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L.D. Taylor family fonds
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1925

File consists of correspondence and legal documents relating to Ted Taylor's divorce from Ruth Wing, his marriage to Mary Beaton, and his move to Paris, France. Includes correspondence from Mary Beaton, Caroline Little Pierce, and Annie Louise Taylor.

1929 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of a newspaper clipping concerning L.D. Taylor and George Fowler's trip to Los Angeles in May 1929, and a newspaper clipping and legal document relating to the withdrawal of Ted and Ken Taylor from a partnership in the Radio Program Service.

1941 TT [Ted Taylor]

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.

1942 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence, financial records, notes, a partial appointment book, studio passes, cards, newspaper clippings, ephemera and other material. Includes correspondence with L.D. Taylor, Mary Louise Taylor, Ken Taylor, Octavia Beaton and Vincent Sheean. File also contains newspaper clippings concerning L.D., and invoices and correspondence pertaining to Ted's work for the Screen Publicists Guild.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.
The following was written on the original file folder: "KT in army [mono?] war; MLT quits Pomona and to Catholic HS a while; TT SPG and Fact Press.

1943 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence, financial records, draft of writings, clippings, leaflets, notes, address book pages, a postcard, cards and other material. It contains correspondence with L.D. Taylor, including a letter in which L.D. discusses his view of provincial and federal politics. Ted's letters discuss his work for the Screen Publicists Guild and family activities, including the marriage of Mary Louise Taylor. File also contains invoices for Ted's Screen Publicists Guild work.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

[1920, 1927 - Ted Taylor]

File consists of a copy of the "Mouth Organ" and related correspondence concerning Ted Taylor's activities as it's editor, a sketch of Taylor, and a birthday poem from Ken Taylor containing three photographs on one sheet of photographic paper.

[Correspondence regarding L.D. Taylor death and funeral]

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.

[L.D. Taylor - copied material, circa 1926 to 1946]

File consists of copies of letters, news articles and photographs relating to L.D. Taylor, possibly provided to Ted Taylor by Vancouver City Archivist J.S. Matthews. Includes a 1932 letter to L.D. from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Matthews' notes regarding his visit with Ted and Ken Taylor in June 1946, an excerpt from Matthews' obituary for L.D., and some historical notes related to Alice Berry Taylor. File also includes photocopies of CVA 1477-107 and CVA 1477-108, a photograph of L.D. Taylor with Amelia Earhart and a few other men on the court house stairs, and a photograph of L.D. standing with some pilots and holding a child wearing an American flag costume.

[L.D. Taylor estate]

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

[Notebooks]

File consists of two notebooks containing Ted Taylor notes concerning the motion picture industry in Hollywood.

Ag-Dc [August to December] 1936 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence, publicity and other notes, studio passes, financial records and receipts. File includes a letter from Claire Du Brey. The file also contains cards and greetings from 20th Century Fox, Samuel Goldwyn, Martha Raye, James Ellison, Bobby Breen, Perry Lieber, Francis Lederer, Emanuel Cohen and Ralph and Buddy Welles.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

Ap.-My 1932 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of correspondence, a theatre program, postcard and other material. Includes a letter from L.D. Taylor to Octavia Beaton and a letter from Ted Taylor to L.D. Taylor pertaining to L.D.'s recovery from illness. Incoming correspondence to Ted Taylor includes letters from Eve West and Horteuse Maddox Davis, and correspondence regarding the revival of the "Garret Club."
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

Dc [December] 1933 TT [Ted Taylor]

File contains Ted Taylor incoming correspondence and copy of text wired to L.D. Taylor, cards received, lists, receipts and a pass. File includes a greeting card from Mr. and Mrs. George J. Fowler featuring a sketch of the Burrard Street Bridge.

Contacts - Vancouver - [19]46

File consists of records relating to the illness and death of L.D. Taylor, Ken and Ted's resulting trip to Vancouver, and funeral arrangements. Includes correspondence, copies of newspaper articles, a will, lists, notes, four photographs, cards, receipts, a postcard and other material. Includes L.D.'s last will and testament, correspondence to him during his illness, including a wire from Vancouver Mayor John Cornett, a list of pallbearers, sympathy cards, copies of thank you letters to those involved in the funeral ceremony, and copies of newspaper articles concerning L.D.'s death and funeral. File also contains a copy of a letter and related newspaper clipping concerning the donation of a portrait of L.D. Taylor to the Vancouver City Council. Also included in the file are Ted's notes regarding Alice Berry Taylor, events in L.D.'s life, Ken and Ted's activities while in Vancouver, and Ted's work for the Conference of Studio Unions Strategy Committee. Other items in the file include an invitation from L.D. to enrol as a subscriber to his publication "The New Deal," a small booklet advertising The Scenery Shop at 856 Granville Street, a Butchart's Garden postcard, three photographs of Ken and Ted in Vancouver and a photograph of Peter Taylor.

