MF0028         Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives   PO Box 7777   Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109   336 758-5755      This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit  2014-07-24T13:47-0400             Charles Elisha Taylor papers   MF0028     Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives           1     1.0 microfilm reel(s)   1 reel 35 mm microfilm. Positive.     1861-1905   Materials are difficult to read on the microfilm reel in many instances.      Location of Originals
Originals of these materials are located at the University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Source of Acquisition
Purchased from University of Virginia Library, January 13, 1965.
  Biographical Note
Charles Elisha Taylor was a Baptist pastor, professor, and president of Wake Forest College from 1884-1905. During the Civil War, Taylor served with Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry and with the Secret Service.
  Scope and Contents Note
These papers contain approximately 39 letters written during the Civil War (1861-1864) to family members relating his activities and approximately 10 letters written while a student at the University of Virginia and afterwards (1866-1873). His letter book contains letterpress copies of correspondence with students, parents, families, the college attorney, and trustees of Wake Forest College from 1885-1890. The Wake Forest letters relate to fundraising for the college, dismissal of students for infractions, and other college business.
  Preferred Citation
MF 0028, Charles Elisha Taylor papers, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
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