Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers
Scope and Contents
Personal and business correspondence, notes, financial records, wills and deeds from his clients, booklets and pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the Civil War, and photographs. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of the Saunders family.
Dates
- created: 1810 - 1916
- Other: Majority of material found in 1810, 1837-1916
- Other: Date acquired: 01/18/1964
Creator
- Taylor, Walter Herron (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Full Extent
9.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged by series in chronological order.
Custodial History
Held by the granddaughter of Walter H. Taylor, Janet Taylor. Donated to the Kirn Memorial Library.
Source of Acquisition
Janet Taylor by donation
Processing Information
Processed June to November 2015.
Genre / Form
- Agreements
- Booklets
- Checks (bank checks)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Diplomas
- Drivers' licenses
- Envelopes
- Excerpts
- Financial records
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Insurance policies
- Invitations
- Invoices
- Journals (periodicals)
- Lists (document genres)
- Maps (documents)
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Notes
- Orderly books
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Receipts
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Rosters
- Speeches (documents)
- Stock certificates
- Telegrams
- Wills
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Nichole Delasalas
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Sargeant Memorial Collection Repository
Norfolk Public Library
235 East Plume Street
2nd Floor
Norfolk VA 23510 US
757-431-7429
localhistory@norfolk.gov