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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
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Predominant Dates:1810, 1837-1916
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-233
Primary Creator: Taylor, Walter Herron (1838-1916)
Extent: 9.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by series in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 01/18/1964
Forms of Material: Agreements, Booklets, Checks (bank checks), Clippings (information artifacts), Contracts, Correspondence, Deeds, Diplomas, Drivers' licenses, Envelopes, Excerpts, Financial records, Fliers (printed matter), Insurance policies, Invitations, Invoices, Journals (periodicals), Lists (document genres), Maps (documents), Minutes (administrative records), Notes, Orderly books, Pamphlets, Photographs, Receipts, Resolutions (administrative records), Rosters, Speeches (documents), Stock certificates, Telegrams, Wills
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal and business correspondence, notes, financial records, wills and deeds from his clients, booklets and pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the Civil War, and photographs. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of the Saunders family.
Biographical Note
Colonel Walter H. Taylor was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1838. He enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute in 1853 and graduated in 1857. In 1859 he joined the Norfolk militia and by the beginning of the Civil War he was promoted to the headquarters of the Army of Virginia, becoming the adjunct or aide-de-camp to Confederate General Robert E. Lee for the duration of the war. In 1865 Taylor married his longtime love, Elizabeth "Bettie" Saunders. Upon returning to Norfolk after the war, he became involved in politics by representing Norfolk in the Virginia legislature from 1873-1876. In 1877, Walter H. Taylor became the president of Marine Bank, where he served for nearly 40 years. He was also on the board of the Virginia Military Institute and Norfolk and Western Railroad. He remained a great defender of the Civil War and General Lee. Taylor published two books, Four Years with General Lee in 1877 and General Lee, His Campaigns in Virginia, 1861-1865 in 1906. He died from cancer on March 1, 1916 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Janet Taylor by donation
Preferred Citation:
Colonel Walter H. Taylor Papers, MSS 0000-233, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed June to November 2015.
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- Folder 1: Col. Walter H. Taylor - Photographs
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- Item 1: Correspondence, Mildred Lee Francis to Walter H. Taylor, 1906 October 24
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- Item 2: Photographs, San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1905
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- Item 3: Postcards, Our Indian Armies, 1914-1918
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- Item 4: Postcards, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA, 1915
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- Item 5: Clipping, New York Times, 1934 January 14
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- Item 6: Photographs, Blue Ridge Summit House, undated
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- Item 7: Booklet, Virginia Military Institute: Views of the Ground and Activities, undated
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- Item 8: Excerpt, Col. Walter H. Taylor by Carrol H. Walker, 1960 May 30
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- Item 9: Photograph, House of Parliament, London, England, undated
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- Item 10: Photograph, Albert Hall, undated
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- Item 11: Photograph, General Gordon Statue, Khartoum, Sudan, 1904 February
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- Item 12: Photographs, Col. Walter H. Taylor, 1866 March
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- Item 13: Photograph, Col. Walter H. Taylor, undated
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- Item 14: Photograph, Gen. Custis Lee, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Col. Walter Taylor, 1865
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- Item 15: Photograph, Col. Walter H. Taylor, undated
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- Item 16: Photograph, Dr. Jonathan Cowdery, 1852 January 1
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- Item 17: Photograph, Col. Walter H. Taylor, 1866
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- Item 18: Photographs, Col. Walter H. Taylor and family, undated
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- Item 19: Photograph, Bettie Saunders, undated
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- Item 20: Photograph, Bettie Saunders, undated
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- Item 21: Photograph, Family, undated
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- Item 22: Photograph, Taylor Family, undated
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- Item 23: Photograph, Taylor Family, undated
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- Item 24: Photograph, Taylor Family, 1890-1895
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- Item 25: Photograph, Walter H. Taylor, Virginia Military Institute Cadet, 1853-1855
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