Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Frank J. Taylor Papers ,
- Dates:
- 1928-1967
- Creators:
- Taylor, Frank J., 1894-1972.
- Extent:
- 30 linear ft.
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item] Frank J. Taylor Papers , M0222, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes notes, research material, correspondence, articles, worksheets, drafts, and copies of Taylor's magazine articles for Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, Country Gentlemen, and Collier's. Major subjects include agriculture, gardening, aviation, personalities, foreign countries, Stanford University, and various industrial topics. Also included are notes, research material, and drafts of some of Taylor's books, including SOUTHERN PACIFIC and BLACK BONANZA.
- Biographical / historical:
-
Frank J. Taylor, a prolific free-lance magazine writer, attended Stanford University. He worked as a newspaperman and covered WW I as a correspondent for United Press. In 1929 his career as a magazine writer began. He also published several historical works and a biography. He died October 23, 1972.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of F. J. Taylor, 1968-1971.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 May 20. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Restricted access: requires 24 hr. paging period.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item] Frank J. Taylor Papers , M0222, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022