Graham Romeyn Taylor Papers, 1918-1919

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Taylor
Bib ID:
4078142 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Taylor, Graham Romeyn, 1880-1942; Davis, Malcolm, 1921-
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
250 items (2 boxes; 1 oversized folder)
Language(s):
English .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/ldpd_bak_4078142.pdf
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of Taylor. The collection concerns his service in the American Committee on Public Information Press Bureau in Vladivostok, from the end of 1918 to March 1919. Included are carbons of outgoing correspondence; a report by Malcolm Davis on public opinion in the Zabaĭkal region; press releases and translations by the Committee; and newspaper summaries prepared by the Intelligence Section of the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia. There are American publicity photographs, including New York scenes. Printed materials of the Committee consist of all 14 issues of its "Druzheskoe Slovo" (Dec. 1918-March 1919), and several pamphlets. Also in the collection are two issues of Russian newspapers: "Voennye Vedomosti" (Novonikolaevsk) and "Ekho" (Vladivostok).

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Russian Institute. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1977.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1977.

Papers Processed 11/--/81.

Biographical sketch

Social worker and writer.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Carbon prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Newspapers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pamphlets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Press releases CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Far East (R.S.F.S.R.) -- 1917- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Americans -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID