Correspondence and papers, 1889 September
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of correspondence and papers from Robert S. Taylor in Indiana, ranging from 1860 to 1918 with the bulk of the materials covering the 1870s-1910s. The papers mostly consist of Taylor’s legal correspondence with an emphasis on his patent cases. Among these materials is correspondence regarding patent cases involving the Fort Wayne Electric Company, Westinghouse, General Electric, American Bell Telephone Company, and various other companies and utilities. The correspondence of his cases in the Fort Wayne area includes such topics as contracts, property, and civil suits. There is much correspondence regarding the work of the ABA Committee on Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law, especially its efforts to create a Court of Patent Appeals. Also included here are Taylor’s correspondence on Republican Party politics, the Mississippi River Commission, and his work as a trustee of Wabash College. There is also a small, but significant amount of personal correspondence sprinkled throughout the collection.
The letter books, the first twenty-five volumes, mainly consist of legal correspondence, ranging from 1868 to 1915. There is also one volume of political correspondence and one volume of reports for the Mississippi River Commission (V466).
There is also one oversize folder containing two letters and one map, circa 1886-1918 (B077).
Correspondents include Jane Addams, George Ade, Conrad Baker, Albert J. Beveridge, Charles J. Bonaparte, J.C. Burrows, Schuyler Colfax, Shelby M. Cullom, Edward Denby, Henry W. Diederich, Charles W. Fairbanks, Frederick P. Fish, William Dudley Foulke, Lindley M. Garrison, Newton Gilbert, James P. Goodrich, Walter Q. Gresham, J. Frank Hanley, Judson Harmon, President Benjamin Harrison, Elwood Haynes, James A. Hemenway, Merica Hoagland, Samuel Insull, William G. Irwin, John Worth Kern, Frederick Landis, Harry G. Leslie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Frank Lowden, Louis Ludlow, Thomas R. Marshall, William H.H. Miller, W.H. Moody, Edward Moseley, Harry S. New, John C. New, Richard Olney, Benjamin Parker, George F. Peabody, Daniel D. Pratt, Redfield Proctor, John Sherman, Clement Studebaker, John Studebaker, William Sulzer, President William Howard Taft, Frank L.O. Wadsworth, Lew Wallace, Booker T. Washington, James E. Watson, William W. Woollen.
The letter books, the first twenty-five volumes, mainly consist of legal correspondence, ranging from 1868 to 1915. There is also one volume of political correspondence and one volume of reports for the Mississippi River Commission (V466).
There is also one oversize folder containing two letters and one map, circa 1886-1918 (B077).
Correspondents include Jane Addams, George Ade, Conrad Baker, Albert J. Beveridge, Charles J. Bonaparte, J.C. Burrows, Schuyler Colfax, Shelby M. Cullom, Edward Denby, Henry W. Diederich, Charles W. Fairbanks, Frederick P. Fish, William Dudley Foulke, Lindley M. Garrison, Newton Gilbert, James P. Goodrich, Walter Q. Gresham, J. Frank Hanley, Judson Harmon, President Benjamin Harrison, Elwood Haynes, James A. Hemenway, Merica Hoagland, Samuel Insull, William G. Irwin, John Worth Kern, Frederick Landis, Harry G. Leslie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Frank Lowden, Louis Ludlow, Thomas R. Marshall, William H.H. Miller, W.H. Moody, Edward Moseley, Harry S. New, John C. New, Richard Olney, Benjamin Parker, George F. Peabody, Daniel D. Pratt, Redfield Proctor, John Sherman, Clement Studebaker, John Studebaker, William Sulzer, President William Howard Taft, Frank L.O. Wadsworth, Lew Wallace, Booker T. Washington, James E. Watson, William W. Woollen.
Dates
- 1860-1918, undated
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (42 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder, 27 volumes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Taylor, Robert S. (Robert Stewart), 1838-1918 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
