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Samuel S. Taylor legislative papers, 1950-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Taylor, Samuel.
Title
Samuel S. Taylor legislative papers
Dates
1950-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
17 boxes, (8.25 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 412
Summary
The collection contains materials related to the Samuel Taylor's political service in the Utah House of Representatives, particularly in the area of no-fare mass transportation.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Samuel S. Taylor was born June 3, 1914, to Vencinzina and Biagio Cusmano in Passaic, New Jersey. In 1948 he decided to move to California and on the way there, ran out of gas in Utah. He fell in love with Salt Lake City and stayed for over fifty years. He started the Taylor Hearing Service in 1952. He was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1970 and served there until 1986. While in the legislature, he passed the Transit Act in 1973 that started the Utah Transit Authority.

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Content Description

This collection contains Taylor's collected material while in the Utah House of Representatives including newspaper articles with notes written in margins, correspondence, statistical reports (taxes, demographics, etc), magazines, and other related materials.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Samuel Taylor legislative papers must be obtained from the Special Collections manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections department head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Samuel Taylor legislative papers, USU_COLL MSS 412. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 412, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

I. Personal/biographical: materials representing his life as a whole. Includes photographs, music and poems he wrote, letters to the editor, campaign materials, assorted notes, and news articles about or mentioning him.

II. Correspondence: written by or received by him, including letters with his government office letterhead. In chronological order.

III. Legislative materials: bills he sponsored, or ones he annotated, in chronological order. Also includes materials related to legislative committee assignments.

IV. Mass transit materials: articles, reports, publications, research. Further divided into sub-series relating to Utah Transit Authority (UTA), mass transit studies in general, and materials relating to other large cities' mass transit programs.

V. Subject files and assorted materials: notes, research, limited correspondence, and news articles relating to various other subjects.

Processing Note

Processed in May of 2012, reprocessed in 2024 to further arrange/describe, and to deaccession the large amount of duplicate material

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 1987 by Samuel Taylor.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Urban transportation

Finding aid/Register created by Andrew Izatt and Clint Pumphrey, updated in 2024 by Heather Housley
2012, 2024

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