S. Graeme Taylor collection

Collection

Identifier: TCA-2020-002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This small collection consists mainly of Trinity College football memorabilia, though a few other sports are represented within the Press Books and newspaper clippings. Programs from Trinity College football games spanning the dates 1939 to 2009 comprise the majority of the folders. One folder of football programs from three Williams College games is here also. In addition, the collection includes film reels of the four quarters of a Trinity football game against Pennsylvania Military College (PMC) on October 25, 1969.

Dates

Creation: 1939-2012

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Digital surrogates may be provided to researchers, in accordance with the duplication policy of the Watkinson Library.

Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs unless otherwise specified. It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission to publish materials from the appropriate copyright holder.

Archival materials may contain sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws or other regulations. While we make a good faith effort to identify and remove such materials, some may be missed during processing. If a researcher finds sensitive personal information (e.g. social security numbers) in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the reading room staff.

Biographical / Historical

Smedley Graeme Taylor was born February 6, 1930 to James Robinson Taylor II and Dorothy Smedley Taylor. He graduated from Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, in 1948 and went on to earn AB and MA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

While Taylor himself did not attend Trinity College, Taylor's younger brother, James Robinson Taylor, III, graduated from Trinity College in 1950 and his great-nephew, William T. Kaplan, graduated in 2013.

S. Graeme Taylor loved Trinity College and spent many fall weekends attending Trinity and 'Little Three' football games.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (1 records storage carton with 18 letter size folders, 1 oversize folder (on top), and 4 film canisters) ; 1 box (16.25 in. x 13 in. x 10.5 in.) equals 1 cubic foot ("cubic foot" defined in SAA Dictionary)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically in a single series.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by Elizabeth Taylor on February 17, 2020.

Processing Information

All materials were placed into acid-free folders and a records storage carton. Film reels were removed from metal canisters and re-housed in plastic canisters.