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Album includes photographs of Eugene Cooley and Kate Taylor Cooley, their children, grandchildren and other relatives.

File consists of images of early Vancouver, including Gastown, Hastings Mill, Granville Street, Burrard Inlet, Prospect Point, the first City Council, arrival of the first C.P.R. train, Cordova Street, and Mount Pleasant.

Notes by Ted Taylor on front cover of book read: "ALT: D[e]c[ember] '02 - Xmas; J[anua]r[y] '03 - Chicago, Lansing, Minneapolis?; 1906 - Vancouver; K[enneth] T[aylor] words; N[o]v[ember] '06 - packing at Alberni St.; J[anua]r[y] '06 expenses; 1910 - L.A.; 1920 - expenses ; 1925 - expenses."

File consists of banking records, such as account books, cleared cheques and other account records, invoices and receipts for purchases and a form concerning Annie Louise Taylor's health issues. One of the account books contains miscellaneous notes and lists.

File consists of statements and correspondence relating to Annie Louise Taylor's ownership of stock in the Los Angeles Investment Company and an editorial cartoon concerning L.D. Taylor.

File includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce, Osborne J. Pierce and Winifred Mabel Pierce. Includes a postcard showing the C.P.R. station, Vancouver B.C. and many postcards from the United States and South America. File also contains a notebook belonging to Osborne J. Pierce, 1907-1908.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor and Winifred Mabel Pierce, including a postcard from Vancouver, B.C., outgoing correspondence of Theodore Taylor, two newspaper clippings and three photographs.

File consists of correspondence of L. D. Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce, including a letter from L.D. to Osborne, financial records, several postcards from the United States, three photographs, and a report card.

File contains correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce, Osborne J. Pierce, and Winifred Mabel Pierce, as well as school assignments by Winifred's students.

File includes correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Theodore Taylor. Includes letters from L.D. to Caroline and Theodore, and letters from Annie to Caroline concerning her move to California. File also contains several postcards from the United States, Canada and England, a map of acreage in Township 4, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, Osborne's chequebook, 1901-1902, and other financial records.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "A[nnie] L[ouise] T[aylor]-K[enneth] T[aylor]-T[heodore] T[aylor] to CA, Nov (1 to 11); 19 Nov '06 - T[heodore] T[aylor] 4th grade Berendo; Sep '06 A[nnie] L[ouise] T[aylor] to C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce], while C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce] Vancouver and O[sborne] J. P[ierce] Tacoma, till joined C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce] to 1317 Catalina St. L.A.; 1 Nov. '06 - rent 1420 from Judson, $22 month; 16 Nov. - A[nnie] L[ouise] T[aylor] [?] to L.A., T[heodore] T[aylor] learns about grape harvest and goes hunting, Berendo [4th] grade, back of Amy, cross from Doris?"

File includes correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Theodore Taylor, Kenneth Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce, Osborne J. Pierce and Winifred Mabel Pierce. Includes a letter from L.D. Taylor to Theodore Taylor and many postcards from the United States and Vancouver, B.C. Several postcards were sent during Theodore's trip to Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C. and Victoria, B.C. with L.D. The file also contains three photographs and financial records of Osborne J. Pierce and Annie Louise Taylor.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "TT-WMP to SF, Sept. 3; TT to Seattle meet LDT Sept 4? 5?; Vancouver-Victoria-Tacoma Sept 16 start back; Summer 09 - WMP v[isi]t 1901 Lexington; Mt. Lowe, WMP-ALT-TT; LDT to LA Dec. 09"

File includes outgoing correspondence of L.D. Taylor and Osborne J. Pierce and incoming correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, Kenneth Taylor, Theodore Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce and Osborne J. Pierce, including a letter from L.D. to Osborne. File also includes financial records of Annie Louise Taylor, Theodore Taylor membership cards, and postcards from the United States.

