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W.H.H. Taylor, State Librarian 1877-1894

Research Resources

Stately Functionaries - The Librarian, a Venerable Youth- The Keeper of the Combination of the State Safe - W.H.H. Taylor, St. Paul Daily Globe, March 15, 1885, p.1, column 5
Includes drawing
Globe Story Teller - How a Valuable Medal was Found in Possession of a St. Paul Citizen, St. Paul Daily Globe, Oct. 16, 1887, p.13, column 1
Taylor, W H H - Ohio - 1842 - File No. T446 - National Archives

Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society: Minnesota biographies, 1655-1912 by Warren Upham and Rose Barteau Dunlap
Call Number: Special Collections Room F 601 .M66 vol. 14
Publication Date: 1912
Link to page on W. H. H. Taylor
The Fifth Ohio Volunteer Calvary: A Story of Civil War Politics in Southwest Ohio by Timothy M. Burke
Call Number: Main E 525.6 5th .B87 2011
Publication Date: 2011
The man pictured on the cover of this book served as the Minnesota State Librarian from 1877-1894.
Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1893
Call Number: MN Coll JK 6131
Publication Date: 1893
Catalogue of the Law Books (Excepting Statutes) in the State Library of Minnesota 1884 by W.H.H. Taylor
Publication Date: 1884

Newspaper articles

The Late President, Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser [Carrollton, Miss.], July 31, 1841, p.3, column 1
Remains of Gen. (President) Harrison coming to Cincinnati to the house of W. H. H. Taylor.
President's Message, Montana Post, Nov. 17, 1866, p.2, column 3
Taylor appointed postmaster of Cincinnati
Organization of Ex-Soldiers, St. Paul Daily Globe, Oct. 5, 1879, p.4, column 3
State Law Library, Daily Globe, March 23, 1881, p.1, column 6
Books are donated to rebuild the library after the 1881 fire.
Stillwater - The following is correspondence... St. Paul Sunday Globe, May 14, 1882, p. 6, column 3
Correspondence about a memorial service on Decoration Day.
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, Nov. 25, 1882, p.8, column 3
Birthday celebrations
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, Jan. 14, 1883, p.8, column 1
Library open on Saturday during the Legislative session
The greater portion of the state law library..., Daily Globe, March 29, 1883, p.9, column 1
Col. W. H. Taylor..., Daily Globe, May 16, 1883, p.10, column 1
The Soldier Dead, St. Paul Daily Globe, May 31, 1883, p.2, column 1
Taylor directing and leading the parade.
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, June 13, 1883, p.8, column 1
Library adding new books
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, Aug. 10, 1883, p.8, column 1
Taylor purchased books for the library
Additions to the State Law Library, Daily Globe, Aug. 29, 1883, p.3, column 3
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, Dec. 1, 1883, p.8, column 1
More books acquired for the library
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, Jan. 19, 1884, p.8, column 1
Breakdown of new acquisitions for the last year.
City Globules - Col. W. H. H. Taylor... St. Paul Daily Globe, Feb. 7, 1884, p. 8, column 2
More books acquired for the library
City Globules - State Librarian... St. Paul Daily Globe, Feb 19, 1884, p.8 column 1
Adding more books to the library
New Law Books, St. Paul Daily Globe, Feb. 27, 1884, p.8, column 1
Replacement of Congressional Records, St. Paul Daily Globe, Feb. 28, 1884, p.2, column 1
Replacement of volumes destroyed in the fire.
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, March 6, 1884, p.8, column 1
Book order is stuck in customs in New York
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, March 7, 1884, p.8, column 1
New books in the library
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, March 13, 1884, p.8, column 1
2 notes, a portrait of the librarian hung in the library, New books added to the library
City Globules, St. Paul Daily Globe, March 27, 1884, p.8, column 1
More books added to the library.
Gave Thanks to God, The Superior Times [Superior, WI], Aug. 8, 1885, p.2, column 2
Taylor's experience in the Civil War
Midst the Maddening Throng, St. Paul Daily Globe, April 21, 1886, p.4, column 3
Taylor portrait mistakenly in an article
Officials at a Banquet, St. Paul Daily Globe, March 1, 1888, p.2, column 1
Taylor is toastmaster
Prison Officials, The prison mirror [Stillwater, Minn.], March 21, 1888, p.3, column 1
W. H. H. Taylor Jr. appointed storekeeper - son of librarian
Gov. Merriam has announced... New Ulm Weekly Review, Jan. 16, 1889, p.4, column 1
Personal and Literary - Col. W. H. H. Taylor... Thomas County Cat [Colby, Kan.], May 9, 1889, p.6, column 5
President Harrison... St. Paul Daily Globe, July 7, 1889, p.2, column 3
Capitol Gossip, St. Paul Daily Globe, July 21, 1891, p.4, column 5
Cramped for Room, St. Paul Daily Globe, Sept. 5, 1891, p.2, column 3
Personal Pointers, St. Paul Daily Globe, Sept. 15, 1893, p.2, column 5
A Noted Man Dying, Los Angeles Herald, Oct. 15, 1893, p.2, column 4
Colonel Taylor Dying, Morning Call [San Francisco, CA], Oct. 15, 1893, p.1, column 6
Minnesota News: Colonel W. H. H. Taylor... Redwood Gazette, Oct. 19, 1893, p.6, column 2
Death is expected