Telford Taylor papers, 1918-1998, bulk 1949-1992

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Series I: Education and Schooling, 1920-1935


Subseries I.1: Grade School - Elmer Avenue School (Arrangement: Chronological),, 1920-1921



Box 1 Essay: "Courtesy": Manuscript, 1920


Box 1 Boy Scout Merit Badge Certificates, 1921


Subseries I.2: Schenectady High School (Arrangement: Chronological),, 1923-1925


Box 1 "The Federal Trade Commission and the Courts": Manuscript, Undated


Box 1 Debate: Prize Stage Speech: "Idealism and International Politics": [2] Manuscripts, 1923


Box 1 Debate: "The United States should own and operate the coal mines": [2] Manuscripts, 1923


Box 1 Debate: Inter-Scholastic Debate, Troy vs. Schenectady, Schenectady High School, "Resolved: That the United States should own and operate the coal mines - constitutionality waived,"): Program, 1923


Box 1 Debate: Calhoun Tryout Speech: Note Cards, 1923


Box 1 Debate: Calhoun-Webster Debate: "France is Not Justified in Her Occupation of the Ruhr," [3] Manuscripts, 1923


Box 1 Debate: English Class Debate: "Proof that Prohibition is Not a Success,": Manuscript, 1923


Box 1 Speech: "Tryout Speech for Varsity Debate": Manuscript, 1924


Box 1 Debate: "The Bok Peace Plan should be adopted by the Congress": [2] Manuscripts, 1924


Box 1 Debate: Championship Varsity Debate, Boys vs. Girls, Schenectady High School, "Resolved: That the Bok Peace Plan should be adopted by Congress": Program, 1924


Box 1 Article: "High School Forum Club Officers," Schenectady Gazette, Tuesday Morning. (June 10, 1924), 1924


Box 1 Article: "Boys' Forum Elects Taylor President.", Undated


Box 1 Essay: "Richelieu": Manuscript (Apr. 30, 1925), 1925


Box 1 Essay: "Queen Victoria": Manuscript (May 22, 1925), 1925


Subseries I.3: Williams College (Arrangement: Chronological), 1925-1935


Box 1 Williams College: Correspondence, 1925-1931


Box 1 Essay: "Democracy in America": Draft, Undated


Box 1 Essay: "Ethics": Manuscript, Undated


Box 1 Essay: " 'The Phantom Public,' by Walter Lippmann": Manuscript, Undated


Box 1 Essay: "Plato's Republic": Manuscript, Undated


Box 1 Essay: "Proportional Representation": Partial Manuscript and Draft, Undated


Box 1 Essay: "Rousseau's Social Contract": Draft, Undated


Box 1 Essay: "Survey of Public Health Organization of the United States": Manuscript and Notes, Undated


Box 1 Outline: "Genealogical Chart of Pelops' Line": Manuscript, Undated


Box 1 Article: "Royal Dadmun: Interpretations by Noted Soloist Are Well Received," The Williams Record., 1925


Box 1 Article: "Brilliant Piano Recital by Elly Ney Charms Audience," The Williams Record (Jan. 12, 1926), 1926


Box 1 Essay: "John Stuart Mill": Manuscript (Jan. 17, 1926), 1926


Box 1 Essay: "Systems of Ethics," Phil. 1-2: Manuscript (Apr. 27, 1926), 1926


Box 1 Essay: "Report on the 'Leviathan' of Thomas Hobbes": Manuscript (Nov. 15, 1926), 1926


Box 1 Poem: "An Agnostic's Credo," Williams Graphic and Literary Monthly 8:2: Manuscript (Apr., 1927), 1927


Box 1 Essay: "Timon the Misanthrope": Manuscript (June 1, 1928), 1928


Box 1 Essay: "The Character and Political Works of Sulla": Manuscript (June 5, 1928), 1928


Box 1 Essay: "The President's Veto of the Parker Bill: Manuscript (June 15, 1928), 1928


Box 1 Article: "Mr. Taylor Proves Inaccuracy of Human Observation to Political Science Class with Novel Demonstration," The Williams Record (Dec. 15, 1928), 1928


Box 1 Review: "Taylor Finds March 'Graphic' Entertaining: 'New Issue Is Characterized by Careful If Not Brilliant Workmanship,' " The Williams Record (Mar. 30, 1929), 1929


Box 1 Review: "Subtle Impressionism," The Williams Record Literary Supplement, review of Elizabeth and Essex, by Lytton Strachley (Apr. 6, 1929), 1929


Box 1 Master's Thesis: "Agricultural and Demographic Comparison between Italy and Russia": Manuscript, 1932


Box 1 Master's Thesis: "Agricultural and Demographic Comparison between Italy and Russia": Partial Draft, Undated


Box 1 Certification of B.A. (1928) and M.A. (1932) Academic Degrees from Williams College (Jan. 23, 1935), 1935


Subseries I.4: Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1932) (Arrangement: Alphabetical by Material Type),, 1917-1932



Box 2 Harvard Law School Annual Grade Reports, 1930-1932


Box 2 Harvard Law School Correspondence, 1931-1934


Box 2 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Bankruptcy" Notebook, 1932


Box 2 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Bills and Notes" Notebook, 1930


Box 2 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Conflicts" Notebook, 1931


Box 2 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Conflicts" Notes, Undated


Box 2 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Constitutional Law" Notebook, 1931



Box 3 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Equity II" Notebook, 1930


Box 3 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Federal Jurisdiction" Notebook, 1931


Box 3 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Property II" Notebook, 1931


Box 3 Harvard Law School Coursework: "Trusts" Notebook, 1930


Box 3 Harvard Law School: Elected as Editor of Law Review, 1931


Box 3 Harvard Law School "Official Register of Harvard University, The Law School 1931-1932," Vol. 28, No. 14: Pamphlet (Apr. 17, 1931), 1931


Box 3 Miscellaneous School Work, 1917-1932