WARREN TAYLOR

1903-92

PAPERS, 1924-(1925-73)-1987

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INVENTORY

Note: An asterisk * denotes records.

Series I.  Correspondence (Incoming and Outgoing), 1925-86 

	Subseries 1.  Correspondence (chronologically arranged), 
		1925-73, n.d. 

Box 1
		Correspondence, 1925-56, 1960-73, n.d.  (11f)

 Subseries 2.  Correspondence (alphabetically arranged), 
		1926-86, n.d. 

Box 2
		B-W, general
		Artz--Stetson  (24f)

Box 3
		Taylor--Wriston  (6f)

	Subseries 3.  Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1927, 1929-35, 
		1951-52, 1969-70, n.d. 

Box 3 (cont.)
		Conscientious objectors: letters in support of, 1970, n.d.
		Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1951-52
		Publishers' correspondence, 1927, 1929-35, n.d.
		Responses to "The Achievement of Oberlin College", 1969-70
			(for article, see Series II below)

	Subseries 4.  Letters from Students, 1942-79, n.d. 

Box 4
		Letters from Oberlin College students, 1942-44, 1951-58, 1961,
			1963, 1966-68, 1969-79, n.d.  (8f)
		Letters from Hiram College students, 1972-75, n.d.  (2f)


Series II.  Writings and Talks, 1928-87, n.d. 

Box 5
	Articles (published and unpublished), 1947, 1953, 1964,
		1968-69, 1978
	Bibliographies of articles written, 1971, n.d.
	Book reviews (from The Nashville Tennessean), n.d.
	Letters to the editor, 1944-45, 1947
	Poetry (published), 1928-30, 1934-35  (7 vols.)
	Reprints and tear sheets, 1938, 1941-45, 1953-54, 1962, 1964  (2f)
	"The Striken Twins," a Navaho folk tale (retold by W. Taylor), n.d.

Box 5 (cont.)
	Talks and lectures, 1928-30, 1934, 1937-45 (3 f)

Box 6 
	Talks and lectures, 1947-51, 1953-55, 1960-64, 1968-71, 1978-80, 1983, 
              1987, n.d. (8f)
	"Work in Progress," 1987


Series III.  Files Relating to Special Academic Programs, 1930-74, n.d. 

	Subseries 1.  The Humanities Program at Oberlin, 1947-81, n.d. 

Box 7
		Background material, 1947-49
		"The Humanities at Oberlin" (report), 1957
		Program review, 1968-70
		Correspondence with lecturers (general), 1951-57, 1961-69, n.d. (2f)
		Correspondence with individual lecturers
			Chakravarty, Amiya, 1964, 1967-74, 1976-81, n.d.  (4f)
			Hsu, Francis L.K., 1971, 1973-74
			Toulmin, Stephen, 1967

Box 8
		Humanities Lectures, 1943-70, n.d.  (10f)

	Subseries 2.  The Oberlin Dramatic Association, 1930-64, n.d. 

Box 9
		Background material, 1946, 1956
		Dramatic productions
			"The Tempest," 1933
			"Electra," 1934  (2f)
		Reviews (ms.) by W. Taylor, 1948, n.d.
		Reviews (photocopies of Oberlin Review articles), 1941, 1947-51
		Scrapbook, 1932-47
		Playbills, 1930-64

	Subseries 3.  The Twentieth Century Program at Hiram College 
		(Ohio), 1970-74 

Box 10
		Correspondence, 1971-74
		Course booklets
			"The Growth and Freedom of Human Beings," 1972-73
			"The Future of Man," 1973
		Lectures, syllabi, bibliographies, ca. 1970-74
		Student evaluations, ca. 1972-73

Series IV.  Professional Files, 1931-85, n.d. 

	Subseries 1.  Files Relating to the Trustee-Faculty Governance 
		Controversy, 1940-85 

Box 11
		Chronological files, 1940-41, 1944-49, n.d.  (5f)
		Correspondence with trustees, 1946, 1965, 1970-85  (3f)
		Letters to Oberlin College Presidents Stevenson, Carr, Danenberg, 
			and Starr, 1949, 1961, 1979, 1985

	Subseries 2.  Files Relating to Faculty Business, 1931-69 

Box 12
		Annual reports of W. Taylor to the President, 1931-44
		Committee files
			Committee on Social and Political Concerns, 1969
			Faculty Advisory Committee, Oberlin Nonpartisan 
				Convention, 1944
			Library Committee, 1956-58
			Planning Committee Report, 1962
		English department curriculum proposals, 1960, 1966-67
		Faculty censorship of student publications, papers relating to, 1942
		Faculty members, controversies regarding
			Jones, Orville C., case regarding, 1944
			Sherman, Philip D., case regarding, 1942

Box 13
		Grading reports, College of Arts and Sciences, 1940/41--1956/57
		Memoranda, 1966-69
		Miscellaneous faculty matters, 1932-42, 1954, n.d.

	Subseries 3.  Files Relating to Professional Activities and 
		Affiliations, 1943-70  

Box 14
		American Association of University Professors 
			National, 1944-69  (9f)
			Oberlin College Chapter, 1943-47
			Ohio Conference of Chapters, 1954-55

Box 15
		American Association of University Professors (cont.)
			Fisk University case, 1954-59  (3f)
			McNaughton, William, case regarding, 1969-70
		Committee on the Right to Read of the National Council of Teachers of 			English, 1962
		Conferences and programs
			Lilly Faculty Summer Seminar in the Humanities, 1957-58
			Melville Society of America Conference, 1964
			Ohio Conference on Intellectual Freedom, 1954-55

Box 16
		Conferences and programs (cont.)
			Poetry Trio, 1952-69, n.d.  (4f)
			Renaissance Society of America Conference, 1967
			Shakespeare Quadricentennial celebration, 1963-64
			Symposium on East and West, 1964


Series V.  Miscellaneous Files, 1924, 1928-29, 1937, 1942-83, n.d. 

Box 17
	Barrows House controversy (correspondence, petitions, clippings), 1963  (4f)

Box 18
	Lorain County Community College (academic freedom case), 1967
	Name files
		Jacob, John (song recital), 1942, 1946
		Kerr, Louis E., 1944
		Sperry, Roger (writings and correspondence), 1969-83
	Newspaper clippings
		American Mercury: editorial on Taylor and Walter Marshall Horton, 
			1952-53
		Oberlin Review, 1931-66 (issues removed; see folder for listing)
		Miscellaneous clippings, 1941-45, 1947, 1970
	Personal miscellany, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1946, n.d.


Series VI.  Photographs, 1955, 1964-67, n.d. 

Box 19
	Humanities Listening Room, Carnegie Library, 1965
	Lilly Humanities Seminar participants, 1955
	Oberlin Dramatic Association productions, n.d.
	Poetry Trio members, 1967
	Shakespeare Quadricentennial dinner, 1964

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