Correspondence to and from Taylor’s family members, as well as some clippings, biographical material, and personal items. The earliest document in the Taylor Papers is in this series: Taylor’s grandfather’s own “Analysis of the Bible” (1820), outlining his religious beliefs and including some of his sermons. The correspondence concerns matters of family and friends, clippings of and news about people they know, and causes they're interested in. For example, Graham Taylor frequently sent clippings to his children; to his son Graham Romeyn he'd send clippings of the current political situation in Russia, since his son had lived there in 1917 and 1918. Many times letters were re-circulated among the family members, so there are annotations from various family members on the fronts of certain letters.

Letters from Graham Romeyn Taylor to his family from Russia are of special interest, since he was there at the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the fall of Czar Nicholas.

See also Series 10, Lea D. Taylor Files, for more information about Taylor’s daughter Lea Demarest Taylor and her work with the Chicago Commons and other organizations.