Rupert Taylor Materials

Collection

Identifier: MC 1815

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a photocopy of a diary kept by Rupert Taylor during 1907. In the diary he writes mainly about his day-to-day activities at the University of Arkansas, such as sporting events and dates.

Dates

1907

Creator

Taylor, Rupert, 1883-1964 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Restrictions Apply: Permission to publish or quote from these materials must be obtained from Special Collections-STI, Clemson University.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Rupert Taylor was born on August 13, 1883, in Corning, Clay County, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1903, and received a master's degree from the same institution in 1906. During his time in the graduate program, he taught English in the Prepatory School at the University of Arkansas. He earned a doctorate from Columbia University in 1911. Taylor served during World War I in the Adjutant General Corps and in the American Embassy in Rome. He later ran the Bureau of Economics for Western Europe for U.S. Intelligence. From 1921-1926, Taylor served as dean of the faculty and head of the English Department at Auburn University. Taylor joined the faculty at Clemson University in 1927 and is credited with starting the first course on Shakespeare there. He retired from Clemson in 1957, and died on January 17, 1964, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Extent

.15 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Material is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The Rupert Taylor Materials were photocopied for research purposes for Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, by Special Collections Department at Clemson University.