Taylor family papers 1700-1944 MC.818 Finding aid prepared by Madison Arnold-Scerbo
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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections April, 2016 370 Lancaster Ave Haverford, PA, 19041 610-896-1161 [email protected] Taylor family papers 1700-1944 MC.818
Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical note...... 4 Scope and Content note...... 4 Arrangement...... 5 Administrative Information ...... 5 Related Materials ...... 5 Controlled Access Headings...... 6 Collection Inventory...... 7 Correspondence...... 7 Journals...... 9 Professional, legal and financial files...... 9 Research...... 10 Photographs...... 11 Miscellaneous...... 13
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Summary Information
Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Creator - Author Hooton, Elizabeth
Creator - Author Richie, Edward, 1813-1903
Creator - Author Savery, William, 1750-1804
Creator - Author Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814
Creator - Author Taylor, Francis Richards, 1884-1947
Creator - Author Taylor, George Washington, 1803-1891
Creator - Author Taylor, Thomas B., 1853-1911
Title Taylor family papers
Date 1700-1944
Extent 3.0 Linear feet This collection is housed in five upright boxes and one flat box.
Language English
Preferred Citation Taylor Family papers (MC 818), Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
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Biographical note
George Washington Taylor (1803-1891) was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Richards Taylor. He was appointed a delegate to the World’s Peace Conference in 1850. He was an agent of Friend’s Bible Association, a publishing agent of The Friend, and he had a store that sold Free Labor goods. He supported the abolition of slavery and the temperance movement. Taylor was the publisher of the journal The Non-Slaveholder and a peace paper The Citizen of the World. He was married 3 times, first to Ruth Leeds, then Elizabeth Burton and then Elizabeth Sykes. Information primarily from the Dictionary of Quaker Biography. Thomas B. Taylor (1853-1911) became an attorney in 1909 and practiced law in Philadelphia. He was a member and overseer of West Chester Particular and Birmingham Monthly meetings. Elizabeth Savery Taylor (1853-1936) was the wife of Thomas B. Taylor and mother of Francis R. Taylor. Information from The Friend 109 (1936), p. 361 Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947), was the son of Elizabeth Savery and Thomas B. Taylor. He graduated from Haverford College in 1906, then University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1909. He became a practicing attorney in Philadelphia. He also became a recorded minister of Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in 1922, was a founding member of Cheltenham (PA) Meeting and was clerk of his monthly, quarterly and yearly meetings; he founded the Cheltenham National Bank and was its president from 1924 until his death; he was also treasurer of Savery Realty Corporation. He married Elizabeth Richie in 1911. He was member of the State Forest Commission in 1936 and wrote "War, Sex, and Quakers in Fiction" in 1945. Information primarily from the Dictionary of Quaker Biography. Elizabeth Richie Taylor (1883-1970), wife of Francis R. Taylor, was a member of Cheltenham Monthly Meeting, which she and her husband founded in their home in 1915, as well as starting the Joint Committee of Montgomery and Bucks Country Friends in the late 1930s, to bring members of the two branches together. She was active in the Women's Christian Temperance union, the William Forster Home and committees of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Information from Friends Journal 16 1970, p. 636 Hubert Richie Taylor (1916-1998) was the son of Francis Taylor and Elizabeth Richie Taylor. He attended Westtown School and graduated from Haverford College in 1938; he received a law degree from Temple University. He was a conscientious objector during WWII, spending 3 1/2 years in Civilian Public Service as a road builder, attendant in a mental hospital and a smoke jumper in Montana. He served on several boards, including William Penn Charter School and supported many organizations. He was a member of Cheltenham (PA) Meeting and later Southampton (PA) Meeting. He was married to Dorothy Plaisted. Information from Friends Journal 45 1999 (March), p. 35
Scope and Content note
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Arrangement
This collection is separated into six series. Whenever possible, the materials within each series and subseries are arranged chronologically. The correspondence is arranged according to the person who sent the message, except in the case of Subseries A, which contains all correspondence between brothers George W. Taylor and Thomas B. Taylor. If a typescript of a letter exists, it is located alongside the original letter, within the same folder.
Administrative Information
Publication Information Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections April, 2016
Aquisition The Taylor Family papers were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College, in February 2014 by Celine Hubler and in August 2014, May 2013, and November 2012 by Esther Cornell.
Processing Information Processed by Madison Arnold-Scerbo; completed April 2016.
Related Materials
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Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
• Genealogy • Quaker lawyers • Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia • Quakers--Pennsylvania
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Collection Inventory
Hooton, Elizabeth Richie, Edward, 1813-1903 Taylor , George W., 1803-1891 Taylor, Elizabeth Richie, 1882/3-1970 Taylor, Francis Richards, 1884-1947 Taylor, Hubert Richie, 1916-1998 Taylor, Thomas B., 1853-1911 Correspondence 2.0 Boxes
Box Folder
1 1 George W. Taylor and Thomas B. Taylor 1827-1857 1.0 Folder
1 2 Other Family Members 1840, 1828, 1910-1935, undated 1.0 Folders
Biographical note
This subseries contains correpsondence from Mary Dixon, Ruthanna Newlin, Thomas Williamson, David Townsend, I Geo Miles, Elizabeth Savery Taylor, Elizabeth Richie Taylor, and Joel LaM Krain.