File includes incoming correspondence of Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor and Theodore Taylor. Includes correspondence from Winifred to Caroline, and from Osborne to Winifred. Includes postcards from California and Edmonton, Alberta. File also includes a photograph, financial records of Annie Louise, a notebook containing notes by Osborne, a report card for Theodore, a booklet and other material regarding the South Hollywood Improvement Association, a newspaper clipping, an invitation, and a receipt.

File includes incoming correspondence of Osborne J. Pierce, Theodore Taylor and Kenneth Taylor, outgoing correspondence of L.D. Taylor, and the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce. Includes letters, postcards and greeting cards sent between family members, includings postcards sent from L.D. to Kenneth, Theodore and Annie Louise Taylor while visting Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and New York. Other postcards in this file pertain to various places in the United States. File also includes six photographs, invoices, a programme and Annie Louise Taylor financial records and a notebook.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "23 J[un]e 11 - grad, 8th grade, Berendo [Middle School], L.A."

File includes incoming correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Theodore Taylor and Kenneth Taylor, and outgoing correspondence of Winifred Mabel Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor and L.D. Taylor. Includes letters of condolence regarding the death of Osborne J. Pierce and greeting cards, as well as letters and other material from L.D. Taylor to Annie Louise and Theodore Taylor. Other material includes postcards of Rossland, B.C. and Vancouver, B.C. showing The World Building, as well as a copy of an invitation for a birthday party for The World, July 20, 1912, sent by L.D. to his staff. Other postcards feature California and Stockholm, Sweden. File also includes two photographs, a notebook containing notes by Winifred, Caroline's bank book for 1912-1925, an invoice, and a newspaper clipping and programme for a play Theodore had a role in and a drawing.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "Ap[ril]12- W[inifred] M[abel P[ierce] notes on family, etc.; 25 May 12, Merchant of Venice (Berendo at Poly)"

File consists of correspondence from Osborne J. Pierce and Annie Louise Taylor to Caroline Little Pierce, incoming correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, and a property tax bill for Osborne J. Pierce.

File contains two real estate options (1928) and an agreement for sale of real estate (1931) pertaining to Lot 14, Block D of North Park Tract, Los Angeles.

File consists of several autobiographical prose works by Osborne J. Pierce, titled "Chapter -- - Circumstances Dictate New Plans"; "Chapter -- - The New Plans are Considered and Adopted"; "Chapter -- - We Go and Find Schools to Teach"; "Chapter -- - Resumes School Teaching Again"; "Chapter 11 [untitled]"; "Chapter Third [untitled]; "The Evolution of Se[--]e, Chapter 1"

File includes a United States patent granted to Osborne J. Pierce in 1871 for an Improvement in Roofings, an alphabetical index book with citations to articles of interest and notes on construction and architecture, and an excerpt of autobiographical prose by Pierce.

Item is a record book containing copies of Osborne J. Pierce's business correspondence, 1894-1896

File contains two photographs by Osborne J. Pierce and a certificate allowing him to practice architecture in the State of California in 1903. File also contains three watercolours by Winifred Mabel Pierce.

File consists of three issues of The Citrograph, a weekly publication produced in Redlands, California, containing advertisements for Osborne J. Pierce, architect, and a copy of the Redlands Review Building Edition.

See pages 186 to 190 for the Report of the Committee on Drawing, introducing Osborne J. Pierce as Superintendent of Drawing, and pages 190 to 200 for the Report of Superintendent of Drawing

File consists of self-portraits taken by Osborne J. Pierce, including photographs showing multiple images of himself

File consists of correspondence, press releases, and receipts relating to Ted Taylor's role as a publicist for Ferdinand Earle and Earle's production "The Rubaiyat." includes commentary by Earle concerning dealings with David O. Selznick.

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, notices and ephemera relating to Ted Taylor's involvement with the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers (WAMPAS) and the activities of the association.

