Taylor had just retired from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and returned to direct the Worcester Museum. Its focus was on the period 1920 to 1929 when the magazine was edited by Scofield Thayer and James Sibley Watson, and was considered the most prominent avant-garde journal of the time. Dr. Joost died in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, on March 23, 1980. He is survived by his wife, Laura A. Reed and children, Anna, Mary Eliza and Nicholas. This is part I of the Correspondence Series.
Folders are arrangedalphabetically by individual surnames.
Correspondence is primarily byfriends and associates of Dr. Joost's, many of whom are noteworthywriters and scholars. Individuals with lengthy correspondence have alsobeen filed in this category. This is part II of the Correspondence Series. Arranged alphabetically bysurname, this general correspondence is from various friends and associatesof Nicholas Joost. Individuals writing less than four letters have beenfiled in this category.