Robert Chester Turner Papers: Finding Aid mssTurner

Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
May 2022
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
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Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Robert Chester Turner papers
Creator: Turner, Robert Chester
Identifier/Call Number: mssTurner
Physical Description: 1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1887-1921
Abstract: Papers belonging to American mining engineer Robert Chester Turner.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Robert Chester Turner papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Grahame H. Hardy, July 1953.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Chester Turner (active 1887-1919), a mining engineer who lived in Berkeley, California, was vice-president of the Brunswick Consolidated Gold Mining Company, which had offices in both New York and California.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, documents (including five volumes of accounts, by-laws, etc.), and three letter books related to the Brunswick Consolidated Gold Mining Company and mining enterprises in California and the West. Correspondents include: R.H. Countiss, C.H. Mallen, Harvey Seeley Mudd, Seeley Wintersmith Mudd, and W.H. Oscanyan.

Processing Information

Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement

Organized in the following series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Bound volumes.

General

Former call number: mssTurner, Robert.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mineral industries -- California
Mining corporations -- California
Mining engineers -- California -- Correspondence
Account books -- California
Business records -- California
Letter books -- California
Letters (correspondence) -- California
Countiss, R. H.
Mallen, C. H.
Mudd, Harvey Seeley, 1888-1955
Mudd, Seeley Wintersmith, 1861-1926
Oscanyan, W. H.
Brunswick Consolidated Gold Mining Company

 

Correspondence 1887-1921

Box 1

B-M

Box 2, Box 3

Various letters to and from Robert C. Turner

Box 3

Bound volumes 1887-1889