The Genevieve Taylor papers date from 1916 to 1997 and measure 1 linear inch. The papers include a paper on equal suffrage written for an English class by Dorothy Mills, dated March 24, 1916.

Included also is correspondence between the secretary in charge of adoptions at The Willows Maternity Sanitarium in Kansas City, Missouri and Mrs. Edward E. Taylor; 2 laboratory reports on the adoptee, Laurel Mork, from a pathologist, Dr. D.E. Stewart; a receipt for the adoption process which includes payment for two baby bottles, total cost, 28 dollars; and a card giving statistics of the newborn and the adoptee's new parents. There is also a document from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri in Kansas City, verifying the adoption, dated January 3,1925, a duplicate of same; a document verifying the adoption from the District Court in Benton County, Iowa is also included.

There are two letters from Leona P. Taylor, the adoptee's mother. One is to the Willows Maternity Sanitarium requesting a birth certificate for the baby, dated April 12, 1977.That letter was returned as undeliverable. A letter from Leona P. Taylor dated April 16, 1977, is directed to Jay and Genevieve Taylor enclosing the returned letter and other information about the adoption.

There are two brief essays written by Genevieve Taylor dated November 1997. One describes the trip Leona Petro Taylor (the adoptee's new mother) made to Kansas City to pick up the adopted baby; the other provides background information about Dorothy Mills Buess. A memoir written by her husband completes the collection.