Roy P. Turner Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two copies of Roy Peyton Turner’s thesis on farming the sustainable way. There is also a newspaper clipping of his obituary from the Huntsville Item dated October 10, 2008.
Dates
- Creation: 2008
- Creation: Undated
Conditions Governing Use
The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.
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Biographical / Historical
Roy P. Tuner was born on November 9, 1934. He attended Huntsville High School and later went on to Sam Houston State University where he graduated with a degree in Agriculture. He later received a master’s degree in Botany from the University of Arkansas. He taught both high school and college levels. He married Carol Childress in 1982. They had a son, Roy P. Turner, who died on October 14, 2008.
Extent
2 Volumes (This collection is located by call number order on the Thomason Room shelves. Call number: S451 .T4 T87 2005)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is housed on the Thomason Room shelves, arranged in call number order.
- Author
- Shaneil Snipe
- Date
- THR/01/2015.s089
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository