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Peter Taylor Papers
1905-1988

Series V. Biographical/Personal Papers
Boxes 13-14

Anything included within this series relates to biographical or personal information about Peter Taylor. Documents relate to: biographical, writings about Peter Taylor, genealogical, invitations, photographs, and business/financial records.

Box 13 (continued from Series IV)

Biographical
  1. Biographical questionnaire completed by Taylor in 1952.
    Press Release from University of North Carolina Greensboro, 1964.
    Copy from Who's Who (1986/87, 1988/89) for updating.
    List of works written (1937-1963).
  2. Clippings, ca. 1943-1987.
  3. Interview by Barbara Davis, with Taylor's holograph corrections, typescript draft, 1981[?]
  4. Interview, Paris Review, with Taylor's holograph corrections, 1987[?]
  5. Interview, Paris Review, with Taylor's holograph corrections, 1987[?]
Box 14
  1. Military Papers, 1941
Writings About Peter Taylor
  1. Peden, William. "A Hard and Admirable Toughness: The Stories of Peter Taylor." Hollins Critic 7 (February, 1970): 1-9. Copy signed by Peter Taylor.
  2. Robison, J.C. The Short Stories of Peter Taylor. Typescript of outline, preface and chapter 1, 1987.
  3. Taylor, Martha. "Fiction Interpreted As Fact - A Study of A Long Fourth and Other Stories", class paper, 1973.
  4. Wager, Willis & Inez. Three short articles about Taylor, typescript, 1987[?]
  5. Wilson, Robert. Introduction for In The Miro Discrict, typescript, 1977[?]
  6. Unidentified. "Recollections of the Craigs," typescript, 1985.
  7. Unidentified. "Peter Taylor: How a part-time student at Southwestern became the 1987 Pulitzer prize winner," typescript.
Genealogical
  1. Data regarding Haynes, Baird, Taylor and Caswell families.
Invitations
  1. 13 Invitations.
Photographs
  1. 23 Photographs
Business and Financial Records
  1. Check register, 1980/81
    List of expenses, n.d.
    Receipts, 1976, 1982
    Land ownership and sale records, 1976, 1982.
    Mortage papers, 1982.
    Book orders, 1967, 1972.
    Postal receipts, 1965, 1967.
    Lists of letters (Elizabeth Hardwick and Robert Lowell) which were offered to Harvard, 1976.

Overview | Biographical/Historical Note | Complete Finding Aid (pdf)
Series I Listing | Series II Listing | Series III Listing | Series IV Listing
Series V Listing | Series VI Listing | Series VII and Oversize Box Listing

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