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American writer and naturalist (1863–1951)
Rose Schuster Taylor
Rose Schuster Taylor, from a 1900 publication
Born(1863-01-05)January 5, 1863
Middleton, Wisconsin, United States
DiedJanuary 25, 1951(1951-01-25) (aged 88)
Berkeley, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMrs. H. J. Taylor
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin
Occupation(s)writer and naturalist
Known forone of the founders of the Yosemite Museum
Notable workThe Last Survivor,
Yosemite Indians and Other Sketches
Spouse James Taylor ​ ​(m. 1887; died 1902)​
Children4, incl Paul Schuster Taylor (economist)
Parents
  • Peter Schuster (father)
  • Barbara Hallauer Schuster (mother)

Rose Schuster Taylor (who wrote as Mrs. H. J. Taylor; January 5, 1863 – January 25, 1951) was a Wisconsin-born writer, naturalist and librarian, based in California.

Early life

Rose Eugenia Schuster was born in Middleton, Wisconsin, one of twelve children of Peter Schuster and Barbara Hallauer Schuster. Both of her parents were immigrants; her father was born in Bavaria and her mother was born in Switzerland. She spoke German at home in her childhood. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1885, with a bachelor's degree in history.

Career

Rose Schuster Taylor taught school as a young woman, and was a librarian in Sioux City, Iowa during her marriage. She moved to California, and was one of the founders of the Yosemite Museum and served as the museum's librarian for many years. She worked with students in the Yosemite Field School of Natural History. In 1929, she was a member of the First Park Naturalists' Training Conference.

She wrote several books, including The Last Survivor (1932), a brief text about Maria Lebrado, a Yosemite Indian (Ahwahnechee) woman, and Yosemite Indians and Other Sketches (1936). Her shorter essays and reports, many on ornithology, botany, or Yosemite history, appeared in various journals and magazines.

Personal life and legacy

Rose Schuster married Henry James Taylor, an educator and lawyer, in 1887. They had four children; their son, Paul Schuster Taylor became a noted economist. She was widowed when Henry died in 1902, in New Zealand. She died in 1951, aged 88 years, at her home in Berkeley, California. Some of her papers are archived with her son Paul's, at the Bancroft Library.

The Hawaii Audubon Society has an annual scholarship named for Rose Schuster Taylor.

References

  1. Rose Schuster Taylor, "Peter Schuster: Dane County Farmer" Wisconsin Magazine of History 28(3)(March 1945): 280.
  2. Alison Clark Efford, German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era (Cambridge University Press 2013): 38. ISBN 9781107031937
  3. Catalogue of the University of Wisconsin for the Academic Year 1892–1893 (University of Wisconsin 1893): 223.
  4. Reuben Gold Thwaites, The University of Wisconsin: Its History and Its Alumni (J. N. Purcell): 656–657.
  5. Jan Goggans, California on the Breadlines: Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and the Making of a New Deal Narrative (University of California Press 2010): 40–42. ISBN 9780520266216
  6. "Rites Sunday for Mrs. Taylor" Oakland Tribune (January 26, 1951): 8. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  7. ^ Carl P. Russell, "Mrs. H. J. Taylor, 1863–1951" Yosemite Nature Notes 30(2)(February 1951): 1–2.
  8. Proceedings of the First Park Naturalists' Training Conference, November 1 to 30, 1929 (Crater Lake Institute).
  9. Rose Schuster Taylor, The Last Survivor (Johnk & Seeger 1932).
  10. Rebecca Solnit, Savage Dreams: A Journey Into the Hidden Wars of the American West (University of California Press 2013): 275–276. ISBN 9780520282285
  11. Mrs. H. J. Taylor, Yosemite Indians and Other Sketches (Johnk & Seeger 1936), at Yosemite Online Library.
  12. Jean M. Lindale, "Obituary: Rose Schuster Taylor" The Wilson Bulletin (64(1)(1952): 51–52. via JStor
  13. "Mrs. Rose Taylor Schuster, 1885 Graduate of U. W., Dies in Berkeley" Wisconsin State Journal (January 27, 1951): 1. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  14. Guide to the Paul Schuster Taylor Papers, 1660–1997 Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley.
  15. "Scholarship" Honolulu Star-Bulletin (October 3, 1977): 17. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon

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