Clifford A. and Miriam McHugh Taney Papers

Collection

Identifier: M/A 0088

Staff Only

Description of Contents

Papers of the Taney family, including newspaper clippings, Clifford Taney’s law degree and other certificates, Christmas cards, Miriam Taney's wedding announcement, identifications, a travel itinerary, and the Christmas story "A Cheerful Giver" written by Miriam when she was eleven. Also included are 8 photo albums and additional photographs. One album has been disbound and boxed. The photos are mostly from travels around the world and family photos.

Dates

Creation: 1910s-1950s

Creator

Taney, Clifford A., Jr. (Person)
Taney, Mirriam McHugh (Person)

Access

The collection is available for use in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library during the department's open hours.

Biography

Clifford A. Taney, Jr. (1899-1961) attended the U.S. Military Academy in 1920, but his military career ended following a leg injury shortly after his graduation. He received a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1924 and joined the Minneapolis law firm of Fowler, Carlson, Farber & Johnson (later Fowler, Youngquist, Farber, Taney, & Johnson), remaining there until his retirement in the mid-1950s.

In 1926, he married Miriam McHugh Taney (1900-1971), a graduate of Smith College. A prolific art lecturer, she was active with the friends organization of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and offered her voice to a local radio program hosted by the museum. With her husband, she traveled around the world and took photographs of Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and numerous islands.