Guide to the Dorothy M. Taylor Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Dorothy M. Taylor Papers

Inclusive Dates

1950-1957

Call Number

RG 419

Creator(s)

Taylor, Dorothy M. (Dorothy May), 1908-

Quantity

0.04 cubic feet (1 box)

Language

Materials in English

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Dorothy May Taylor was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 13, 1908. She was graduated from Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland (1929), and received a master's degree in education and mathematics from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (1956). She taught mathematics in Baltimore's secondary schools from October 1929 to June 1949.

In June 1949, the Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., appointed Dorothy Taylor to Japan. She arrived in Japan in August 1950 and began language study in Kyoto as well as teaching an English Bible class at Rakutoo Church in Kyoto. In the summer of 1951, she was transferred to Hokusei Gakuen, a junior-senior high school and junior college for girls, in Sapporo. For the next twenty-two years, she taught English and Bible classes, served on various school committees, and was an advisor to the Y.W.C.A. of the junior college.

Miss Taylor retired in 1973.

Collection Overview

This collection includes a few 1950s Christmas letters and cards from Dorothy Taylor to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, primarily describing holiday activities and events at Hokusei Gakuen, a private Christian girl's school in Sapporo, Japan. Included as well are annotated photographs (1952-1956) primarily documenting Hokusei Gakuen activities and events. A few annotated photographs (1950-1951) document Taylor's association with Rakutoo Church in Kyoto, Japan.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1953-1955, 1957

SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1950-1956

Related Material

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

These materials were donated to the Presbyterian Historical Society by the Menaul Historical Library of the Southwest, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1997.

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: Summer 2003
Sue Althouse, Archives Volunteer

Collection re-processed and finding aid edited: March 2005
Bill Brock, Collection Management Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Taylor, Dorothy M. (Dorothy May), 1908-

Corporate Subject

Hokusei Gakuen.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Japan Mission.

Topical Subject

Women missionaries--Japan--20th century.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Japan--20th century.

Missions--Japan--20th century.

Geographic Subject

Japan--Missions--20th century.

Genre-form

Photographs. aat

Correspondence. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 419

		SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1953-1955, 1957

1	2	Christmas letters and cards from Dorothy M. Taylor to Trinity Presbyterian Church, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 1953-1955, 1957, n.d.

		SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1950-1956

1	3	Hokusei Gakuen (Sapporo, Japan) and Rakutoo Church (Kyoto, Japan), 1950-1956

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