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Bayard Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-18-1169

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries, clippings, articles, sketches, and autobiographical notes pertaining to Taylor's life as a writer and traveler in North Africa, Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Also, a watercolor landscape by Taylor acquired by Dr. Francis Harvey Green and given to William F. Rochow in 1950, with "Gems of Thought," a card with excerpts from Taylor's writings selected by Green.

Dates

  • 1837-1878.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Traveler, translator, writer, man of letters, non-resident professor of German literature at Cornell University.

Extent

9.2 cubic feet. (9.2 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries, clippings, articles, sketches, and autobiographical notes pertaining to Taylor's life as a writer and traveler in North Africa, Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Physical Description

Correspondence, Diaries, Newspapers, Scrapbooks

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
Various
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle, December 2007
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
December 2007
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)