Series I. Correspondence (Incoming and Outgoing), 1925-90, n.d.

Subseries 1. Correspondence (chronologically arranged), 1925-90, n.d.

Box 1

Correspondence, 1925-90, n.d. (14f)

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

Box 2

B-W, general
Artz--Stetson (26f)

Box 3

Taylor--Wriston (6f)

Subseries 3. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1927, 1929-35, 1951-52, 1962, 1969-70, 1989 n.d.

Box 3 (cont.)

Conscientious objectors: letters in support of, 1970, n.d.
Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1951-52
Publishers' correspondence, 1927, 1929-35,1962, 1989, n.d.
Responses to "The Achievement of Oberlin College", 1969-70
(for article, see Series II below)

Subseries 4. Letters from Students, 1942-83, 1986, n.d.

Box 4

Letters from Oberlin College students, 1942-44, 1951-58, 1961,
1963, 1965-68, 1969-79, 1986, n.d. (10f)
Letters from Hiram College students, 1972-83, n.d.

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

Subseries 1. Talks, 1928-70, n.d.

Box 5

Talks, 1928-70, n.d. (7f)

Subseries 2. Writings, 1928-87, n.d.

Box 5 (cont.)

Articles, 1930-69 (8f)

Box 6

Articles, 1970-87, n.d. (3f)
Bibliographies of articles written, 1971, n.d.
Book reviews, 1949-52, 1962-64, 1968-69, 1971, n.d.
Book reviews (from The Nashville Tennessean), n.d.
Book review essay, "The Achievement of Oberlin College 1833-1933," n.d.
Letters to the editor, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1980, 1984
Letters to the editor concerning Wager article, 1977
Poetry (published), 1928-30
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.
Work in progress - untitled, Dec. 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, 1931-87, n.d.

Subseries 1. Files Relating to the Trustee-Faculty Governance, n.d.

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, n.d.

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, 1943-87, n.d.

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

American Council on Education, n.d.
Center for Environmental Education, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1987
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, 1942-87, n.d.

Box 17

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

Box 18

Julia Forsythe RE: Erwin Griswold, Comments RE: Robert Fuller, 1971, n.d.

Lorain County Community College (academic freedom case), 1967

Name files

Jacob, John (song recital), 1942, 1946
Kerr, Louis E., 1944
Sperry, Roger W.(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.

Unitarian, 1984-87

 

Series VI. Notes and Course Materials, 1934, 1955, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1985, n.d.

Box 19

Education, n.d.
Emotions, 1971, 1985, n.d.
English Literature, n.d.
King Lear, 1934, 1955, 1964, n.d.
Moby Dick, 1970
Taylor's Student Notes - English, n.d. (3 vol.)

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

Box 20

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