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence, financial records and receipts, publicity and other notes, an appointment book, studio passes, cards, ephemera and other material. File contains several letters to and from L.D. Taylor, including letters pertaining to Ted's employment, L.D.'s prospectus for a proposed northern British Columbia mining publication and information bureau and L.D.'s visit to Los Angeles. Also included in this correspondence is a leaflet of The Greater B.C. Association. File also contains correspondence from the Motion Picture Relief Fund, Screen Cartoonists Guild, and Guild Placement Service, as well as correspondence relating to Ted's applications for various positions.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, as well as the following section: 1941 Accounts.

File consists of correspondence pertaining to the death and funeral of L.D. Taylor. Includes two letters from Ted Taylor to Mary Louise Taylor, in which he describes visits to L.D. in the hospital, funeral arrangements, the funeral ceremony and procession through town, as well as local strike activity. File also contains letter from to Ken and Ted from J.S. Matthews, City Archivist, regarding the dispersal of some of L.D.'s possessions.

File consists of handwritten notes by Ted Taylor concerning L.D. Taylor's activities during certain years between 1911 and 1938.

File consists of newspaper clippings and correspondence. Clippings pertain to L.D. Taylor's appointment as an honourary life member in the Vancouver Exhibition Association. Correspondence includes two 1934 letters to Octavia Beaton in which he discusses his activities as mayor and his 1934 election campaign, and two letters to his family in January 1940 in which he discusses his social life. Included with the correspondence are four photographs of the opening of the United Airlines Terminal at the Sea Island airport in 1934.

File consists of correspondence, inventory lists, an invoice and other material pertaining to the settlement of L.D. Taylor's estate.

File consists of publications containing articles concerning William Desmond Taylor and publications collected by Taylor while on a European tour in 1921.

File consists of a letter from Ted Taylor to L.D. Taylor.

File consists of Ted Taylor's private and professional correspondence, financial records and receipts, studio passes, clippings, notes, diagrams, postcards, cards, photo card and other material. Includes a letter from Ken Taylor regarding a visit to L.D. Taylor, several letters from L.D. to Ken and Ted and some letters from Ted to L.D. A few of L.D.'s letters discuss Western Canada's political issues and his original intention to settle in Alaska, not Vancouver, when he left Chicago. File also contains records relating to Ted's work for the Screen Publicists Guild and his involvement with the Los Angeles Central Labor Council and the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild. Also included in the file is material received from the Hollywood Democratic Committee and the Federated Press, as well as greetings and cards from Industrial Films, Carl and Gerda Lerner and Darby St. John.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, as well as the following section: House notes - 1944 - Aug.

File consists of correspondence, studio passes, three photographs, newspaper clippings, financial records, publicity and other notes, receipts, postcards, pamphlets, drawings and other material. Includes Ted Taylor's personal and professional correspondence, including a note from Claire Du Brey; Octavia Beaton correspondence; photographs of Ken and Mary Louise Taylor; material relating to Mary Louise Taylor's involvement with the girl scouts; and financial records of Caroline Little Pierce and Ken Taylor.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, with the additional sections: '25-'36 - CLP banking; '35-'36 KT

File consists of various newspaper clippings concerning L.D. Taylor, dating from 1912 to 1945, a letter from L.D. to Ted Taylor in 1944, a 1943 letter from Edith Baker to Ted in 1943 with attached newspaper clipping, Ted's biographical notes about L.D., as well as a booklet pertaining to the National Electric Light Association's visit to Vancouver in 1925.

File consists of Ted Taylor correspondence and notes. Includes cards and greetings from Billie Dove, George McCall and Ralph and Buddy Welles.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: Xmas 1931.

File consists of correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, bills and receipts, lists, eight negatives, eleven prints, cards, programs, sketches and other material relating mainly to the personal and professional activities of Ted Taylor. Includes eight photographs taken during Ted and Ruth Wing's honeymoon at Catalina (CVA 1477-1175 to CVA 1477-1182), and photographs of Ruth (CVA 1477-1183), Ted and Ruth (CVA 1477-1186), Caroline Little Pierce (CVA 1477-1190) and Marion Pierce (CVA 1477-1184). File also contains articles by Ted Taylor and many newspaper clippings relating to his marriage to Ruth and his appointment as treasurer of the "Committee of 14," which was created to fight censorship in the motion picture industry. In addition to professional correspondence, the, file also contains Ted's correspondence with Caroline, Ruth and Annie Louise Taylor.

