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词条 Decherd Turner
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  1. Career

  2. Notes

  3. External links

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| birth_place = Pike County, Missouri
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| death_place = Austin, Texas
| nationality = American
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| occupation = librarian and educator
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Decherd H. Turner (1 September 1922, Pike County, Missouri – 7 July 2002, Austin, Texas) was an American bibliophile, ordained Presbyterian minister, director of S.M.U.'s Bridwell Library, and director of U.T.'s Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, known for acquiring rare books, manuscripts, and other archival materials.

Career

Turner grew up on a Missouri farm[1] and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri in 1943. He studied theology at the Vanderbilt University School of Religion, earning another bachelor's degree, and then became an ordained Presbyterian minister. Turner was director of the Bridwell Library in Dallas, Texas from 1950 to 1980. As director of the Bridwell Library, he made many acquisitions and assembled what is now the American Southwest's largest collection of 15th-century books. Turner also acquired vellum copies of such rare books as the Kelmscott Chaucer, the Doves Press Bible, and the Ashendene Dante.[2] In 1963, while continuing to serve as the Bridwell director, he became editor-in-chief of the Southwest Review.[3] In 1980 the Harry Ransom Center hired Turner to direct the Center and its acquisitions program. Before retiring in 1988,[4] he acquired the Uzielli Collection,[5] the Wolff Collection of 19th-century fiction,[6] the Pforzheimer Collection,[7] the David O. Selznick archive,[8][9][10] and a number of other notable collections.

Notes

1. ^{{cite journal|author=Sue Brandt McBee|author2=photographs by David Sprague|title=Decherd H. Turner, Alcalde's 1982 Sampler of Interesting Campus Intellectuals|journal=The Alcalde|year=1982|volume=70|issue=3|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12}}
2. ^{{cite journal|title=Former Bridwell Library Director Dies at Age 79|journal=S.M.U. News|date=July 11, 2002|url=http://smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/01379.html}}
3. ^The First One Hundred Books: A Brief History of Southern Methodist University Press: 1937 – 1964 by Allen Maxwell
4. ^{{cite journal|title=Ransom Center will lose Decherd Turner to retirement|journal=The Alcalde|date=Jan–Feb 1988|volume=76|issue=3|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w9YDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26}}
5. ^{{cite journal|title=Rare classical collection comes to Ransom Center|journal=The Alcalde|date=Nov–Dec 1986|volume=75|issue=2|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WuQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28}}
6. ^{{cite journal|title=Wolff fiction collection is best in 19th century|journal=The Alcalde|date=Sep–Oct 1985|volume=74|issue=1|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34}}
7. ^{{cite journal|title=World-famous Collection Finds New Home at UT|journal=The Alcalde|date=March–April 1986|volume=74|issue=4|pages=18–19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18}}
8. ^{{cite journal|title=Movie studio archives acquired by UT|journal=The Alcalde|date=Nov–Dec 1980|volume=69|issue=2|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22}}
9. ^{{cite journal|title=Gone With the Wind sheltered on campus|journal=The Alcalde|date=Jan–Feb 1992|volume=80|issue=3|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30}}
10. ^David O. Selznick Collection - Harry Ransom Center

External links

  • Ferguson, Daniel - Texas State Historical Association
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6 : American librarians|1922 births|2002 deaths|People from Pike County, Missouri|Vanderbilt University alumni|University of Missouri alumni

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