Jr-Ag [January to August] 1938 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor correspondence, financial and employment records, agreements, articles, newspaper clippings, receipts, drawings, a postcard and other material. Correspondence includes three letters from L.D. Taylor. Records also include a Los Angeles Newspaper Guild newsletter and event notice, a Motion Picture Democratic Committee pamphlet, and a Columbia Club New newsletter with an article mentioning Ted.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, as well as the following section: My Life 1938.

June 1940 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor's personal correspondence, records relating to his employment at Columbia Studios and the activities of its Publicity Department, and correspondence from the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

L.D.T. [L.D. Taylor - 1925-1945]

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.

L.D.T [L.D. Taylor - 1936-1937: Election and New Deal]

File consists of correspondence between Ted and L.D. Taylor, newspapers and newspaper articles. Correspondence relates to the establishment of L.D.'s "The New Deal" publication in 1937 and includes copies of articles written by Ted for publication in the paper. The file also contains "The New Deal" Vol. 1, Nos. 4 and 5 and newspaper articles concerning L.D.'s candidacy for mayor in 1936 and his birthday in 1937.

L.D.T. [L.D. Taylor - death and funeral]

File consists of correspondence, photographs, notes, lists, inventories, and financial and other records pertaining to the death of L.D. Taylor, his funeral and the settlement of his estate. File includes two photographs of the funeral and two letters from Vancouver City Archivist J.S. Matthews. One letter concerns the naming of "Taylor Manor" in honour of L.D., and the other letter describes the turnout for L.D.'s funeral procession, Matthew's memories of L.D. and his selection of a cigar and L.D.'s chair for the Archives. Also included in the file is correspondence from Ted Taylor to Edith Baker concerning L.D.'s funeral and burial, and correspondence with Ken and various companies pertaining to the settlement of L.D.'s estate and the shipping of items to the U.S. The file also contains Ted's notes concerning the births, deaths and final resting places of immediate relatives in the Taylor and Pierce families, and a death claim statement listing details of L.D.'s health.

L.D.T. [L.D. Taylor] - B-C Bank, Vancouver [and correspondence]

File consists of correspondence, financial records, newspaper articles, three newspapers and a leaflet. Includes correspondence between L.D. and Ted Taylor. L.D.'s letters discuss his plans to run in the 1936 Vancouver mayoral election and his opinion of the current mayor, his defeat in the election, and his publication of "The New Deal" newspaper in 1937. Ted's letters discuss his positions with the "Hollywood Reporter" and Columbia Pictures and outline family activities. The file also contains the first three issues of "The New Deal," March 26, April 2 and April 9, 1937; copies of Ted Taylor articles sent to L.D. for inclusion in the paper; records for a joint Bank of Montreal account between Ted and L.D.; and a Greater B.C. Association leaflet.

L.D.T. [L.D. Taylor] - Vancouver - Police - 1928

File consists of newspaper clipplings pertaining to the 1928 Lennie inquiry in which L.D. Taylor was implicated as mayor. File also contains a letter and two wires from L.D. to Ted Taylor in 1935 and 1936 and a letter from Ted to L.D. notifying him of the death of Caroline Little Pierce in 1936.

Oct - Nv 1932 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor correspondence with L.D. Taylor, Britann (Bill) Laymon and Ken Taylor, as well as some ephemeral material.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

Sp [September] 1933 TT [Ted Taylor]

File contains correspondence and notes of Ted Taylor. Includes correspondence from family and friends and a letter to L.D. Taylor, which discusses, in part, the visit of L.D.'s nurse, Katherine Federici, to Los Angeles.

Sp-Dc [September-December]1940 TT [Ted Taylor]

File consists of Ted Taylor correspondence, financial records, appointment book pages, newspaper clippings, articles, postcards, and other material. Includes several letters to and from L.D. Taylor, including letters regarding Ted's employment situation and his new publication "Hollywood Movies," as well as L.D.'s view of world events and Gerald (Gerry) McGeer's campaign for a seat in the House of Commons.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, as well as the following sections: Dc '40 MLT; 1940 Accts.
The following notes appeared on the original file folder: "CLP estate - formal discharge KT admiss."

