Papers, 1880-1937.

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Papers, 1880-1937.

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This collection contains correspondence of Charles Henry Taylor and Charles Henry Taylor, Jr., from renowned publishers and journalists, book collectors, businessmen, and friends, 1880-1937. Included are references to articles for publication, Associated press meetings, the preparation of obituaries of various publishers, and many letters from news correspondents, e.g., Arthur Elliott Sproul ( - ) during his tour of Russia in 1917. There are also letters from notable friends, such as James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916), Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957), Kermit Roosevelt (1889-1943), and Irvin McDowell Garfield (1870-1951), both sons of U.S. Presidents. Admiral Byrd's correspondence includes radiograms from Antarctica in 1934. Many letters contain political commentaries on the Election of 1928, the Bank Holiday of 1933, and the progress of World War I. Of special interest is the correspondence of Major Carl Pullen Dennett ( - ), Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Prisoners of War in Berne, Switzerland, 1914-1918, and Thomas Elliott Donnelley (1867- ), Chief of the War Industries Board, Paper and Pulp Division, 1918-1919. Major Dennett wrote of the work of the American Red Cross in the care and feeding of American prisoners of war in Germany and included descriptions of their treatment by their captors, accounts of several daring escapes, and lists of numbers of prisoners in specific camps, as well as photographs of the Red Cross supplies being sent to them. The correspondence of Thomas Elliott Donnelley includes many form letters sent to publishers concerning rules for the conservation of paper during the war and letters sent to Charles Henry Taylor, Jr., Director of the New England District of the Paper and Pulp Division. Taylor frequently gave his recommendations for conservation methods, accompanied by statistics. Box 3 also contains papers compiled by Col. Charles Henry Taylor concerning bills introduced to the Mass. legislature in 1895, 1896, 1897, and 1905. One set of papers refers to a bill, 1905, which sought to require the printing of ingredients on all patent medicines. The Boston Globe received many letters from medication manufacturers who opposed such a law and wanted to recruit the clout of the press (e.g., the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, which detailed the contents of several drugs of that era). Other letters, minutes of legislative hearings, and printed circulars and bills refer to efforts by the Mass. Daily Press Association, 1895-1897, to introduce a bill revising the "presupposed malice" section of the state Libel Law. They succeeded in accomplishing this in 1901, but were challenged in 1903 by Rep. Frank B. Benett ( - ) of Saugus, Mass., who sought to strike the clause which allowed the defendant to present evidence showing that acts of the plaintiff created a "reasonable suspicion" that the alleged libel was true. There are also newspaper clippings dealing with these matters. Box 3 also contains many letters of condolence following the death of Charles Henry Taylor, Sr., in 1921 as well as an octavo volume recording committee meetings and guest lists for a "Complimentary Banquet to Col. Charles Henry Taylor" in April, 1887.

3 boxes.1 v. (137 p., 107 blank) ; octavo.

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Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co.

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