Correspondence and Estate Documents, 1843-1889

File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The George J. Taylor papers (1843-1897) contain six volumes of photocopied materials including journals, correspondence, certificates, and legal documents. When John Taylor died, George J. Taylor became the executor of the estate and thereby received many of John Taylor's papers. When George J. Taylor died in 1914, his brother Samuel Y. Taylor received the papers of both John Taylor and George J. Taylor. In 1973, the nephew of Samuel Y. Taylor, Eugene T. Whitaker, turned the papers over to the LDS Church Historian's Office which provided Whitaker photocopies of all the documents. Whitaker managed the papers as President of the John Taylor Family Organization until he died and the papers were turned over to Lewis Taylor, the new President. The papers were then organized and bound before being donated to the J. Willard Marriott Library.

Dates

1843-1889

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.