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Title: Edwin J. Taylor
Dates: ca. 1875-1960
Collection Number: 00029
Quantity: 179 items
Abstract: Images used in the Bismarck Jubilee Book, published by the Rotary Club and authored by Edwin J. Taylor, Jr. and George Bird. Features Bismarck (N.D.) pioneers and places. Several images in the collection are copies and the originals can be found in the Will Family Papers (MSS 10190).
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin James Taylor Jr. in increments from 1934 through 1986.
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MSS 10064 Edwin James Taylor Family Papers
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Rear Adm. Edwin James Taylor Jr., 89, 929 N. First Street, died July 18, 1990, in Bismarck of natural causes….Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck…
Mr. Taylor was born April 7, 1901, in Grand Forks. He was raised and attended schools at Bismarck, graduating from Bismarck High School in 1919. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924. While at the academy, he trained one summer aboard the battleship U. S. S. North Dakota. He earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 1932, and later graduated from Harvard University in the Executive Development Program. He married Ruth Elliott on June 28, 1933, at Philadelphia. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1924 to 1947, reaching the rank of rear admiral. During World War II he served as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Ponders. He retired from the Navy in 1947 to become dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University. Mrs. Taylor died in 1963. He was named Dean Emeritus in 1965. He moved to Bismarck in 1965. He married Aldeen Paris Welsh on June 3, 1967 at Bismarck.
In 1972, Admiral Taylor was co-author with the late George Bird of the official centennial history of Bismarck.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge, Rotary Club, Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion and Professional Engineers Association. He was listed in Who’s Who in America for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, four sons and daughters-in-law, Edwin III and Diana, St. Paul, MN; Richard and Margaret, Weston, CT; Dr. Franklin and Rosemary, Cincinnati, OH; and Stephen and Thea, Stillwater, MN; one brother, Herndon, Phoenix, AZ; and 11 grandchildren.
Source: Bismarck Tribune, July 19, 1990, p. 11A
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00029-00001 Oscar H. Will
00029-00002 Mildred and Francis Marquette in biplane, 1920
00029-00003 Albert Marquette
00029-00004 Margaret Phelps Joe Mathew Ella and Willet Hartley and Nita Phelps in Buick automobile, 1906
00029-00005 W.S. Casselman
00029-00006 Sister M. Boniface, February 22, 1922
00029-00007 Duncan John MacGillis, 1887
00029-00008 Mrs. Duncan John MacGillis nee Elizabeth Flora Wilcox, 1887
00029-00009 Harry DeCampt and James Foley
00029-00010 Main Avenue looking west Northern Pacific Railroad Golden Spike Excursion, Bismarck (D.T.), 1883
00029-00011 Fred Fisher Henry W. Richholt, 1898
00029-00012 Missouri Valley Motor Co., Bismarck (N.D.), 1915
00029-00013 North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck (D.T.)
00029-00014 Fire Department 5th Street and Broadway, Bismarck (N.D.), 1910
00029-00015 Bismarck Fire Department, Bismarck (N.D.), 1900
00029-00016 Pioneer Fire Company No. 1, Bismarck (N.D.), 1890
00029-00017 Oscar H. Will's Pioneer Seed House seed corn shipment to Pretoria South Africa
00029-00018 Northern Pacific Passenger Engine No. 2677 in 50 mph blizzard winds, Bismarck (N.D.)
00029-00019 Martin L. Marsh proprietor and J. W. Raymond in front of Capitol Hotel, Bismarck (D.T.), 1875
00029-00020 Albert Marquette and Capital Laundry
00029-00021 Jack Lyon Tom Lee and Phil Fitch in Jack Lyon's Teepee (Speak-easy in Prohibition), Bismarck (N.D.), 1920
00029-00022 Buick in front of Hensler's Automobile Livery and Garage near corner of 9th Street and Rosser Avenue, Bismarck (N.D.), 1905
00029-00023 Interior of Hensler's Automobile Livery and Garage near corner of 9th Street and Rosser Avenue, Bismarck (N.D.), 1905
00029-00024 Flood Mandan (N.D.), 1929
00029-00025 Capitol, Bismarck (N.D.), 1932
00029-00026 Building, Bismarck (N.D.)
00029-00027 Oscar H. Will Pioneer Seed House, Bismarck (N.D.), October 5, 1904
00029-00028 Oscar H. Will and Company Store, Bismarck (N.D.), 1890-1897
00029-00029 Burleigh County Courthouse, Bismarck (N.D.), 1933
00029-00030 Oscar H. Will
00029-00031 Mrs. Little Crow, J. L. and Katie Brady Millinery Shop
00029-00032 Sterrett, Harland A., September 15, 1944
00029-00033 U.S.S. Delaware, 1922
00029-00034 Main looking up 2nd Street, Bismarck (N.D.), 1893
00029-00038 Aughney, Frank
00029-00039 Craswell, Lew
00029-00040 Larsen, Clarence C.
00029-00041 Harty, J.M.
00029-00042 Lucas, Arthur W.
00029-00043 Ritterbush, Robert
00029-00044 Ritterbush, Robert
00029-00045 Cypert, Earl D.
00029-00046 Seiner, Dale
00029-00047 Richmond, Leslie A.
00029-00048 Larson, Leonard W. (Dr.)
00029-00049 Meyer, Phil
00029-00050 Nelson, Curt
00029-00051 Normann, Rolf A.
00029-00052 Lahr, W.E.
00029-00053 LaRose, Victor (Dr.), 1903
00029-00054 Langren, G.M.
00029-00055 Keniston, George
00029-00056 Will School just being completed, 1905
00029-00057 Gussner, Arthur W.
