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Collection Number: 05597-z

Collection Title: John A. Taylor Papers, 1956-2012

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Size 25 items
Abstract The John A. Taylor Papers, 1956-2012, consist of cotton reports for the U.S. Department of Defense regarding supplies for the war effort in Vietnam, photographs relating to the Maid of Cotton show, biographical information with extensive description of Taylor's career and cotton expertise, and newsletters of the Tacomis Club (U.S. Tariff Commission) and the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Creator Taylor, John A. (John Alvin), 1930-2012.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John A. Taylor Papers #5597-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Nancy Sorrells in July 2014 (Acc. 102063).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Encoded by: Laura Smith

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John A. Taylor (1930-2012) was an employee for the National Cotton Council and the U.S. Tariff Commission (later known as the International Trade Commission) in Washington, D.C. His expertise was cotton.

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This collection consist of cotton reports for the U.S. Department of Defense regarding supplies for the war effort in Vietnam, photographs relating to the Maid of Cotton show, biographical information with extensive description of Taylor's career and cotton expertise, and newsletters of the Tacomis Club (U.S. Tariff Commission) and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

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Contents list

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Folder 1-2

Folder 1

Folder 2

Cotton reports

Folder 3

John A. Taylor biographical and career information

Folder 4

Tariff Commission newsletters

Image Folder PF-05597/1

Photographs

Four black-and-white photographic prints, circa 1950s-1960s
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