Guide to the Bayard Taylor Papers,
1837-1878.

Collection Number: 14/18/1169

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
Various
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle, December 2007

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Bayard Taylor papers, 1837-1878.
Collection Number:
14/18/1169
Creator:
Bayard, Taylor 1825-1878.
Quantity:
9.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Diaries, Newspapers, Scrapbooks
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries, clippings, articles, sketches, and autobiographical notes pertaining to Taylor's life as a writer and traveler in North Africa, Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Traveler, translator, writer, man of letters, non-resident professor of German literature at Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries, clippings, articles, sketches, and autobiographical notes pertaining to Taylor's life as a writer and traveler in North Africa, Scandinavia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Also, a watercolor landscape by Taylor acquired by Dr. Francis Harvey Green and given to William F. Rochow in 1950, with "Gems of Thought," a card with excerpts from Taylor's writings selected by Green.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Taylor, Bayard,1825-1878.

Subjects:
German literature--Study and teaching.
Africa--Description and travel.
Europe--Description and travel.
Authors, American

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Watercolors.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Bayard Taylor papers, #14/18/1169. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Link to a partial finding aid. 4 MB PDF file.
Not all the material in the collection is covered by this guide.