Title: Robert L. Taylor, Jr. Collection

Date/Date Range :   1953-1971 (bulk 1971)

Extent: 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

The Robert L. Taylor, Jr. Collection consists of booklets from a 1971 meeting of the American Bar Association held in London England, a 1953 congressional directory, one photograph, and one portrait drawn in pencil of Judge Taylor.

Call number: MS-2818

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections on May 26, 2006.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Robert L. Taylor, Jr. Collection, MS-2818. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of six folders plus an oversized box.

Judge Robert L. Taylor, Jr. (b.1899 - d.1987) was born in Embreeville, TN on December 20, 1899. Judge Robert L. Taylor served as federal district judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee on Knoxville from 1949 until taking senior status in 1985. He was elected District Judge Representative from the Sixth Circuit to the Judicial Conference of the United States in 1972 and was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on 1973.

The Robert L. Taylor, Jr. Collection consists of booklets from a 1971 meeting of the American Bar Association held in London, England, a 1953 congressional directory, one photograph, and one portrait drawn in pencil of Judge Taylor.

• American Bar Association.
• Taylor, Robert L., Jr., 1899-1987.