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File consists of drawings and paintings by Theodore (Ted) Taylor, a notice of assignment to school in Los Angeles, and four photographs.

File consists of five photographs and a newspaper clipping concerning a relay race in which Theodore (Ted) Taylor was a participant.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Ted Taylor, relating to his work as a member of the editorial staff of "The Record." Includes incoming correspondence from actors John Gilbert and Charles Ray, director Emmett J. Flynn, and the Goldwyn Producing Corporation.

File consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence and other records relating to the murder of Ted Taylor's client and friend, director William Desmond Taylor. Includes records relating to Ted Taylor and Ruth Wing's assistance in the murder investigation, Ted Taylor's relationship with Taylor, and his defence of Taylor's character. File also includes correspondence from director Reginald Barker.

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 a letter of recommendation and a letter from L.D. Taylor to Amy Taylor.

File consists of letter to L.D. Taylor from Amy Taylor and one photograph.

File includes correspondence, financial papers, and a "Statement of moneys subscribed by the public" for the British Columbia Electric Railway Company and subsidiary companies, June 1921.

File includes newspaper clippings, financial statements and receipts, reports and a date book.

File consists of the contract between L.D. Taylor and Victor Odlum for money towards the purchase of The World Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd.

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

File includes mayoral correspondence, newspaper clippings, a photograph, notes by Ted Taylor, receipt, bylaw and pamphlet.

File includes pages 8 and 9 of the March 1, 1913 issue of The Vancouver World, correspondence, financial records and ephemera.

File includes correspondence, certificate and financial receipts.

File consists of personal correspondence, eight photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera.

File includes newspaper clippings, correspondence and a souvenir booklet.

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.

File consists of correspondence, notebooks, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings and other material relating to the activities of Ted Taylor, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Ruth Wing. File includes correspondence, medical bills, and notes relating to Winifred's illness and treatment in Rochester, Minnesota. File also contains two notebooks and twelve photographs (CVA 1477-1005 to CVA 1477-1016) relating to Ted Taylor's work for the L.A. Times, possibly as a crime reporter. Also included in the file are Ted's correspondence and related photographs, photographic prints and negatives of Ted and his friends at Crestmount and at the beach (CVA 1477-1132, CVA 1477-1320 to CVA 1477-1356), and a newspaper clipping concerning Ruth Wing. File contains several postcards from Rochester, Minnesota.

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.

File consists of correspondence, notes, financial records, four photographs, lists, address book pages, newspaper clippings, articles, a script and other material relating mainly to the personal and professional activities of Ted Taylor. Personal correspondents of Ted include Ruth Wing, Annie Louise Taylor and various friends. Professional correspondence relates to his positions in the Publicity Department of Goldwyn picturess and as Motion Picture Editor at the L.A. Record, and includes correspondence with colleagues at various Hollywood studios and publications. Includes letters from Ferdinand Earle pertaining to his intention to produce a screen version of "Faust" and Mary Pickford's intention to do the same, as well as letters concerning his dealings with David O. Selznick. The file also contains records relating to Ted's dismissal as the editor of "CAMERA!"; clippings of articles by or pertaining to Ted Taylor; and clippings, correspondence and other material relating to Ted's assignment by Goldwyn to be on location for Eric von Stroheim's production of "McTeague." Also included in the file are three photographs of Ruth and one photograph of Ted, Ted's notes relating to his marriage to Ruth and her activities, and a script by Ruth Kenyon.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

File consists of correspondence, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, articles, a notebook, postcards, cards 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 a letter to L.D. Taylor. Also included are letters from Octavia Beaton to Annie and incoming correspondence of Carolyn Little Pierce. Letters from Ruth Wing discuss goings-on in the Hollywood film industry and the re-opening of the William Taylor murder case. Professional correspondents include Howard Strickling, Metro-Goldwyn Pictures and Tom Reed of Universal Pictures. The file also contains clippings of newspaper articles concerning L.D. Taylor and Ted Taylor, six photographs of Mary Louise Taylor, two photographs of Ruth Wing (CVA 1477-1231 and CVA 1477-1232), and cards from Edith Millicent Ryan and Jackie Coogan.
Items within the file have been divided up into sections by Ted Taylor according to month of creation.

