Emmett and Winifred Taylor papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-2527

Staff Only

Abstract

Collection consists of Taylor family letters, recipes, stock certificates, greeting cards and miscellany.

Dates

Creation: 1924-1989

Creator

Bittner, Denise A., 1950- (Person)
Taylor, Winifred Vincent, 1895-1971 (Person)
Vincent, Jasper. (Person)
Vincent, Mary Ellen. (Person)

Biographical sketch

Emmett Gordon Taylor was born in Somerset, Kentucky, on March 15, 1890, the son of John and Lula Lee (Vaught) Taylor. He moved to Livingston, Montana, about 1910 and worked for several grocery companies until moving to Missoula in 1922. He married Winifred Vincent on May 10, 1914. In Missoula he was a salesman for Montana Flour Mills from about 1932 to 1950, and then sold real estate. He retired in 1969, and moved to Boise, Idaho in 1979. He died there on February 2, 1980.

Winifred "Winnie" Vincent was born at Meadow Creek, Montana, on November 20, 1895, the daughter of Jasper and Mary Ellen (Fletcher) Vincent. She was the granddaughter of Montana pioneer Ellen "Nellie" Gordon Fletcher. She moved to Livingston in 1912 to work for the Grigsby Photographiy Studio. She died in Missoula on June 6, 1971.

Extent

0.2 linear feet (.2 linear foot)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by: Denise Alexander Bittner in 2008. Eagle, Id.

Related Archival Materials

0--Custodian--345 postcards are in the MHS Photo Archives (PAc2008-11).

Related Archival Materials

0--Custodian--Nellie Gordon Fletcher diaries (1866-1870) are in SC 78.

Scope and content

Collection includes incoming correspondence (1911-1945) to Winnie Taylor from her husband Emmett Taylor and from her parents Jasper and Mary Ellen Vincent. In addition, there is correspondence (1950-1978) from Emmett and Winnie Taylor to their daughter Dorothy Taylor Alexander, son-in-law James "Smokey" Alexander, and grand-daughter Denise Alexander. There are also stock certificates (1917-1948), a stock shipment receipt (1952), brand recorder certificate (1961), tax notices, Christmas cards, and recipes. Also included is biographical material, including death certificates, an obituary, Fletcher Family Reunion minutes, a transcript of a 1977 oral history of Emmett Gordon Taylor conducted by his granddaughter, Denise Alexander Bittner, and a reminiscence by Ms. Bittner (SC 2527).