Box 17

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The diaries cover the period when Taylor was a student at Haverford College from 1934-1938

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to family members describing daily events, including school news from Westtown, a trip to NY, copy of a letter to Haverford president Wiliam Comfort with suggestions for the next president, from Civilian Public Service Camp and a possible desire to do reconstruction work

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Writings on several topics, from William Penn to Westtown and America, the Frontier, to recollections on an interesting evening, a list of birds and a record of cows in 1933

Scope and Contents Note: Many friendly boyhood letters are includedLetter writers include:American Boy (Franklin Reck), Tom Abler;Edwin Bronner;Charles Ebersol, Jacob Edge, A.J. Edmunds, Joseph Evans;Thomas Garrett, Marty Paxon Grundy;Haverford College (Archibald MacIntosh);Martin Jones;Walter Lamb;William Penn Macomber;Pocono Forestry Assoc. (Charles Thompson)Highlights...

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Note: Primarily relating to family, including home, weather, classes at Westtown, family events and primarily dated in the 1930s

Letter writers primarily include:

Elizabeth Taylor (mother), Esther H. Taylor (sister), Francis Taylor (father)

Highlights include:

Taylor, Francis. Philadelphia, 1932. 3/19. Has been asked to represent Friends before a Senate Committee on immigration to uphold view of conscientious objectors

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Letter writers include:

Westtown School (James Walker) and Ted Woodward

First names or unknown:

Felix, Frank, Michael, Sue, Bernice, Maurice, Jessie, Homer, Bart, George, Phil