Frank M. Taylor papers 1901-1930.

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Frank M. Taylor papers 1901-1930.

This collection, contained in two boxes, consists of typed and handwritten communications beginning in 1901 between Frank M. Taylor and various Colorado architects regarding the building requirements of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, now known as the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It also includes audit and financial reports dated 1916-1930, including contracts, maintenance, operation, expansion, and exhibition reports. Personal and business communications dated 1901-1930 highlight the development of the museum and the acquisitions of artifacts and specimens from around the world.

2 boxes.

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Colorado Museum of Natural History. Board of Trustees.

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Taylor, F. M. (Frank M.)

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Frank Mansfield Taylor, an early Colorado Museum of Natural History Trustee (1916-1930), was on the Committee on Plans for the development of the Museum's building. The committee's responsibility was to retain an architectural firm and to manage the accounts and decisions for the development of the Museum (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). Communications regarding the building begin in 1901 and also include materials related to the building's renovations through 1930. Taylor was bo...