File consists of Ted Taylor's personal and professional correspondence, fifteen photographs, notes, lists, receipts, writings, newspaper clippings, postcards, cards, and other material. Includes correspondence between Ted Taylor and Octavia Beaton, L.D. Taylor, Ken Taylor, Annie Louise Taylor, Ruth Wing, Ralph Beaton and various friends. Correspondence related to L.D. Taylor Includes a letter from L.D. to Ted discussing the Lennie Commission, a letter from L.D. to Octavia describing his propeller injury, and a letter from Ted to Ralph discussing L.D.'s loss in the civic election. The file also contains several newspaper clippings pertaining to L.D. and to Ted's visit to Vancouver. Also included in the file are notes and an account of Ted's voyage from France to the U.S. aboard a cargo vessel, his stay in New York and Ohio, and travel to Vancouver. The file also includes notes and a detailed account of Ted's stay in Vancouver, October 19th to 28th, and L.D.'s daily activities during the visit, as well as notes pertaining to Ted's activities upon his return to Hollywood and possible employment opportunities. Included among the photographs are two photographs of Ted taken in Paris, four photographs of Mary Louise Taylor and five photographs of Mary Louise with George Beaton.
File has been divided up into the following sections by Ted Taylor: 1928 - July; 1928 - Aug.; 1928 - Sept.; 1928 - Oct. - Homecoming; Marilyn Brown; Helena 1928; TT - Nv '28; Woolaston 1928; Ralph Beaton 1928; and Rehm 1929.

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.

File consists of Octavia Beaton correspondence and a narrrative account. Includes a letter to friends concerning the trip she took with George and Mary Beaton to Colorado in September 1916, and a forty-five page narrative describing a trip across Canada, from the east to the west coast, and then down to San Francisco. The narrative contains descriptions of several places in British Columbia, and includes impressions of the Hotel Vancouver, Stanley Park and the differences between Victoria and Vancouver. The file also contains correspondence pertaining to Beaton's studies with the College of Divine Science and her resignation as President of the Woman's Guild of the Church of the Ascension in Buffalo, New York.

File consists of Octavia Beaton correspondence, including a letter from Bruce Beaton, outgoing correspondence to friends describing Paris and the death of Mary Beaton Taylor, an American Church of Paris program and an American Hospital of Paris identification card.

File consists of notes prepared by Ted Taylor concerning events in the Beaton family, likely produced by reading Octavia Beaton's correspondence.

File consists of loose pages containing correspondence, photographs, articles, clippings, cards and other material, arranged as a scrapbook. Material relates to Ted Taylor's professional activities between 1918 and 1924, in particular to his positions as the News Director at Metro Pictures Corporation and a member of the Goldwyn Pictures publicity staff. File contains many clippings of articles pertaining to Ted, as well as the formation of the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers (WAMPAS), Affiliated Picture Interests and Studio Publicists' Association, and Ted's involvement with these associations. The file also includes copies of Ted's "Metro News" articles and press releases, weekly timelines of events at Metro in 1919 and 1920, invitations to motion picture events, a list of studio publicity representatives in 1920, correspondence with publicists representing various studios, and material relating to "Rubaiyat" publicity and his resignation from Metro.

The file also includes correspondence between Ted and Louis Victor Eytinge and Alla Nazimova, and a letter from Stan Laurel. Some of Ted's correspondence concerns William Desmond Taylor, events occurring at the Goldwyn and Metro studios and in the Hollywood motion picture industry.

