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Personal records
Title: Personal records
Dates of Material:
1934-2016
Extent:
60.6 cm of textual records
Series consists of records related to Ken Taylor's youth and personal life and include yearbooks from Crescent Heights High School, a baby book, albums and card books, a guest book, personal calendars, an extract of a birth certificate, memorial books and condolence registers, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Victoria College, an application for International House at UC Berkeley, a travel essay and a marriage certificate. Of particular note is a series of scrapbooks and booklets put together by Taylor for various business and recreational events including parties and celebrations, family vacations, golf tours, fishing trips and friendly gatherings.
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Titled based on contents of the series.
Finding aids
File list available (see below).
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 2018.08 | ||||
| 2018.08, Box 1 | ||||
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| 1 | 11 | Baby book | 1934 |
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| 1 | 12 | Crescent Heights High School yearbook | 1953 |
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| 1 | 13 | Crescent Heights High School yearbook | 1954 |
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| 2018.13 | ||||
| 2018.13, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 23 | Birth certificate extract | 1985 | Extract issued in 1985. |
| 1 | 24 | Calendars | 1975-1977 | Calendars noting events and appointments for the Taylor family. |
| 1 | 25 | Crescent Heights High School Yearbook | 1952 | Photocopy of original. |
| 1 | 26 | Guest book | 1981-1984 |
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| 1 | 27 | Stamp album | [before 1954] | A pastime of Ken's before starting university. |
| 2018.13, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1-2 | Cigarette card album | [before 1954] | A pastime of Ken's before starting university. |
| 2 | 3 | Wedding invitation | 1960 |
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| 2 | 4 | Douglas Taylor baby card | 1964 |
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| 2 | 5 | "A Natural Gas Export Policy for Canada" | 1959 | Report submitted for M.B.A. degree at UC Berkeley. |
| 2 | 6 | "A Week in Pakistan, December 4-10, 2009" | 2009 | Scrapbook containing Taylor's writings and copies of news clippings. |
| 2 | 11 | Scrapbook of family photographs | [n.d.] | Scrapbook made by Taylor containing photographs of his early family life. |
| 2 | 12 | "Good Times Ahead!" | ca. 2008 | Handmade retrospective scrapbook. |
| 2 | 13 | "A Glimpse of Pat Taylor's 80 Years" | 2009 | Scrapbook celebrating Pat Taylor's 80th birthday. Includes photographs of her childhood and life with Ken Taylor. |
| 2018.13, Box 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Booklet for Pat Taylor's party | 2011 |
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| 3 | 2 | "Wedding - Douglas and Dana" | 1998 | Scrapbook for Douglas Taylor's wedding. |
| 3 | 3 | "Our Man in Tehran" | 2010 | Booklet containing reviews for Our Man in Tehran by Robert Wright. |
| 3 | 4 | Argo scrapbook | 2012 | Contains reviews and news clippings for Argo. |
| 3 | 5 | "Stranger than Fiction" | ca. 2014 | Scrapbook containing Taylor's thoughts on documentaries. |
| 3 | 6 | Victoria University scrapbook | 2004 | Photo scrapbook of the gala celebration commemorating Taylor's final year as Chancellor of Victoria College. |
| 3 | 7 | "In Vino Veritas Dinners" | 1994-2006 | Scrapbooks for the annual "In Vino Veritas" dinners in New York City. |
| 3 | 8 | "Salute to Argentina and Chile: Scenes from In Vino 1998" | 1998 |
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| 3 | 9 | "Winston Churchill - First Lord of the Admiralty" | 2008 | Booklet containing Taylor's speaking notes on Winston Churchill given to the Churchill Society at the Albany Club. |
| 3 | 10 | "The Ancients" | ca. 2008 |
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| 3 | 11 | "Dear Eureka, Welcome Back!" | 1994 | Photo scrapbook of past parties and events. |
| 3 | 12 | "Weekend June 28 1997" | 1997 | Scrapbook. |
| 3 | 13 | "Welcome Back! The Alberta Clipper" | 1997 | Photo scrapbook. |
| 3 | 14 | "Celebrating New York 1999" | 1999 | Scrapbook. |
