Martin Luther Turner Collection
Scope and Contents
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Financier. Correspondence (1888-1921), news clippings (1896-1921) and two scrapbooks (1896-1917) of news clippings and broadsides, regarding the life of Turner, his campaign for election as a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, and his involvement with finance. Of special note are a number of letters (1916-1920) addressed to Turner from Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing requesting Turner's assistance in obtaining Pershing's promotion to the rank of Major General.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1921
Creator
- Turner, Martin Luther, 1863-1921 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (.5 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Purchased.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--9999.
Subject
- Gore, Thomas P. (Thomas Pryor), 1870-1949 (Person)
- Hoffman, Roy, 1869-1953 (Person)
- Jenkins, W. M. (William Miller), 1856-1941 (Person)
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 (Person)
- Owen, Thomas Horner, 1873-1938 (Person)
- Central American Oil Company (Organization)
- Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad Company (Organization)
- Western National Bank (Oklahoma City, Okla.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Oklahoma -- Finance
- Oklahoma -- History -- 1907-
- Oklahoma -- History -- To 1907
- Oklahoma -- Officials and employees
Topical
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
