 101
University Library
Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center
Rohnert Park, California
Contact Information:
- University Library
- Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center
- Sonoma State University
- 1801 E. Cotati Avenue
- Rohnert Park, California 94928
- Phone: (707) 664-4152
- Email: northbayinfo@sonoma.edu
- URL: http://library.sonoma.edu/regional/
- Processed by:
- The Sonoma State Special Collection/University Archives staff
- Encoded by:
- Gabriela A. Montoya
© 2007 Sonoma State University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Shackelford Taylor Papers
Accession number: 101
Creator:
Taylor, John Shackelford, 1828-1927
Extent: Number of containers: 2 boxes
Repository:
Sonoma State University Library
North Bay Regional and Special Collections
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928-3609
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Note
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible
for satisfying any claimants of literary property.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. John Shackelford Taylor Papers. North Bay Regional and Special Collections, University Library,
Sonoma State University.
Biography
John Shackelford Taylor (1828-1927), an original California forty-niner, is
identified with the stock-raising and business development in Sonoma County. In 1853, he settled on 1,400 acres of land near
Santa Rosa. The land included White
Sulpher Springs, a favorite Northern California resort. He also owned a valuable lot on
Fourth Street in Santa Rosa where he erected one of the finest
and most substantial business sections of the city. It was known as the Taylor
block.
Taylor was involved with every movement for the advancement of Sonoma County. He helped found the Santa Rosa Bank and served
a term as
its president. Taylor was also one of the group of men responsible for the construction of the Santa Rosa Race Track.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, legal and financial documents, printed material, creative works and ephemera (1850-1948) created and collected
by John Shackelford Taylor document the life of an early Sonoma County pioneer. Legal and financial documents form the largest
portion of the collection. Approximately one third of the collection consists of Taylor's creative works, printed materials
and various documents about pioneer life in the west and in Sonoma County. Correspondence between Taylor and other family
members relate to the genealogy of the Taylor family.
Container List
July 28, 1891 letter from Mr. Bray to Mr. Bray
April 6, 1908 letter to Sarah Taylor from John S. Taylor
May 12, 1909 letter from Albert Paine to John S. Taylor
Folder 4.
Published pieces on John S. Taylor
Folder 6.
Printed Material of John S. Taylor
Folder 7.
Printed Material of the Sonoma County Pioneers Society
Folder 8.
Printed Material of Taylor Family and Friends
Folder 9.
Wanted Poster of Joseph Mosely, 1892
Folder 10.
Invitation to a the hanging of George H. Bruggy and a reward poster for the return of George H. Bruggy, 1892
Folder 11.
Funeral notice for Thomas A. Grace, 1903
Box 2, Folder 1.
Financial Documents (no date)
Folder 2.
Financial Documents -- 1850-1860
Folder 3.
Financial Documents -- 1870's
Folder 4.
Financial Documents -- 1880's
Folder 5.
Financial Documents -- 1890's
Folder 6.
Financial Documents -- 1900-1932
Folder 8.
Legal documents -- 1850-1865
Folder 9.
Legal documents -- 1866-1869
Folder 10.
Legal documents -- 1870-1873
Folder 11.
Legal documents -- 1874-1879
Folder 12.
Legal documents -- 1880-1889
Folder 13.
Legal documents -- 1890-1899
Folder 14.
Legal documents -- 1900-1948
