Taylor-Thomson Family Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania correspondence, deeds, household account books, copybooks and commonplace books, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings. There is also a photograph of the Clothier family visiting Egypt.
Organization: Organized into five series. Series 1. Correspondence; Series 2. Journals, Albums, and Commonplace Books; Series 3. Other Writings; Series 4. Property and Financial Records; Series 5. Miscellaneous.
Dates
- Creation: 1817-1955
Creator
- Taylor family (Contributor, Family)
- Thomson family (Contributor, Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of the items in this collection may be protected by copyright. The user is solely responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns to reuse, publish, or reproduce relevant items beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to the law. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
The Taylors and Thomsons who married into the Knight, Clothier, and Shoemaker families of Montgomery County, Pa., and its environs.
Herbert Knight Taylor (1879-1957) married Elizabeth E. Thomson (1875-1966) in 1897. Their youngest son, Herbert Knight Taylor (b. 1907) married Edith Clothier Maxwell who was the daughter of John Rogers Maxwell, Jr., and Lydia B. Clothier. Lydia was the daughter of Isaac H. and Mary Clapp Jackson Clothier; Isaac was a long supporter of Swarthmore College, including serving as Chairman of the Board of Managers and President of the Corporation.
Extent
2.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Taylors and Thomsons were Quakers from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who married into the Knight, Clothier, and Shoemaker families. This collection includes correspondence, copybooks and albums, account books, family photographs, and miscellaneous clippings. Of particular interest is a large collection of deeds and some late 19th and early 20th century travel diaries.
Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit. The collection was given by Robert M. Taylor, a descendent of the Clothier and Taylor families, in 2001 and 2003.
Subject
- Clothier family (Family)
- Taylor family (Family)
- Thomson family (Family)
- Title
- Taylor-Thomson Family Papers, 1768-1955
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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