Lida Wilson Turner scrapbooks
Scope and Content
This collection consists of four scrapbooks containing poetry, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and drawings.
Dates
- 1925-1959, undated
Creator
- Turner, Lida Wilson (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Lida Wilson was born in Asheville, North Carolina. She married Charles Gainer Turner and moved to Atlanta. She wrote poetry, which won prizes and was published in periodicals and newspapers. In 1934, Mrs. Turner collected her poems into a book, Flagstones and Flowers, published by Oglethorpe University. Mrs. Turner belonged to, and was president of, both the Atlanta Branch of the National League of American Pen Women and the Atlanta Writers Club, during the 1930s. The Turners had one daughter, Virginia Palmer Turner, who attended Oglethorpe University from 1929 to 1933. She was a painter and won prizes. Virginia Turner first married Arthur Renfroe and later Lawrence Avery.
Extent
1 linear ft. (1 oversize box)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1995
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2013.
- Title
- Lida Wilson Turner scrapbooks
- Author
- Josh Hogan
- Date
- November 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository