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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)

Series consists of correspondence relating to Annie Louise Taylor's divorce from L.D. Taylor, including correspondence with L.D., addresses, and a birthday book.

File consists of Annie Louise Taylor's incoming and outgoing correspondence and notes pertaining to her divorce from L.D. Taylor, as well as a letter from L.D. Taylor to Caroline Little Pierce and a final decree of divorce. Includes incoming letters from L.D. Taylor, Charles E. Chapman, Kate Cooley, Winifred Mabel Pierce.

Series consists of various writings by Osborne J. Pierce, including autobiographical prose works, essays, short stories, speeches, notes and outlines.

File contains a piece of prose by Osborne J. Pierce titled "Early Recollections."

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 consists of notes, a speech prepared for a meeting of The Young Mens Republican Club of the 11th Precinct, and several essays, titled "Essay on The Duties and The Legitimate Functions of A Government," "The Antagonism of The Classes," "Hard Times and Prosperity" and "A Conversion."

File contains a piece of prose by Osborne J. Pierce titled "Recollection of my Artistic and Mechanical Growth"

File consists of a small essay written by Osborne J. Pierce titled "Should the Majority Rule?" and some accompanying political history notes made by Ted Taylor while trying to date the essay.

File includes various short stories, notes, outlines and other writings, mostly of an autobiographical nature, filed loosely in a portfolio folder.

Series consists of records relating to Osborne J. Pierce's career as an architect and his position as a Superintendent of Drawing for the City of Chicago Department of Public Instruction. Records include correspondence, letters of recommendation, account books, notebooks and journals, a patent, a report, certificates, a book, a directory, business cards and advertisements.
Additional material intermingled with these records includes poetry and prose by Osborne J. Pierce, including autobiographical prose, family history notes, photographs, watercolours and drawings.

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

See page 71 for Osborne J. Pierce and Winifred M. Pierce listings and page 83 for Mrs. L.D. Taylor listing

File consists of letterhead for Osborne J. Pierce's office at 539 Chamber of Commerce Building in Los Angeles and for the South Hollywood Improvement Association, of which Pierce was an Executive Committee member.

File contains letters of recommendation for Osborne J. Pierce.

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 two letters of recommendation for Osborne J. Pierce, a collection of poetry and prose gathered by Osborne J. Pierce, titled "The Sea Waif, Vol. 1, No. 2," Twitchell family history notes, and a drawing of a woman with "My Mother, Sophonia Barker Twitchell" inscribed on the verso by Caroline Little Pierce.

File consists of business cards and four notebooks, including notebooks of the following titles: "1900-1901 Chicago, OJP," "N[o]v[ember] '02-J[un]e '03. L.A., Redlands and trips," and "1910 Lexington." Notebooks includes sketches and notes regarding work projects, a photograph, names and addresses, travel itineraries and journal entries.

File consists of a letter and statement relating to Osborne J. Pierce's payment for a project, a receipt of payment for his license fee to the State Board of Architecture for the Southern District of California and two unrelated photographs.

Series consists of an indexed record book of business and personal correspondence, and letters from architect Edward L. Angell.

File contains two letters to Osborne J. Pierce from architect Edward L. Angell.

Item is a record book with correspondence indexed alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically by date of receipt. Correspondence is both of a business and a personal nature.

Series consists of photographs taken by Osborne J. Pierce. Includes some self-portraits and a photograph album containing scenic cyanotype and silver gelatin photographs taken in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls and Chicago, Illinois. Includes photographs of the Pierce family homestead in Albion, Maine.

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

File consists of an album of forty-eight cyanotype and two silver gelatin scenic photographs taken by Osborne J. Pierce in Albion, Harrison, Gilead, Bethel, Winslow, and Kennebunkport, Maine; Gorham, New Hampshire; Nantasket Beach, Roxbury, and Boston, Massachussetts; Niagara Falls; and Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. Includes photographs of the Pierce family homestead in Albion, Maine.

Series consists of a journal kept by Winifred Mabel Pierce detailing her daily activites and, to a lesser extent, the activities of Annie Louise, Kenneth and Theodore Taylor, and Caroline Little Pierce.

Series consists of a certificate of graduation and a photograph relating to Annie Louise Taylor's attendance of Chicago Public School in 1883.

File consists of Annie Louise Pierce (Taylor)'s certificate of graduation from Hayes School and her class photograph from that year.

Series consists of banking and investment records of Annie Louise Taylor. Includes account books, banking receipts, invoices, notes, lists, statements and correspondence. Also included in the files are miscellaneous notes and lists, a form regarding Annie Louise Taylor's health concerns, and an editorial cartoon concerning L.D. Taylor.

File consists of receipts and cleared cheques.

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.

Series consists of two photograph albums assembled by Annie Louise Taylor. Includes baby and childhood photographs of Theodore Pierce and Kenneth Osborn Taylor, Taylor family group photographs, individual photographs of Annie and L.D. Taylor and Caroline Little Pierce, and interior and exterior photographs of the Taylor's Fairview home.

File consists of photographs assembled in an album by Annie Louise Taylor. Includes individual and group photographs of Theodore Pierce, Kenneth Osborn, Annie Louise and L.D. Taylor; interior and exterior views of the Taylor family home at the corner of Willow Street and 8th Avenue in Fairview; and one photograph of Caroline Little Pierce.

File is an album of photographs assembled by Annie Louise Taylor. Includes studio portraits of Theodore Pierce and Kenneth Osborn Taylor, a photograph of Caroline Little Pierce, and a few photographs of an unidentified girl.

Series consists of family correspondence and other records arranged chronologically into files by Ted Taylor. Records creators are Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Theodore Pierce Taylor and Kenneth Osborn Taylor. Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of L.D. Taylor, relating to his marriage to Annie, his legal troubles in Chicago, his life in Vancouver, B.C., his ownership of the World newspaper and his activities as Mayor. Letters from Annie Taylor to her family between 1899 and 1906 document the Taylors' activities in Vancouver, and Annie s impressions of the city. Correspondence also includes letters from L.D.'s sister Kate Cooley to Annie Louise and Theodore Taylor. In addition to correspondence, the files in this series contain photographs, financial records, including receipts, invoices, cheque books and accounting records, journals and notebooks of Osborne J. Pierce and Winifred Mabel Pierce, legal documents, certificates, drawings, written prose and poetry, notes, pamphlets, programs, ephemera, postcards, newspaper and journal clippings, report cards, school assignments, business cards, invitations and membership cards.

File includes incoming correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce, Osborne J. Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor, Kenneth Taylor and Theodore Taylor, and outgoing correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce, L.D. Taylor and Annie Louise Taylor. Includes correspondence from Caroline to Annie Louise, Annie Louise to Theodore, and L.D. to Theodore and Kenneth. Includes postcards from various places in the United States and from Ottawa and Medicine Hat, Alberta. File also includes twenty-seven photographs and a report card for Theodore.

File includes correspondence between Osborne J. Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce, and correspondence from Winifred Mabel Pierce to Annie Louise Taylor, including postcards from Vermont. File also includes some financial records, and two photographs.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "K[enneth] T[aylor] born 22 July '02, Vancouver; summer - Pierces at Hardwick, VT; July-Aug[ust] - C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce] and W[inifred] M[abel] P[ierce] in VT and NH; Sep[tember} '02 - A[nnie] L[ouise] T[aylor] and T[heodore] T[aylor] and unnamed baby in Chicago with C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce]; 24 Oc[tober]? - O[sborne] J. P[ierce] returns to Chicago."

File consists of correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce, as well as newspaper clippings, two photographs, a notebook, and a report card. File contains material relating to Osborne and Caroline's trip to Vancouver in 1906, including a notebook in which Osborne documents places visited and photographs taken during the trip. File also includes postcards from various places in the United States and Canada, including ones sent to Vancouver by L.D. Taylor during a trip to the United States and central Canada.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "1906, Jan[uary]-Aug[ust]: T[heodore] T[aylor] finish school Vancouver; O[sborne] J. P[ierce] trip north, June to July; J[un]e '06, summer, Pierces O[sborne] J. P[ierce]-C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce]-W[inifred] M[abel] P[ierce] at Alberni Street, Vancouver B.C."