Kenneth Taylor Papers
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Taylor, Kenneth Nathaniel
9 Boxes(8 linear feet)
1960-1989 (bulk: 1962-1970)
Collection Inventory
I. Manuscripts
Box 1
A. Living Letters (1962), Living Prophecies (1965), Living Gospels (1966)
1. Living Letters: Romans
2. Living Letters: Romans (revision)
3. Living Letters: Romans 1:9 - 4:33 (typed revision)
4. Living Letters: I Corinthians (photocopy)
5. Living Letters: II Corinthians
6. Living Letters: Galatians - Philemon
7. Living Letters: Hebrews
8. Living Letters: Hebrews (revision)
9. Living Letters: James - Jude
10. Living Letters: James 3 - Jude (revision)
11. Living Letters: James 3 - Jude (revision)
12. Living Letters: New Testament Letters
13. Living Letters: New Testament Letters (galley read)
14. Living Letters. Book (first copy published)
15. Living Prophecies. Revelation (incomplete)
16. Living Gospels. Matthew
17. Living Gospels. Matthew 1:12 5:36 (revision)
18. Living Gospels. Matthew 1:12 5:36 (revision)
19. Living Gospels. Matthew (revision)
20. Living Gospels. Matthew. Notes
21. Living Gospels. Mark
22. Living Gospels. Mark (Luci Shaw's revision)
23. Living Gospels. Mark (Ken Taylor's revision)
24. Living Gospels. Mark (Berkeley Mickelsen's revision)
25. Living Gospels. Mark (revision)
26. Living Gospels. Mark. Notes by Mrs. Taylor
27. Living Gospels. Mark. Notes by Berkeley Mickelsen
28. Living Gospels. Mark. Notes by Henry Waterman
29. Living Gospels. Luke (handwritten notes)
30. Living Gospels. Luke (typed manuscript)
31. Living Gospels. Luke (revision)
32. Living Gospels. Luke (revision)
33. Living Gospels. Luke (revision)
34. Living Gospels. Luke. Notes
35. Living Gospels. John
36. Living Gospels. John. Notes by Walter Dunnett
37. Living Gospels. John. Notes by Luci Shaw
38. Living Gospels. Acts of the Apostles
39. Living Gospels. Acts of the Apostles (revision)
40. Living Gospels. Acts of the Apostles (revision)
41. Living Gospels. Acts of the Apostles (revision)
42. Living Gospels. Acts of the Apostles. Notes by Peter Boyko
Box 2
B. Living Psalms, Proverbs, Major Prophets, Living Lessons, 1967
1. Preface
2. Living Psalms. 23 150 (handwritten notes)
3. Living Psalms. 81 106 (revision)
4. Living Psalms. 138 150 (typed revision)
5. Living Psalms. (revision)
6. Living Psalms. (revision)
7. Living Psalms. 59 104
8. Living Psalms. (final)
9. Living Psalms. 76 150
10. Living Proverbs. (handwritten notes)
11. Living Proverbs. (revision)
12. Living Proverbs. 6 30 (typed revision)
13. Living Proverbs. (revision)
14. Living Proverbs. (final)
15. Major Prophets. Isaiah
16. Major Prophets. Isaiah (typed revision)
17. Major Prophets. Isaiah. Notes and translation by Harry Hoffner
18. Major Prophets. Isaiah. Notes and translation by Mrs. Taylor
19. Major Prophets. Jeremiah
20. Major Prophets. Jeremiah (revision)
21. Major Prophets. Jeremiah (typed revision)
22. Major Prophets. Jeremiah. Notes by Mrs. Taylor
23. Major Prophets. Lamentations of Jeremiah
24. Major Prophets. Lamentations of Jeremiah (revision)
25. Major Prophets. Ezekiel
26. Living Lessons. Ruth
27. Living Lessons. Esther
28. Living Lessons. Esther (revision)
29. Living Lessons. Job
30. Living Lessons. Job (revision)
31. Living Lessons. Ecclesiastes
32. Living Lessons. Ecclesiastes (revision)
33. Living Lessons. Song of Solomon
34. Living Lessons. Song of Solomon (revision)
Box 3
C. Living Books of Moses, 1969
1. Living Books of Moses. Genesis 137 (handwritten notes)
2. Living Books of Moses. Genesis (typed revision)
3. Living Books of Moses. Genesis (revision)
4. Living Books of Moses. Genesis (revision)
5. Living Books of Moses. Genesis (typed revision)
6. Living Books of Moses. Exodus
7. Living Books of Moses. Exodus (revision)
8. Living Books of Moses. Exodus (revision)
9. Living Books of Moses. Exodus (typed revision)
10. Living Books of Moses. Leviticus
11. Living Books of Moses. Leviticus (revision)
12. Living Books of Moses. Leviticus (typed revision)
13. Living Books of Moses. Numbers
14. Living Books of Moses. Numbers (typed revision)
15. Living Books of Moses. Numbers (photocopied revision)
16. Living Books of Moses. Numbers (revision)
17. Living Books of Moses. Deuteronomy
18. Living Books of Moses. Deuteronomy (revision)
19. Living Books of Moses. Deuteronomy (photocopied revision)
20. Living Books of Moses. Deuteronomy (revision)
21. Living Books of Moses. Deuteronomy (revision)
Box 4
D. Living History of Israel, Joshua - I Kings, 1970
1. Living History of Israel. Joshua
2. Living History of Israel. Joshua (revision)
3. Living History of Israel. Joshua (photocopied revision)
4. Living History of Israel. Joshua (typed revision)
5. Living History of Israel. Joshua (revision)
6. Living History of Israel. Joshua (photocopied revision)
7. Living History of Israel. Joshua (typed revision)
8. Living History of Israel. Judges (revision)
9. Living History of Israel. Judges (photocopied revision)
10. Living History of Israel. Judges (typed revision)
11. Living History of Israel. Judges (revision)
12. Living History of Israel. Judges (typed revision)
13. Living History of Israel. I Samuel
14. Living History of Israel I Samuel (revision)
15. Living History of Israel. I Samuel (revision)
16. Living History of Israel. I Samuel (revision)