1 3 Edward Richie 1889-1892 1.0 Folders
1 4 Elizabeth Hooten Richie 1933-1938 1.0 Folder
1 5 Esther Hunt Taylor 1921-36, undated 1.0 Folder
Francis Richard Taylor 1906-1944 1.0 Folders
Box Folder 1 6 Text Box
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6 Mixed materials
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains bookplates from Francis R. Taylor. It also contains pins for Francis R. Taylor from the National Lawyers Guild Convention in Philadelphia in 1940, and another that just says 'Committee'. The pins are housed in box 6.
George Washington Taylor 1820-1857 3.0 Folders
Box Folder 2 9 Text Box Folder 2 8 Text Box Folder 2 7 Text
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains a disc with typed transciptions of some of the letters in this subseries.
Box Folder
2 10 Hubert Richie Taylor 932-36, undated 1.0 Folder
2 11 Margery Scull Taylor 1929-1933, undated 1.0 Folder
2 12 Thomas B. Taylor 1829-1851 1.0 Folder
2 13 William H. Taylor 1859-1864 1.0 Folder
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Savery, William, 1750-1804 Taylor, Thomas B., 1853-1911 Journals 1799, 1873, 1920 4.0 Folders
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a Scattergood journal from 1799, William Savery's published journal from 1837, and two of Thomas B. Taylor's journals from 1873 (one is a day book and the other is a larger journal).
Box Folder
3 1 Scattergood Journal 1799
3 2 William Savery Published Journal 1837
3 3 Thomas B. Taylor Diary 1873
3 4 Thomas B. Taylor Diary 1873
Scope and Contents note
This diary is a small day book.
Savery, William, 1750-1804 Taylor , George W., 1803-1891 Taylor, Francis Richards, 1884-1947 Professional, legal and financial files 1909-1946 1.0 Folders
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a ledger from 1843, a Worlds Peace Conference certificate for George W. Taylor in 1850, two certificates for Thomas B. Taylor's law practice, a certificate for Francis R. Taylor joining the State Forest Commission, Francis R. Taylor's will, and William Savery's will. A certificate for the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association for Francis R. Taylor in 1912 is oversized and located in box 6.
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Professional, legal and financial files 1909-1946
Box Folder 3 5 Text Box 6 Text
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains an oversized certificate for Francis R. Taylor's membership to the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association in 1912. It is housed in box 6.
Taylor, Francis Richards, 1884-1947 Taylor, George Washington, 1803-1891 Taylor, Thomas B., 1853-1911 Research 1908-1946 2.0 Folders
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
• Hooton, Elizabeth • Richards, John, 1812-1882 • Savery, William, 1750-1804 • Scattergood, Joseph, 1774-1824 • Taylor, Jacob R.
Subject(s)
• Genealogy
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Box Folder Genealogical 1888-1941 1.0 Folder 3 6
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains correspondence and notes relating to genealogical research conducted by family members. It includes Francis Richard Taylor’s correspondence and notes concerning genealogy, “Copy of Elizabeth Savery, Taylor’s memories” . It contains information about the Scattergood and hooton families in addition to the Taylor family.
Box Folder Friends Historical Research 1908-1963 1.0 Folder 3 7
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains documents pertaining to historical research of Friends. Some of the works include, “The Philadelphia Counterpart of the Boston Tea Party” by Thomas B. Taylor (1908), “History of Providence Meeting” by William Taylor (1929), and “War, Sex, and Quakers in Fiction” by Francis R. Taylor (1946). It also contains letters and pamphlets from the eighteenth century about the Tea Party in Philadelphia.
Photographs 1871-1946, undated 2.0 Boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a variety of different photographs, including portraits, group family photos, scrapbooks, carte de vistas, and daguerreotypes.
Box Folder
4 1 Carte de vista photos 1885-1902
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4 2 Small Assorted Photos 1848-1949
4 3 Photos from Hugh Taylor's Home 1925-1940
4 4 Family Photo Album with Annotations undated
4 5 Large group family photos 1888-1946
4 6 Photos from scrapbook 1891
5 1 Small matted photographs undated
5 2 Matted Portraits 1809-1920
5 3 Large Portraits 1906-1950
Miscellaneous Photographs Undated
Box 6 Graphic materials Box Folder 5 4 Graphic materials
Scope and Contents note
This category contains photos that cannot be store in folders that are housed in box 6. These include a glass image of Niagara Falls and three photos that are not flat. One is of Sarah Savery Scattergood, the other of Mary Leeds Richie, and the last of Elizabeth Savery Taylor and her daughter Emma. There is also an oversized bridal portrait from the wedding of Esther Hunt Taylor and Dr. E. Wayne Marshall.
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Box Folder Miscellaneous 1833-1938, undated 1.0 Folder 5 5
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a document titled "Celebration of the 4th of July 1833", an advertisement for a Free Produce Store in Philadelphia, and a guest book from 1912.
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