File consists of correspondence, financial records and receipts, legal documents, notes, seventeen photographs, theatrical scripts, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, cards and ephemera pertaining to the personal and professional activities of Ted Taylor, his family and friends. Ted Taylor's professional correspondence includes letters from various colleagues; individuals such as Thomas H. Ince, Edith M. Ryan concerning actress Louise Fazenda, Phil Rosen, J. Stuart Blackton, Harry A. Fischbeck, Jack Jungmeyer, Sidney Olcott, Tom Gallery and Hugh Blair (with attached photograph CVA 1477-1212); and production companies The UFA Films, Inc., Jackie Coogan Productions Inc. and Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. The file also contains a letter to Ted Taylor from Leo A. Moran accompanied by thirteen photographs of child star Priscilla Moran (CVA 1477-1199 to CVA 1447-1211).
Also included in the file are newspaper clippings and notes pertaining to an investigation into a complaint filed by Mary Beaton and Ted Taylor against the Screen Artists' Production Association, a legal writ of attachment from Leo H. Zide to Mary Beaton, et al., a list of officers and committees for the Seven Arts Playhouse, and scripts for plays likely written by Ted for the playhouse.
Other correspondence in the file includes correspondence from Octavia Beaton to Mary Beaton and Ted's correspondence with Mary, Annie Louise Taylor, Kate Cooley Taylor and L.D. Taylor. Correspondence between Ted and L.D. discusses Ted and Ken's careers and L.D.'s activities for the previous twelve years, including his ownership and loss of "The World," his attempts to become Mayor of Vancouver in 1922 and 1923, his year living in Prince George and his return to Vancouver and establishment of "The Critic" and the "Vancouver Oil and Mining Journal." Other records pertaining to L.D. include three photographs of him (CVA 1477-1213 to 1215) and a portion of "The Evening Sun," formerly "The World."
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, with an additional section titled "Film Investigation 1924."

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, a photograph, postcards, cards, receipts, tickets and other material relating mainly to the personal and professional activities of Ted Taylor. Personal correspondents of Ted include Caroline Little Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor and Ruth Wing. His professional correspondents include friends, colleagues at various studios and publications, as well as the following individuals: Charles A. Post, Thomas H. Ince, Ralph Dawson, Barabara La Marr, Vic Potel, Paul Gangelin, Fanchon Royer, Colleen Moore, Eileen Sedgwick, Edith Millicent Ryan, Tom Reed, Buckleigh Fritz Oxford, Elzabeth Alexander (on behalf of her son Ben Alexander), J.K. McDonald, Jeff Lazarus and Millard Webb. Also included in the file are copies of Ted's "Cinematters" column and other articles, several articles quoting his writings, pages of his address book, and a photograph on a postcard of the camp grounds at Warner Springs, California.
File also contains some correspondence and other records of Caroline and Annie Louise, and a letter from Octavia to Mary Beaton. Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, five photographs, financial receipts, postcards, a drawing, a pamphlet, cards, a book with enclosures and other material. File contains professional correspondence of Ted and Ken Taylor, and Ted's personal correspondence, the majority of which pertains to the birth of Mary Louise Taylor and the illness and death of Mary Beaton Taylor. Includes correspondence with Octavia Beaton, George Beaton, Bruce and Mary May Beaton, L.D. Taylor, Ken Taylor, Annie Louise Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce and publicist Howard Strickling. File also includes incoming Mary Beaton Taylor correspondence from Octavia, Mary May Beaton and various friends, and a letter from Octavia to Annie. Additional material includes photographs of George Beaton (CVA 1477-1218) and Ted Taylor with co-workers in Paris (CVA 1477-1217), a sketch of Ted Taylor, and an article by Ken Taylor.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