In addition to some photographs of Ted Taylor, members of the Metro publicity and L.A. Times staff, the file contains many photographs of Metro actors, actresses and sets, including several taken by Ted. Included are photographs of John H. Ince, Henry Otto, Emmy Whelen, Viola Dana, May Allison, John Arnold, Ormer Locklear, Alla Nazimova, Fred Malatesta, A.H. Giebler, Bessie Love, Herbert Blache, D.F. McSweeney, Thomas Meighan, Edwin Schneider, John McCormack, Bert Lytell, M.E. McLoughlin, Eileen Percy, Alson M. Wheeler, Winchell Smith, Alice Lake, Antonio Moreno, Bayard Veiller, Marcus Loew, Richard A. Roland, Irving Ackerman, Sam Harris, W.E. Atkinson, David Warfield, Sid Grauman, Vincente Blasco Ibanez, June Mathis, Eric Worthington, Carmel Myers, Isadore Bernstein, Hope Hampton, William J. Burns, a possible photograph of Louis Victor Eytinge and a photograph of a sketch by Rex Ingram.
The file also contains a photo of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922, comprised of Pauline Starke, Maryon Aye, Jacqueline Logan, Claire Windsor, Colleen Moore, Lila Lee, Lois Wilson, Mary Philbin, Patsy Ruth Miller, Bessie Love, Louise Lorraine, Helen Ferguson, Kathryn McGuire. Also included in the file are photographs taken on the set of "The Microbe," "Fools and Their Money," "One-Thing-At-a-Time O'Day," "Please Get Married," "The Hope," and realting to
a showing of the movie "Alias Jimmy Valentine" at the Arizona State Prison.

Sousfonds consists of records relating to L.D. Taylor s activities as Mayor of Vancouver; his financial and business activities, including those relating to mining and property interests and his ownership of The Vancouver World, The New Deal, and The Vancouver Oil and Mining Record; his private life; and his family and other personal relationships. The records document the civic administration of the City of Vancouver, and the decisions, events and attitudes that influenced its development, particularly in the first four decades of the twentieth century.
It is arranged into 6 records series: Correspondence and subject files (1893-1946); Newspapers and clippings (1873-1875, 1901-[1944]); Financial records (1913-1941); Reports and publications (1911-1930); Photographs ([189-]-1946); and Artifacts [1910?]-1929
Document types include correspondence, newspapers and clippings, photographs, contracts, leases and other legal and financial documents, election material, reports and publications, account books, receipts, stock certificate books, date books, note books, political cartoons, ephemera, and artifacts.

Sousfonds consists of records of the Osborne J. Pierce family, most notably records of Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Annie Louise (Pierce) Taylor, and, to a lesser extent, those of L.D. Taylor, Theodore Pierce Taylor, and Kenneth Osborn Taylor. The sousfonds includes correspondence, diaries, journals, photographs, and financial and investment records relating to members of the Pierce family. Also included are records of Osborne J. Pierce relating to his business affairs as an architect and a drawing instructor and his military service during the American Civil War, as well as various autobiographical, prose and poetic writings by Osborne. The sousfonds also contains records relating to Winifred s career as a schoolteacher, and records concerning Annie s education, her marriage to L.D. Taylor, and the time that she spent living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among the correspondence there are several letters to and from L.D. dating from the time that he left Chicago and came to Vancouver, British Columbia, through his ownership and loss of the World newspaper, 1905 to 1915, and during his first three terms as Mayor of Vancouver in 1910, 1911 and 1915.

Record types include correspondence; photographs and photograph albums; bank statements, receipts, invoices, cheque books and accounting records; journals, diaries, notebooks and record books; legal documents and agreements; architectural plans and drawings; certificates and a patent; written poetry and prose, including essays, short stories, speeches, notes and outlines; books, newsletters, and reports; advertisements, an editorial cartoon, and newspaper and journal clippings; postcards; pamphlets, programs, invitations, and other ephemera; business cards and membership cards; as well as report cards and school assignments.

Sousfonds has been arranged into 14 records series: Family letter files (1862-1925); Family photographs ([ca. 1858]-[ca. 1928]; Osborne J. Pierce autobiographical and other writings ([189-?]-[ca. 1905]; Osborne J. Pierce American Civil War records (1862-1865, 1890); Osborne J. Pierce correspondence (1890-1893, 1904); Osborne J. Pierce business records (1858-[1908]); Osborne J. Pierce architectural drawings and plans (1875-[1893]); Osborne J. Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce real estate, investment and other financial records (1891-1941); Osborne J. Pierce photographs (1890-1891, 1900); Annie Louise Taylor educational records (1883); Annie Louise Taylor correspondence ([188-?]-1917); Annie Louise Taylor financial records (1902-1925); Annie Louise Taylor photograph albums (1896-[1906]; and Winifred Mabel Pierce journal (1910-1914)

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).