00029-00058 Taylor, E.J.
00029-00059 Towne, Roy S. (Dr.)
00029-00060 Toney, (Dr.)
00029-00061 McNamarra, Col.
00029-00062 Lee, John
00029-00063 Will, George Francis
00029-00064 Will, George Francis
00029-00065 Skeels, Barlow K.
00029-00066 Constons, George M. (Dr.), 1934
00029-00067 Cross, Bert
00029-00068 Bonham, C.A.
00029-00069 Simpson, Bob
00029-00070 Bergeson, R.M.
00029-00071 Webb, Bob
00029-00072 Richmond, Les
00029-00073 Simonson, Kelly A.
00029-00074 Robertson, Chas.
00029-00075 Copelin, Fred A.
00029-00076 Hendricks, Earl M., 1933
00029-00077 Humphreys, George T.
00029-00078 Logan, Roy P.
00029-00079 Larsen, Clarence C.
00029-00080 Perry, Ed
00029-00081 Bird, George F., 1918
00029-00082 Rotary Club, T. R. Atkinson, 1920-1930
00029-00083 Anderson, J.C.
00029-00084 Payne, William
00029-00085 Lauer, W.J. (Dr.)
00029-00086 Wait, Jason E.
00029-00087 Bell, J.L.
00029-00088 Wachter, E.C.
00029-00089 Tice, A.K.
00029-00090 Slorby, Carl
00029-00091 Bergeson, Raymond M.
00029-00092 Bechtold, Louis F.
00029-00093 Peters, C.H. (M.D)
00029-00094 Locory, Al
00029-00095 Nelland, Paul
00029-00096 Finney, Burt
00029-00097 Dullam, George Francis
00029-00098 Dobler, Hal
00029-00099 Branley, James R.
00029-00100 Duekworth, Mayor
00029-00101 Finney, Bart
00029-00102 Copelin, Fred E.
00029-00103 Taylor, James C.
00029-00104 Tavis, Arthur A.
00029-00105 Simonson, Kelly A.
00029-00106 Turner, C.C.
00029-00107 Trimble, James
00029-00108 Saxvik, H.O.
00029-00109 Halvorson, Hank
00029-00110 Hintgen, Jack
00029-00111 Duemeland, George A.
00029-00112 Duemeland, Henry J.
00029-00113 Davis, J.E., Burleigh County (N.D.), 1960
00029-00114 French, John P.
00029-00115 Rotary club, Clyde L Young, 1920-1930
00029-00116 Craswell, L.S.
00029-00117 Conklin, Fred
00029-00118 Churchill, Neil
00029-00119 Schiminsky, Otto
00029-00120 Hoffman, John A.
00029-00121 Jackson, J.P.
00029-00122 Thompson, L.K.
00029-00123 Wagner, Harry
00029-00124 Holbein, Bill
00029-00125 Kraft, William T.
00029-00126 Ward,
00029-00127 Stephenson,
00029-00129 Bublitz, William
00029-00130 Challman, R.T.
00029-00131 Bolster, Art
00029-00132 Mote, Sharon
00029-00133 Bonham, Ray
00029-00134 Bonham, Clyde
00029-00135 Mann, George;
00029-00136 Larson, John A.
00029-00137 Larson, John A.
00029-00138 Logee, Lloyd
00029-00139 Brandes, Harry (Dr.)
00029-00140 LaRose, Victor (Dr.)
00029-00141 Little, Clarence Belden, Bismarck (N.D.)
00029-00142 McLeod, J.J.M.
00029-00143 Fonte, Al
00029-00144 Murphy, F.W.
00029-00145 Quain, Eric P. (Dr.)
00029-00146 Quanrud, Ted
00029-00147 Nelson, Carl
00029-00148 Christianson, A.M. (Judge)
00029-00149 Nuessle, William L.
00029-00150 Niles, Harvey
00029-00151 Peterson, John
00029-00152 Postlerhwaite, Harry C. (Rev.)
00029-00153 Rawlings, G.A.
00029-00154 Steines, Jeff
00029-00155 Dullam, George Francis
00029-00156 Sack-race on the top of the Patterson Hotel
00029-00157 Member of the Rotary Club, ca. 1945
00029-00158 Member of the Rotary Club, ca. 1935
00029-00159 Man in glasses, ca. 1940
00029-00160 Man and woman wearing wool military great-coats and hats dating to World War I, ca. 1918
00029-00161 Anton T. Kraabel 1903-1918
00029-00162 Judge Henry Newtonca. 1920
00029-00163 James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor ca. 1920
00029-00164 Sveinbjorn Johnson ca. 1920
00029-00165 William B. Falconer ca. 1930
00029-00166 Dayton E. Shipley ca. 1920
00029-00167 William O'Hara XX
00029-00168 Historic Pageant, State Capitol Grounds, Bismarck (N.D.) ca. 1921
00029-00169 Rev. Aaron McGaffey Beede ca. 1900
00029-00170 John Steen XX
00029-00171 William Laist, Superintendent of the State Capitol building, Bismarck (N.D.) 1929
00029-00172 Reverend Ward F. Boyd ca. 1920
00029-00173 Robert Dimond and Florence Mabel Armstrong Hoskins 50th Wedding Anniversary announcement 11/27/1884-11/29/1934
00029-00174 Robert Dimond Hoskins 11/29/1934
00029-00175 Robert Dimond and Florence Mabel Armstrong Hoskins 11/29/1934
00029-00176 Robert Dimond and Florence Mabel Armstrong Hoskins 11/29/1934
00029-00177 Oliver Brooks Hoskins 11/29/1934
00029-00178 Hoskins family ca. 1935
00029-00179 John Sutherland Sinclair XX
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