1876

1953

1 volume

The Taylor and Richardson families album contains photographs and other materials that document the life of Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander Taylor, an African American barber, soldier, and firefighter active in numerous social and political causes in Charlotte, North Carolina, and his family. The album predominantly contains portrait and informal photographs of Taylor; Ella Louise Pickens Taylor, his second wife; Harriet and Louise Taylor, his daughters; James Franklin Richardson, his nephew and ward; and numerous other relatives and family connections. Among the other documents included in the album are the will of Charles Taylor, family letters and birthday cards, newspaper clippings, obituaries for Charles Taylor and condolence letters written to the family following his death, death certificates of family members, historical sketches, stock certificates, and papers related to the purchase of land and cemetery plots.

Taylor (Family : Charlotte, N.C.)
Richardson (Family : Charlotte, N.C.)

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

photograph albums
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
correspondence
certificates

eng

Taylor, Charles Samuel Lafayette Alexander, 1849-1934
Taylor, Ella Louise Pickens, 1875-1957
Taylor, Louise, 1909-
Williamson, Harriet Taylor, 1906-1961
Richardson, James Franklin, 1926-

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch

Taylor family
Richardson family

African American families
African American politicians
African Americans--Social life and customs
Freedmen

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Taylor and Richardson families album

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 469

Oversize Box 1-2

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