Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Gertrude F. Turner Scrapbooks
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Repository | Martha's Vineyard Museum Gale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508) 627-4441 |
---|---|
Call Number | RU 509 |
Creator | Turner, Gertrude F., 1881-1977 |
Title | Gertrude F. Turner scrapbooks |
Date | 1929-1953 |
Extent | 6 boxes (3.26 cubic feet) |
Language | The materials are in English. |
Abstract | Gertrude F. Turner (1881-1977) was a local correspondent for West Tisbury, Massachusetts. The collection has 27 scrapbooks containing her articles which were printed in regional newspapers between 1929 and 1953. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 509, Gertrude F. Turner Scrapbooks.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Gertrude F. Turner in 1969 (Accession no. 1969.025).
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Joyce Cooper in January 2015 with assistance from Lara J. Ullman. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in January 2015.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Newspaper columns
- Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
- West Tisbury (Mass.)
Biography/Historical Note
Gertrude F. Turner (1881-1977) was the eldest daughter of David B. Adams, a whaling captain, and Alice Tilton Adams of Chilmark, Massachusetts. In 1918 Gertrude married Charles A. Turner (1882-1957). Charles A. Turner moved to West Tisbury, Massachusetts, from the Boston area around 1910 and was a clerk at S. M. Mayhew Company. In 1914 Turner bought the company from Mayhew and in 1945 Turner sold his company to Albion Alley, the business currently known as Alley’s General Store. Charles and Gertrude Turner lived in West Tisbury and had two daughters: Alma in 1920 and Elizabeth in 1922.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of 27 books containing articles written by Gertrude F. Turner about local events in West Tisbury including, school events, marriages, deaths, accidents, and the annual fair. The articles were printed in The New Bedford Standard Times, The Cape Cod Standard Times, and The Vineyard Gazette. Turner was paid per article and she used her scrapbooks to track what she was paid for each article and in some cases what she was still owed.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Collection Inventory
Box | Folder | |||
Scrapbook, 1929 April-September | 1 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, 1929 September-1930 January | 1 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, 1930 January-May | 1 | 3 | ||
Scrapbook, 1930 May-1931 August | 1 | 4 | ||
Scrapbook, 1931 August-1932 September | 1 | 5 | ||
Scrapbook, 1932 September-1933 August | 1 | 6 | ||
Scrapbook, 1933 July-December | 1 | 7 | ||
Scrapbook, 1934 January-December | 1 | 8 | ||
Scrapbook, 1935 January-December | 2 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, 1936 January-December | 2 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, 1937 January-December | 2 | 3 | ||
Scrapbook, 1938 January-December | 2 | 4 | ||
Scrapbook, 1939 January-December | 3 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, 1940 January-December | 3 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, 1941 January-December | 3 | 3 | ||
Scrapbook, 1942 January-December | 3 | 4 | ||
Scrapbook, 1943 January-December | 4 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, 1944 January-December | 4 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, 1945 January-December | 4 | 3 | ||
Scrapbook, 1946 January-December | 4 | 4 | ||
Scrapbook, 1947 January-December | 5 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, 1948 January-December | 5 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, 1949 January-December | 5 | 3 | ||
Scrapbook, 1950 January-December | 5 | 4 | ||
Scrapbook, 1951 January-December | 6 | 1 | ||
Scrapbook, 1952 January-December | 6 | 2 | ||
Scrapbook, 1953 January-December | 6 | 3 | ||