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Descriptive Summary Title: Frederic William Taylor papers Date (inclusive): 1897-1944 Collection number: 153 Creator: Taylor, Frederic William Extent: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)12 oversize boxes Abstract: Correspondence, clippings, photographs, certificates, awards, letters of citation and related printed material concerning the activities of Taylor as Director General of El Salvador Agriculture and developer of rubber in the United States. Also included are 14 scrapbooks, reports, etc. with manuscripts and memorabilia kept by Taylor as Superintendent of Horticulture and Director of Concessions at the Buffalo Exposition, 1901. This is arranged under such headings as: annals, McKinley assassination, horticulture, concessions reports, foods and their accessories, and reports of the agricultural and horticultural division. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 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. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Mrs. Frederic W. Taylor. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Frederic William Taylor papers (Collection 153). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3222421 Scope and Content Collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, certificates, awards, letters of citation, and printed material related to Taylor's activities as Director General of El Salvador Agriculture and as a developer of rubber production in the U.S. Also includes 14 scrapbooks and reports with manuscripts and memorabilia kept by Taylor while he was Superintendent of Horticulture and Director of Concessions at the Buffalo Exposition in 1901. Pamphlets on various fair and expositions in the U.S., part of the original collection, were transferred to the Fairs and Expositions Collection (Collection 344) in the Department of Special Collections, UCLA. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Taylor, Frederic William--Archives. Pan-American Exposition--(1901 Buffalo, N.Y.). Agriculturists--Archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material Scrapbooks. The papers presented to the Library included numerous pamphlets on various fairs and expositions in the United States. These have been placed in the Collection of Materials About Expositions and Fairs in the United States, 1853-1974 (Collection 344). Available at the Department of Special Collections. 153 2
Box 1, Folder 1 Sample - core root and stem- rubber plant. Box 1, Folder 2 Guayule bulletins & info. Box 1, Folder 3 Maps... conditions suitable to growing guayule. Box 1, Folder 4 GHC [George H. Carnagan] correspondence 1926 et seq.... 1926 Box 1, Folder 5 Private contracts. Box 2, Folder 1 Guayule Valley Center. Photos. August 8, 1928. Box 2, Folder 2 Planting guayule - Salinas, Calif. Photos. Box 2, Folder 3 American Rubber Producers, Inc. - Salinas, Calif. - officers. Photo. Box 2, Folder 4 Salinas prints - guayule, 1930. Photos. Box 2, Folder 5 #1 Vacuum guayule seed gathering machine. Photo. Box 2, Folder 6 Guayule planting - Irvine Ranch & Salinas, Photos. Box 2, Folder 7 Eruption of Izalco Volcano, San Salvador. Photo. December 8, 1926. Box 2, Folder 8 Tumacacori mission, Arizona. Photos. Box 2, Folder 9 Saliuaro cactus, Arizona. Photos. Box 2, Folder 10 Near City of Mexico. Photo. 1893 Box 2, Folder 11 On grounds of millenial exposition - Buda Pest. Photo. 1896 Box 2, Folder 12 Vineyards - Bordeaux. Photo. 1905 Box 2, Folder 13 Peterhof. Photo. 1896 Box 2, Folder 14 Amsterdam. Photo. 1896 Box 2, Folder 16 El Salvador. Photos. 1823-1927 Box 3, Folder 1 Correspondence F. W. Taylor & family. El Salvador. 1923-1927 Box 3, Folder 2 Salvador letters & reports 1925-1927 Box 4, Folder 1 National Geographic. March 1940 Box 4, Folder 2 Guayule -clippings, newspaper stories. Box 4, Folder 3 Russia articles - experiment stations in Russia. Box 4, Folder 4 A visit to the savages of Luzon... [Little journeys]. Box 4, Folder 5 Little journeys. Box 4, Folder 6 Magazines & other articles by Federic W. Taylor. Box 5, Folder 1 Mexican weather - Culiacan. From S.P. de Mexico. Box 5, Folder 2 Mexican weather - Mazatlan. From S.P. de Mexico. Box 5, Folder 3 Mexican weather - Hermosillo. From S.P. de Mexico. Box 5, Folder 4 Correspondence. 1903-1905 Box 5, Folder 5 Foreign affairs committee. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. 1921-1922 Box 5, Folder 6 Little journeys. Box 5, Folder 7 Briefs of Pan-American concessions contracts. Box 5, Folder 8 Kern County pictorial. Box 5, Folder 9 Report of Breakwater Extension Committee. January 1923. Box 5, Folder 10 A little book of projects. Box 5, Folder 11 Miscellaneous memoranda. Box 6, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. VIII. Horticulture. Box 6 is an oversize flat box. Box 7, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. X. Illustrations, reports, concessions, horticulture, forestry, foods. Box 7 is an oversize flat box. Box 8, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. V1. McKinley. September 1901 Box 8 is an oversize flat box. Box 9, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. II. Annals. January - June 1900. Box 9 is an oversize flat box. 153 3
Box 9, Folder 2 Pan American Exposition. Concessions Committee minute book, 1 vol. March 25, 1899 - May 2, 1900 Box 9 is an oversize flat box. Box 10, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition. Scrapbook. Vol. V. Annals. June - August 1901 Box 10 is an oversize flat box. Box 11, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. III. Annals. July - December 1900 Box 11 is an oversize flat box. Box 12, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol, IV. Annals. January - May 1901 Box 12 is an oversize flat box. Box 13, Folder 1 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis. Specifications for Agriculture Building. February 1903 Box 13, Folder 2 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis. Specifications for Horticulture Building. March 1903 Box 13, Folder 3 Report. April 30 - December 1, 1904 Box 13, Folder 4 Pan American Exposition. Concessions Committee minute book, 1 vol. May 11, 1900 - June 6, 1901 Box 14, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. IX. Foods and their accessories. Box 14 is an oversize flat box. Box 15, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. I. Annals inception. December 1899 Box 15 is an oversize flat box. Box 16, Folder 1 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. VII. Annals. October 1901 Finis Box 16 is an oversize flat box. Box 16, Folder 2 Pan American Exposition, Scrapbook. Vol. XII. Concessions reports. Box 16 is an oversize flat box. 153 4
Box 17, Folder 1 Documents, certificates. ca. 1890-1925 Box 17 is an oversize flat box. 153 5