Collection of materials from Harry Persons Taber, a founding member of the Roycroft Shop and editor of the Philistine journal. Includes correspondence, writings, biographical records, and Roycroft publications.

Although not comprehensive, this collection offers important documentation of the personal life and professional career of Harry Persons Taber, and is comprised of three series: Biographical, Roycroft, and Writings. Notable biographical records include the 1881 diary Taber kept at age 16, recording some of his early printing efforts, and a scrapbook of correspondence and clippings with broad coverage from 1898-1937. Roycorft records are notable for the aggregation of publications written or contributed to by Taber, including the journal the Philistine, broadsides, and a collection of printed and hand-drawn motifs. (Note: many of the Roycroft publications are fragile; see librarian for handling). A reproduction of the original Taber-Elbert Hubbard agreement, as well as correspondence and articles regarding Hubbard and Stephen Crane are included. Series III contains typescripts and copies of Taber's numerous articles for newspapers and journals, proofsheets for Ezra and me, and an unknown typewritten manuscript, possibly written by Roycroft contributor Paul Allan.