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Finding aid created by: Anna Smallwood
Date: 2015
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Creator: | Taylor, Robert S. (Robert Saxton) |
Title: | Robert Taylor Papers |
Dates: | 1943-2004 |
Size: | 3 boxes (2.5 linear feet) |
Abstract: | The Robert Taylor Papers contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, awards and academic writing. |
Language: | English, German |
Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Robert Taylor was born on June 15, 1918 in Ithaca, New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University in 1940, his master’s degree in library service from Columbia University in 1950 and his master’s degree in history in 1954 from Lehigh University. With the onset of World War II, Taylor served on the counter intelligence team attached to 84th Infantry Division. There he met Henry Kissinger in January of 1945 and they soon became friends. Each earned a Bronze Star during their time of service. After World War II, Taylor worked for the Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) from 1945 until 1947. During this time, he was involved in the recruitment of Klaus Barbie, a Nazi war criminal, for CIC but left shortly after Barbie’s recruitment.
Before coming to Syracuse University, Taylor worked at Lehigh University as a cataloger of the Rare Books Collection and a professor and director of the Center for the Information Sciences. He was also the director of the library center at Hampshire College. During his professional career, Taylor was a member of the American Library Association, American Society of Information Science and Sigma Xi. He served as president of the Library Education Section of New York Library Association (NYLA).
Taylor came to Syracuse University in 1972 and served as dean of the School of Information Studies until 1981. He was largely responsible for the change of name from the School of Library Science to the School of Information Studies. He created the first master’s program in the country in information resources management, now called information management. Taylor became professor emeritus in 1981 and retired from Syracuse University in 1983. He died on January 1, 2009.
The Robert Taylor Papers contain clippings, photographs, publications and awards relating to Robert Taylor’s professional life and is divided into ten different series:
The Clippings Series contains newspaper articles about Henry Kissinger, Joshua I. Smith (founder of Maxima Corp.), and Taylor’s career at Hampshire College, Lehigh University and Syracuse University.
The Correspondence Series includes personal and professional correspondence between the years of 1947 and 1994, much of which deals with Taylor’s publications and conferences.
In the Klaus Barbie Series comprise materials about Barbie, including annotated books, clippings, correspondence and a report.
The Lecture and Seminar Notes Series includes the written notes Taylor made and collected for his seminars and classes.
The Notebooks Series contains the hand-written notes Taylor took about various subjects and books that he researched between 1943 and 1970.
The Papers and Speeches Series has the general academic papers and speeches Taylor created or gave during his career. They are organized by year.
The Personal Papers and Recognition Series contains the awards and certificates given to Taylor as well as personal statements and vitas.
The Photographs Series contains photographs of Taylor, conferences and Kissinger.
The Publications Series includes the published writings of Taylor and materials relating to these writings.
The Reports Series comprise those made by Taylor during his career and include field reviews and reports he compiled for Lehigh University and the Standard Oil Company.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Archives has clippings and portrait files on Robert Taylor.
Names
Taylor, Robert S. (Robert Saxton)
Syracuse University -- Faculty.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Types of Material
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Robert Taylor Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Materials in the Taylor Papers were donated to the Archives by Professor Taylor in 1994 and 2005.
Processing Information
Materials were placed in archival folders and boxes.
Materials in the Robert Taylor Papers are divided into series and filed in alphabetical order.