17. Living History of Israel. I Samuel (typed revision)
18. Living History of Israel. I Samuel (revision)
19. Living History of Israel. I Samuel (photocopied revision)
20. Living History of Israel. I Samuel (typed revision)
21. Living History of Israel. II Samuel
22. Living History of Israel. II Samuel (revision)
23. Living History of Israel. II Samuel (revision)
24. Living History of Israel. II Samuel (photocopied revision)
25. Living History of Israel. II Samuel (photocopied revision)
26. Living History of Israel. II Samuel (photocopied revision)
27. Living History of Israel. II Samuel (typed revision)
28. Living History of Israel. I Kings
29. Living History of Israel. I Kings (revision)
30. Living History of Israel. I Kings (revision)
31. Living History of Israel. I Kings (photocopied revision)
32. Living History of Israel. I Kings (revision)
33. Living History of Israel. I Kings (photocopied revision)
34. Living History of Israel. I Kings (typed revision)
35. Living History of Israel. I Kings (typed revision)
Box 5
E. Living History of Israel, II Kings - Nehemiah, 1970
1. Living History of Israel. II Kings
2. Living History of Israel. II Kings (revision)
3. Living History of Israel. II Kings (photocopied revision)
4. Living History of Israel. II Kings (typed revision)
5. Living History of Israel. II Kings (photocopied revision)
6. Living History of Israel. II Kings (photocopied revision)
7. Living History of Israel. II Kings (typed revision)
8. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles
9. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles (revision)
10. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles (typed revision)
11. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles (typed revision)
12. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles (revision)
13. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles (photocopied revision)
14. Living History of Israel. I Chronicles (revision)
15. Living History of Israel. II Chronicles (revision)
16. Living History of Israel. II Chronicles (photocopied revision)
17. Living History of Israel. II Chronicles (revision)
18. Living History of Israel. Ezra
19. Living History of Israel. Ezra (photocopied revision)
20. Living History of Israel. Ezra (typed revision)
21. Living History of Israel. Ezra (revision)
22. Living History of Israel. Ezra (photocopied revision)
23. Living History of Israel. Ezra (revision)
24. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah
25. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah (revision)
26. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah (photocopied revision)
27. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah (typed revision)
28. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah (revision)
29. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah (photocopied revision)
30. Living History of Israel. Nehemiah (revision)
Box 7
F. Taylor's Bible story book, 1970
1. Creation to Methuselah
2. Old Testament and Intertestamental Period
3. Old Testament and Intertestamental Period (photocopy)
4. Creation to Moses
5. Jephtah to Intertestamental Period
6. Old Testament and Intertestamental Period. (revision)
7. Old Testament and Intertestamental Period (photocopy with addition pp. 335365)
8. Creation to the Witch of Endor
9. Creation to the Witch of Endor (photocopy of pages 242310)
Box 8
1. Joshua's Death to the Witch of Endor
2. Herod's Temple, the Gospels, and Acts
3. Herod's Temple, the Gospels, and Acts (carbon copies with revisions)
4. Herod's Temple, the Gospels, and Acts (photocopies of carbons)
5. Herod's Temple, the Gospels, and Acts (revisions)
6. Herod's Temple, the Gospels, and Acts (photocopy)
7. Herod's Temple, the Gospels, and Acts (revision)
G. My First Bible in Pictures
8. Corrections
Box 6
II. Media Material [Dictaphone tapes of Living Bible materials]
1. Dictation Tapes. Deuteronomy
2. Dictation Tapes. Joshua
3. Dictation Tapes. II Samuel
4. Dictation Tapes. I Kings
5. Dictation Tapes. I Chronicles
6. Dictation Tapes. Nehemiah
7. Dictation Tapes. Job
III. Correspondence
8. Living Bible Early Correspondence
9. General, 1962 (1 letter)
IV. Financial
10. Living Bible Early Financial Records
11. Living Bible Experiments with a Study Bible
12. Living Bible Misc.
V. Lectures/Speeches
13. "The horn and the surface," Evangelical Literature Conference, 1960
VI. Secondary Material
A. General
14. Ken Taylor Articles concerning Taylor and the Living Bible
15. Notes Regarding the Living Bible manuscripts (Roger Phillips)
16. Dictation Machine
17. Articles and web postings on Ken Taylor after his death
B. Research Materials
Stonehocker, D. Keith. "The Living Bible: a market research survey." Sept. 1972
"The Living Bible -- Mother Jr. (30 seconds)."
Stonehocker, D. Keith. “Market Research and the Living Bible.” Spectrum. Winter, 1975.
pp. 7-9.
Stonehocker, D. Keith. "Promoting the Living Bible in the non-evangelical market -- a
research proposal." March 8, ‘72
"Tyndale House Publishers Market Research Abstracts"
C. Advertisements
Living Bible commercial story board
General advertisements
VII. Biographical
A. Periodicals
“Books For Better Living.” The Living Bible’s Ken Taylor: C. I. G.’s ‘Man of the Year.’
December, 1983. pp. 9-10.
“On Aging” from Wheaton Autumn 2004 by Ken Taylor
