John F. A. Taylor papers
Scope and Contents
This collection included a document titled "The Public Commission of the University: A Plan of Research Submitted to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation by John F. A. Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University." Also included is a newspaper clipping quoting Taylor on the separation of universities from politics.
Dates
- Creation: 1974, undated
Creator
- Taylor, John Francis Adams (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Biographical Note
John F. A. Taylor was born October 8, 1915 in Dallas, Texas to Charles B. Taylor and Mary Adams Taylor. He earned an A.B (1936) and a Ph.D. (1940) from Princeton University, and a L.H.D. from Lewis and Clark College in 1968. Taylor was hired by Michigan State College in 1946 as a professor and head of the Department of Literature and Fine Arts. He later became a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy. He retired in 1983.
Taylor married Elizabeth Frost, with whom he had two daughters.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University.
Property Rights: Michigan State University.
- Title
- John F. A. Taylor Papers
- Status
- 3 Ready For Cataloging
- Author
- M. Badgley Malone
- Date
- July 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu