Harry B. Taylor films
name: label: Creator
content: Taylor, Harry B.
place: label: Place
content: Anqing Shi (China)
label: Place
content: Anqing Diqu (China)
label: Place
content: Wuhu (China)
label: Place
content: Charlottesville (Va.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Missions
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Hospitals
label: Topic
content: Weddings
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Harry Taylor in 2016.
creator: label: Creator
content: Taylor, Harry B.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Harry B. Taylor films
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Harry B. Taylor films contain amateur film recording daily life in an American missionary community (Episcopal Diocese of Wuhu renamed the Diocese of Anking) for promotional and fundraising purposes as well as personal use. Film footage also includes rural and village life in China and family home movies in the United States.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Harry B. Taylor, MD was an Episcopal Medical Missionary to Anjing, Anwhei, China from 1905-1951. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1902.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Film reels (silent black-and-white reversal, 16mm; 5,020 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1928-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2016.19
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist.

Processed by Annie Schweikert and Pam Wintle, 2017

Encoded by Katherine Christensen, November 2020

28 film reels were received and 12 were so deteriorated (acetate deterioration) that preservation duplication was impossible and the film rolls 6-9, 13, 15, 23-28 were discarded. The remaining 16 reels are in good to poor condition.  Films were numbered as they were received and not according to dates or content. The remaining film reels were not renumbered. Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Harry B. Taylor Film Collection contains amateur film by Dr. Taylor recording daily life in an American missionary community (Episcopal Diocese of Wuhu renamed the Diocese of Anking) for promotional and fundraising purposes as well as personal use. Dr. Taylor also filmed Chinese rural village life. Film footage shot in the United States is home movies of the family in locations including Charlottesville and Petersburg, Virginia and Utica, New York and one published educational film, "Tuberculosis and How it Can be Avoided".

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Harry B. Taylor papers and diaries are in the Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.