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File contains correspondence relating to Ted Taylor's publicity work, a script and program for a play in which he acted, and his address book. File also contains cards and greetings from directors Bert Dorris, James Young and J. Stuart Blackton; producers John M. Stahl, Bob Custer, Jeff Lazarus, Samuel Goldwyn and George Fitzmaurice; actors Mabel Normand, Florence Lawrence, Eleanor Boardman, Louise Glaum, Patsy Ruth Miller, Belle Bennett, Gertrude Short, Huntley Gordon, Jackie Coogan, Dorothy Dwan, Estelle Taylor, Ben Alexander, Tom Mix, Allene Ray, Patsy Ruth Miller, Natalie Kingston, Harry Carey, Adeline McAlvord; writers Hyatt Daab, Finis Fox, Sid Schlager, Joseph Jackson, Frederick Palmer, Joseph A. Stelle, Arthur Hagerman, Maurice Stephens, Adam Hull Shirk, Jack Jungmeyer, Edith Millicent Ryan and Charles R. Condon; and publicists Agnes O'Malley and Joe Reddy. File also contains cards and greetings from the following production studios: Universal City, Westcoast Studios, White Productions, Ritz Carlton Pictures, Lubitsch Productions, the 'Ben Hur' Company and Van Pelt-Wilson Productions.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: Dec. 1924; 1924 - L.A. - Personal; 1924 - L.A. - Professional.

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.

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.

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.

File consists of Ted Taylor's personal and professional correspondence and notes, financial records and receipts, newsletter, cards, address book pages, war ration book, postcards, a photograph, objectss and other material. File also contains Mary Louise Taylor correspondence and correspondence with Ken Taylor and L.D. Taylor, which includes several letters from L.D. and attached newspaper clippings. Ted Taylor outgoing correspondence discusses family activities, his career, including work with the War Labor Board, and the Hollywood strike. File also contains a draft review of a Leonard Louis Levinson production and related correspondence. Other records within this file relate to Ted's association with the Central Labor Council, the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild and the Screen Publicists Guild. File also contains a photograph in a Christmas card of Edith and Arthur Baker. Objects in this file are badges from Ken Taylor's military uniform, a Nazi badge and a yellow Star of David badge bearing the German word 'Jude'.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, as well as the following sections: KT army '42-'45; Price control.

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.

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

File consists of correspondence, three photographs, notes and a poem. Includes a letter from L.D. Taylor to Ted Taylor discussing his decision to run for the Provincial Legislature in Omineca. Included with the letter are three postcards featuring photographs of the Douglas Lodge, B.C. area and Spuzzum. B.C.

File consists of a transcription by Ted Taylor of L.D. Taylor's notes in the book "Ann Arbor, the first hundred years," published in 1927.

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.

File consists of correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, studio passes, receipts, pamphlets, a negative and other material. Correspondence pertains to Ted Taylor's personal life and to his work on the "Hollywood Reporter." File also includes financial records regarding the estate of Caroline Little Pierce and a report card for Mary Taylor.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

File consists of correspondence, studio passes, a photograph on a postcard, newsletter and other material. Includes several letters from L.D. Taylor to Ken Taylor in which he discusses his publication, the "New Deal," and the British Columbia provincial election. File also includes a note and several letters from Claire Du Brey, and a letter to the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Newspaper Guild concerning the dismissal of "Hollywood Reporter" staff.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation, with the additional section: Ken 1937, CLP.

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.

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.

Series consists of Ted Taylor correspondence and other records arranged by Ted into chronological and subject files. Records pertain to Ted s personal and professional activities, and concern his relationships with family members, his marriages, friendships, involvement with various associations, and his career as a Hollywood publicist and journalist, including his work at Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Universal Pictures studios. The series also includes several subject files pertaining to L.D. Taylor. Although the majority of records in the series were created or received by Ted Taylor, the series also includes some records of Caroline Little Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor, Octavia Beaton, Mary Louise Taylor and Osborne J. Pierce. In addition to correspondence, the series includes photographs, notes, legal documents, financial records, agreements, journals, articles, press releases, notebooks, appointment books, address books, drawings, paintings, scripts, newspaper clippings, newsletters and other publications, studio passes, programs, cards, ephemera and objects.