File consists of correspondence, financial records, sketches, address book, newspaper clippings, a photograph, postcards, passenger list, passport, cards, programs and other material. File contains Ted Taylor's personal and professional correspondence, including correspondence with colleagues and friends, including actress Louise Fazenda, Ferdinand Earle and Howard Strickling, letters congratulating him on his new position as the Western representative of the New York Morning Telegraph and letters of introduction for his arrival in Paris. Also included is a list of preferred and unfavorable individuals and studios from the New York Morning Telegraph. The file also contains correspondence from the Seven Arts Playhouse regarding Ted's play "Grand Guignol" and his chairmanship of the Playhouse's Dramatic Writing Group, a newspaper clipping concerning his play "The Butcher's," and a program for the Playhouses' successor, The Garret Club.
Also included in the file is Ted's correspondence with Ken Taylor, Annie Louise Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce and L.D. Taylor. Letters from L.D. discuss his acitivities as Mayor of Vancouver and the visit of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The file also contains some records of Mary Beaton Taylor, including a passport with photograph (CVA 1477-1216), account books and correspondence with Octavia Beaton, Bruce and Mary May Beaton and friends. Several duplicate copies of CVA 1477-681 (head and shoulders studio portrait of Ted Taylor) were also located in the file.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, as well as the following sections: "Letter, Introduction, Feb 25," "13-27 fb 25 NY-Havre (De Grasse)," "28 fb-7 mar 25 a Paris tours les deux" and "18mr-15 ap 25 147 rue Broca."

File consists of Ted Taylor's correspondence, photographs, notes, sketches, postcards, receipts and cards, as well as incoming correspondence of Octavia Beaton, Caroline Little Pierce and Terese Stewart French, and pages from Octavia's address book. Includes correspondence between Ted Taylor and Octavia Beaton, Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Ruth Wing, William Wing and various friends. Includes a letter from L.D. Taylor discussing the upcoming civic election for 1929. File also contains correspondence from Octavia to Caroline and Annie and three photographs of Mary Louise Taylor.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence and notes, photographs, financial records, daily appointment book pages, drafts of contracts, newspaper clippings, sketches, cards, postcards, theatre programs and other material. Personal correspondents include various friends and family members, including L.D. Taylor, Ken Taylor, Octavia Beaton and George J. Fowler. Professional correspondents include Lane Chandler. Correspondence with L.D. relates to Annie Louise Taylor's death, their marriage and L.D.'s world tour. Some correspondence and newspaper clippings pertain to L.D. and George J. Fowler's visit to Los Angeles in May and to the capsizing of L.D. and Ken's boat in the Parsnip River in northern British Columbia. The file also contains many notes by Ted concerning his professional and personal activities, an agreement between the Los Angeles Press Service and the Radio Program Service and a notice of dissolution of this agreement. Also included in the file are photographs and textual records relating to publicity for female pilot Lucy Wallingford.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: Sonia 1929; TT Mar '29; TT April '29; TT May '29; [TT June] '29; Wallingford, Lucille; July '29; and [TT] Ag '29; E - dance tieups.

File consists of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, notes, receipts, cards postcards and ephemeral and other material. File includes Octavia Beaton and Ken Taylor correspondence and Ted Taylor's personal and professional correspondence and notes. Correspondence includes letters to and from L.D. Taylor and George J. Fowler concerning L.D.'s illness and family activities. The file also contains articles by and pertaining to Ted, newspaper clippings relating to Ken's job with the Radio News Service, an obituary for Kate Cooley Taylor, and eight negatives and four prints of Mary Louise Taylor and Octavia Beaton at the beach. Also included in the file are cards and greetings from Bill Pine, Colleen Moore and Natalie Moorhead.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: Ken 1931, etc.; Jan '31; Feb '31, Ap '31; My '31; Je '31; Jy '31; Ag '31.

File consists of obituary clippings concerning the death of Caroline Little Pierce, a street bond assessment bill and correspondence, notes, documents and other records related to the settlement of Caroline's estate.