| 3 | 15 | "From Rome to Sperlonga to Naples: The Saga of One Long Lunch" | 2001 | Scrapbook. |
| 2018.13, Box 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | "Supper Club 2002" | 2002 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 3 | "A Lost Weekend in New York XXI" | 2002 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 3 | "Welcome to Brault County" | 2007 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 4 | "New York Arctic Reunion" | 2008 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 5 | "Dreaming Bali" | 1997-1998 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 6 | "Moscow Revisited" | ca. 2003 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 7 | "China 2005" | 2005 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 8 | "Madrid" | ca. 2008 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 9 | Moscow Golf Circuit scrapbook | 2003 | |
| 4 | 10 | Almaty, Kazakhstan Golf Circuit scrapbook | 2007 |
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| 4 | 11 | "Historic Moments in Spain" | 2008 | Scrapbook (draft). |
| 4 | 12 | "The Traveling Golf Circus 2008: Spain" | 2008 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 13 | Spain | ca. 2008 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 14 | "Columbia" | [n.d.] | Scrapbook (draft). |
| 4 | 15 | "Ninth Annual Classic Loire Valley 1995" | 1995 | Golf circuit scrapbook. |
| 4 | 16 | "Power is a Gas, Golf 2008" | 2008 | Scrapbook. |
| 4 | 17 | Golf retrospective scrapbook | 2008 |
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| 4 | 18 | Golf retrospective scrapbook II | 2008 |
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| 4 | 19 | Scrapbook | 2003 | Scrapbook of special events and parties. |
| 2018.13, Box 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Scrapbook | 2004 | Scrapbook of special events and parties. |
| 5 | 2 | Scrapbook | 2005 | Scrapbook of special events and parties. |
| 5 | 3 | Scrapbook | 2007 | Scrapbook of special events and parties. |
| 5 | 4 | Scrapbook | 2008 | Scrapbook of special events and parties. |
| 5 | 5 | Unbound scrapbooks | 2005-2009 |
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| 5 | 6 | "Blood and Oil" review | 1997 | Booklet containing a copy of Taylor's review of the book Blood and Oil. |
| 2019.02 | ||||
| 2019.02, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 18 | Funeral book | 2015 |
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| 1 | 19 | "Our Man in Tehran" scrapbook | 2013 |
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| 2019.02, Box 4 | ||||
| 4 /OS | 1 | Guest book | June 3, 1980 |
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| 2019.13 | ||||
| 2019.13, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Memorial book | 2015 | Contains handwritten messages by Embassy staff, politicians and diplomats. |
| 1 | 2 | Memorial book | 2015 | Contains messages received by email from colleagues and friends. |
| 1 | 3 | Condolences register | 2015 | Book of condolences signed by American friends and Embassy staff. |
| 1 | 4 | Condolences register | 2015-2016 |
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| 2020.03 | ||||
| 2020.03, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 10 | "Party – New York City, October 2013" | 2013 | Scrapbook celebrating Ken and Pat Taylor's fifty-third wedding anniversary. |
| 2020.03, Box 13 | ||||
| 13 /OS | 1 | Visitor's book | 1988-1995 | Contains signatures from visitors to special events hosted by the Taylors. |
| 13 /OS | 2 | Bachelor of Arts, Victoria College | May 30, 1957 |
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| 2022.05 | ||||
| 2022.05, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | International House Application for Admission – Ken Taylor | 1959 |
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| 1 | 4 | Guatemala travel essay | [196-?] | A typed essay detailing the Taylors’ journey to and arrival at Guatemala City in October 1961. |
| 1 | 5 | Calendar | 1978 | Calendar noting events and appointments for the Taylor family. |
| 1 | 6 | White Rose Ceremony for Kenneth Taylor | 2015 | Schedule of service for Ken Taylor, organized by the Sigma Chi Fraternity House in Toronto. |
| 2024.11 | ||||
| 2024.11, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Marriage certificate | 1960 |
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