Sousfonds consists of correspondence, photographs and other records of Ted Taylor and members of the Taylor, Pierce and Beaton families, arranged into files by Ted. The majority of records were created or accumulated by Ted, and pertain to his personal and professional activities. Records concern his relationships with family, friends and colleagues, his career as a publicist and reporter in Hollywood, California and Paris, France, and his involvement in various associations. In addition to Ted s records, the sousfonds also contains records of and pertaining to Octavia Beaton, Mary Beaton, Mary Louise Taylor, Ken Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Annie Louise Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Osborne J. Pierce. Material pertaining to L.D. Taylor includes correspondence with various members of the family, photographs, and notes concerning L.D. s activities in Vancouver, as Mayor, and his death and funeral. In addition to correspondence and photographs, record include notes, newspaper clippings, articles, drafts, notebooks, address books, journals, studio passes, cards, drawings, paintings, sketches, press release, publications, scripts, ephemera, legal documents, bills, receipts and other financial records, postcards, agreements and contracts, and objects.

The sousfonds has been arranged into the following seven series: Correspondence and subject files (1906-1947); Family Letter files (1827-1954); Financial and property records (1910-1957); Scrapbook (1918-1924); Photographs ([1909-1947]); Octavia Stewart Beaton records (1902-[after 1946]); Mary Louise Taylor Werbel records (1963, 1972).

File contains an architectural drawing and an essay by Osborne J. Pierce. The essay is titled "Statistics Relating to Population."

File consists of seven architectural drawings by Osborne J. Pierce for a residence at 1966 Echo Avenue, Los Angeles. Includes a floor plan, side elevation plans, a rear elevation plan a front elevation plan, and detail drawings.

Item is a page from The Inland Architect and News Record (Vol. XX, no. 5) with a photograph of the E.S. Bristol and Nathan Smith residences, designed by Osborne J. Pierce, in Chicago.

Item is an architectural drawing by Osborne J. Pierce that has been printed out on thick paper.

File contains twenty-five drawings and related notes by Osborne J. Pierce.

Series consists of original Osborne J. Pierce architectural drawings and plans of houses and other types of buildings and monuments, with related notes, and a published photograph of a residence designed by Osborne J. Pierce. Included also is an unrelated essay by Pierce relating to statistics.

File includes property deeds, related correspondence and other legal documents concerning property owned by Osborne J. and Caroline Little Pierce in River Forest, Illinois, and Los Angeles.
Note by Ted Taylor on original file folder reads "J[un]e to July '08 - selling Chic[ago] to buy H[olly]w[oo]d?"

File consists of records relating to L.A. Investment Company stocks held by Osborne J. and Caroline Little Pierce and Annie Louise Taylor.

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 contains legal and financial documents and related correspondence pertaining to property in Los Angeles owned by Osborne J. and Caroline Little Pierce.

File consists of legal documents and correspondence concerning the disbursement of Osborne J. Pierce's estate following his death.

File consists of government documents and a newspaper clipping pertaining to Caroline Little Pierce's right to a pension as a result of Osborne J. Pierce's service in the American Civil War.

File includes four drawings by Osborne J. Pierce of his house at 5301 Lexington Avenue

Series consists of records pertaining to Osborne J. and Caroline Little Pierces' finances, in particular their real estate and stock investments. Real estate records include property deeds, options, agreements for sale, and other legal documents, as well as correspondence, notes, invoices, receipts and drawings. Records relating to stock investments in the Los Angeles Investment Company include account statements, agreements, receipts and other documents, newsletters, newspaper clippings, a semi-annual report and a book. The series also includes some records relating to Annie Louise Taylor's investment in the Company. In addition, the series includes government documents, legal documents, correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to the disbursement of Osborne's estate and pension, and notes made by Caroline concerning her estate.

File consists of Osborne J. Pierce's certificates of appointment to Corporal in Company G of the 24th Regiment of Maine Militia, September 10, 1862, and to Sergeant Major of the 24th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, April 13, 1863, as well as an outline of his Civil War Service, an autobiographical prose piece titled "Twenty Five Years Ago! By a Veteran Soldier," and a poem titled "A Soldiers Return," all authored by Pierce.

Series consists of a diary (1862-1863), two certificates of appointment, a photograph and autobiographical writings relating to Osborne J. Pierce's experiences as a member of Company G of the 24th Regiment of the Maine Militia, the 24th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, and the 7th Maine Battery during the American Civil War.