1931 Family general

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.

[Family 1928-1937]

File consists of Ken Taylor's daily journal September 3 to December 30, 1928, which includes entries pertaining to the illness and death of Annie Louise Taylor; two photographs of L.D., Ted and Mary Louise Taylor in 1929; a certificate of business and a notice of dissolution of the Radio Program Service; a photograph of and report card for Mary Louise; a letter from L.D. to Ted dated June 4, 1936; notes and other material.

Family - Pierce side

File consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings and notes pertaining to members of the Pierce and Twitchell families and friends of Annie Louise Taylor. File contains correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce's parents, Eli and Sopronia Twitchell, and Amy Twitchell, biographical notes concerning Osborne J. Pierce, a transcription of Caroline's memoirs, an address book that belonged either to Caroline or Annie, obituaries for Caroline, and two photographs of Caroline with her niece Minnie Twitchell Gilman, probably dating from circa 1865.
Items within the file have been arranged into the following sections by Ted Taylor: ALT; Bethel; CLP relatives; CLP addresses.

Family 1922

File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to a serious car accident involving Ruth Wing, a United Studios pass and a list of Ted Taylor's contacts.

Family 1924 Ag-Nv [August to November]

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."

Family 1925 jr-my [January to May]

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."

Family 1927 jr-nv [January to November]

File consists of correspondence, five photographs, newspaper clippings, notes, postcards, cards, receipts and other material. Includes mainly the personal and professional correspondence of Ted Taylor. Personal correspondence consists of letters to and from friends and family, including correspondence with Annie Louise Taylor, Ken Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce, Ruth Wing, William Wing, George Beaton, Bruce Beaton and L.D. Taylor. Correspondence with L.D. Taylor relates to the 1926 civic election, plans to amalgamate Vancouver with Point Grey and South Vancouver, L.D.'s chairmanship of the Greater Vancouver Water Board, development of Grouse Mountain and L.D.'s activities in the summer and fall of 1927, including a vacation at Stuart Island. File also contains several newspaper clippings relating to L.D. Taylor; clippings pertaining to the Hollywood film industry; photographs of Caroline Little Pierce (CVA 1477-1233, CVA 1477-1234), Mary Louise Taylor (CVA 1477-1235, CVA 1477-1236) and Ted Taylor (CVA 1477-1237); and correspondence from George to Octavia Beaton. Letters from Ruth Wing discuss happenings in the Hollywood film industry.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

Family 1928 - dc [December] and general - ALT d[eath]

File consists of Ted Taylor's correspondence, financial records and receipts, photographs, notes, daily journal pages, newspaper clippings, inventories, drawings, cards and other material. The file includes correspondence, receipts and invoices, newspaper clippings and other documentation pertaining to the death of Annie Louise Taylor. File also contains Ted's correspondence with Octavia Beaton, L.D. Taylor and various friends. Correspondence with L.D. pertains to Annie's death and L.D.'s upcoming world tour. The file also contains several newspaper clippings, including one featuring a photograph of Ted Taylor, and six photographs of the Kate Taylor Cooley family, taken while L.D. was visiting for Thanksgiving 1929.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: 1928 - Dec.; ALT [Annie Louise Taylor]; Carol and John 1928; Nv '28-Dc '28 receipts LA; 1928 Paris; and Mac-Gurrin 1928.

Family 1928 jr-jl [January to July] - hospital

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.

Family 1929 Sp-Dc [September to December]

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence and notes, photographs, newspaper clippings, lists, cards and programs, as well as a small amount of Carolyn Little Pierce and Ken Taylor correspondence. Includes eight photographs of Ted Taylor and several cards and greetings, including a card from Colleen Moore.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, with two additional sections: "Xmas cards 1929" and Ken 1929."

Family 1930 Jr-Ap [January to April]

File consists of Ted Taylor personal and professional correspondence and notes, newspaper clippings, a newsletter and a postcard. File contains correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to L.D. Taylor, including a letter describing the political situation in Vancouver and L.D.'s plans to run for mayor in the 1930 election.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

Family 1931

File consists of Ted Taylor's personal and professional correspondence, professional notes, studio passes and receipts, and Octavia Beaton correspondence. Includes Ted's correspondence to and from L.D. Taylor, and two letters from George J. Fowler to Octavia concerning L.D.'s illness.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: Nv '31; Dc '31 - TT.

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