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."