Almira Brown Taylor scrapbooks, 1892-1962, bulk 1935-1945

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Summary

Creator:
Campbell, Almira Taylor, 1920-2016
Abstract:
The collection contains five scrapbooks. Four scrapbooks (1-3, and 5) feature literary figures, including authors, poets, playwrights, essayists, and biographers. Scrapbook 4 features celebrities, political figures, and professors. All the scrapbooks primarily contain clippings from newspapers and journals, including articles, poetry, book reviews, obituaries, and editorials. In addition, there are loose scrapbook pages and loose material for creating pages.
Extent:
14.9 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11736

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains five scrapbooks. Four scrapbooks (1-3, and 5) feature literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including authors and poets, as well as twentieth-century playwrights, essayists, and biographers. Scrapbook 4 features celebrities, political figures, and professors. All the scrapbooks primarily contain clippings from newspapers and journals, including articles, poetry, book reviews, obituaries, and editorials. There are often letters and notes bearing autographs of the authors, some of them purchased by Taylor, or obtained with the assistance of Taylor's mother or her friend, Dorothy Kraus. Unfortunately, many of the autographed items have been removed. Pages often include handwritten or typed lists of works. There are several black-and-white photographs, along with photo postcards, and regular postcards. In addition, there are loose scrapbook pages and loose material for creating pages. Scrapbooks have been disbound for conservation purposes.

Biographical / historical:

Almira Brown Taylor was born on 26 May 1920 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, the daughter of Arthur Balcom and Mildred Victoria (Fuller) Taylor. She obtained her Associate of Arts degree from Colby Junior College in 1940, her Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1942, and a Bachelor of Science in Library Science from Simmons College in 1943. She worked at the Yale Law School, Mt. Holyoke College, Mt. Hermon School, Stoneleigh Prospect Hill School, and the F. L. Boyden Library at Deerfield Academy. Taylor married Vincent Alexander Douglas Argyle Campbell in 1953. The couple had one daughter, Faith. Taylor died on 12 October 2016.

Source: Almira T. Campbell obituary on Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonherald/obituary.aspx?n=almira-t-campbell&pid=182181084 , accessed 16 May 2019.

Acquisition information:
The Almira Brown Taylor Scrapbooks were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger, May, 2019

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0050-LUBMSS575

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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[Identification of item], Almira Brown Taylor Scrapbooks, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.