Clippings
Correspondence
Klaus Barbie
Lecture and Seminar Notes
Notebooks
Papers and Speeches
Personal Papers and Recognition
Photographs
Publications
Reports
Clippings | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Hampshire College 1967-1972 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Kissinger, Henry 1992 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lehigh University 1956-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Smith, Joshua I. 1986-1989 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Syracuse University 1972-1992 |
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 1 | American Association for the Advancement of Science 1980-1991 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Delft Technology University Lecturer, Netherlands 1956-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Hampshire College 1966-1993 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Information Conference- Dublin, Ireland 1982 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Information Use Environment Paper 1984-1991 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | John Wiley Publishing- Making of a Library 1970-1980 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Jones-Smith, Jacqueline 1986-1992 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Kissinger, Henry 1947-1979, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Lehigh University 1950-1992 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Merk, Kurt 1947-1952 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Productivity Conference Cranfield, Great Britain 1984 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- A-B 1967-1996 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- C-F 1975-1998 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- G-H 1979-2004 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- I-K 1974-1994 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- L-M 1976-1992 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- N-Q 1979-1993 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- R-S 1972-1995 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Professional- T-Z 1974-1991 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Publishing 1986-1994 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Retirement, Syracuse University 1980-1983 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | School of Information Studies 1973-1995 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Stanton Leggett Association Consulting 1970-1985 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Syracuse University 1967-1992 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | System Development Foundation 1981-1982 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Value Added Process 1980-1981 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Value Added Process 1982-1983 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Value Added Process 1984-1987 |
Klaus Barbie | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Clippings 1947-1988, undated | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Correspondence 1983-1990 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | "Klaus Barbie and the United States Government: A Report to the Attorney General of the United States" 1983 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyons, Tom Bower 1984 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Klaus Barbie: The Shocking Story of How the U.S, Used this Nazi War Criminal as an Intelligence Agent, Erhard Dabringhaus 1984 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Ladislas de Hoyos: Klaus Barbie the Untold Story, Robert Laffont, Translated by Nicholas Courtin 1985 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | The Nazi Legacy: Klaus Barbie and the International Fascist Connection, Magnus Linklater, Isabel Hilton and Neal Ascherson 1984 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Report on Colonel Rene Hardy by Klaus Barbie and Translated Version by Robert Taylor 1947, 1987 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | An Uncertain Hour: The French, the Germans, the Jews, the Klaus Barbie Trial, and the City of Lyon, 1940-1945, Tom Bower with written inscription to Robert Taylor 1990 |
Lecture and Seminar Notes | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Digital Equipment Corporation Seminar, Hudson, Massachusetts March 1985 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | IST 501-Information Environment 1977-1983 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | IST 700-Information Use Environments 1977-1983 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Presentations 1956-1986 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Research Information Manager, Dulles Marriot May 1985 |
Notebooks | |||||||||||
Box 2 | 1943-1944, 1947 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1945-1947 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1947-1948 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1948-1950 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1950-1957 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1951-1958 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1958-1960 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1960-1970 |
Papers and Speeches | |||||||||||
Box 2 | 1954-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1968-1973 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1974-1975 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1976-1979 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1980-1983 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | 1984-1991 |
Personal Papers and Recognition | |||||||||||
Box 2 | American Society for Information Science (ASIS)- Award of Merit 1967-1993 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | ASIS Awards 1967-1983 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Biographies of Robert Taylor undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Certificates 1950-1986 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | "Information Selectively Disseminated for Robert Taylor: Studies and Mementos on the Occasion of His Retirement as Dean" 1981 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Personal Statements and Vitas undated |
Photographs | |||||||||||
Box 2 | Gordon Research Conferences 1963-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Kissinger, Henry 1946 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Merk, Kurt 1951, 1957 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Postcards of Hampshire College undated | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Taylor, Robert 1956-1979 |
Publications | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Assorted Articles, Robert Taylor 1972-2001 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Economics of Information Dissemination: A Symposium, Edited by Robert Taylor 1973 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Information Management in Engineering Education: Proceedings and Recommendations, Edited by Robert Taylor 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | "Information Use Environments" Paper: Notes and Drafts, Robert Taylor 1982-1991 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | The Making of a Library: The Academic Library in Transition, Robert Taylor, Signed 1972 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Master's Thesis- Studies in British Conservatism: 1832-1835, Robert Taylor 1954 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Value Added Processes in the Information Life Cycle, Robert Taylor 1983 draft | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Value Added Processes in the Information Life Cycle, Robert Taylor- Book Reviews 1986-1988 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Value Added Processes in the Information Life Cycle, Robert Taylor- Revision Notes undated |
Reports | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Lehigh University 1964-1967 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Information Resources Management Report 1982-1983 | ||||||||||
Box 3 | United States Office of Education: Field Reviewer Reports 1970-1972 |