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 File — Box: 5

Scope and Contents

Letter writers include:

Germanton Friends School (Stanley Yarnall), Jack Gessell, Annie Gidley, Henry Godeland, Gordon H. Graves, John Graham, Edward Greene, Isabel Grubb, Felix Greene,

C.G. Hadley, Everett Haines, Carmen Hind, John Howard, J. Carroll Hayes,

Joseph Ingham,

Bevan Lean, Morris E. Leeds, Y.E. Lester, Walter Llewelyn

S. & G. Mellor, Frank Melvin, Charles Morlan, Edward Morris, Elliston Morris,

M.E. Nesbitt, Lillian [Nobles?] and Elizabeth Comfort re Lillian,

Marian Painter, Ann Parker, Alice Pennell, Hannah Pennell, Norman Penney, Jesse Phillips, L.A. Pollock,

Highlights include:

Germantown Friends School. 1929-1931. Correspondence re attendance of Taylor's children at GFS, and decision to send Hubert to Westtown beginning in 1931.

Graham, John W. Maryport, Eng., 1927 7/30. Will be lecturing in India at colleges and to educated Indians though there may be many pitfalls "among the medley of faiths and superstitions."

Greene, Felix. Berks, England, 1931. Ramsay MacDonald asked him to stand for Parliament, but he was unsuccessful; less than pleased with English habits; in the U.S. working at 25cents per hour with a comparison to Southern Black workers and travel on a cargo vessel

Howard, John. Newport, RI, 1944 2/28. Connection to Taylor's family

Llewelyn, William. Hatboro, PA 1936 5/3. He and other members of the meeting feel some of Taylor's sermons are unnecessarily long and wordy

Melvin, Frank. Philadelphia, PA, 1940 1/11. Congratulates Taylor on his William Penn essay

Mellor, S.S. 2903 3/12. Invites Taylor to come visit, along with Howard Brinton.

Morris, Elliston. Philadelphia, 1909 3/18. pleased to learn of the use of a fund he endowed at Haverford College for students to learn the subject of Arbitration and Peace. Attached is letter of Haverford College president Isaac Sharpless in June 1908 indicating that Taylor had won the Elliston P. Morris Prize

Nesbitt, M.E. Belfast, 1927 7/23. Attached to this letter is correspondence re trip to England

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

70 items

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