MS_0102 - A. P. Turner Collection

Location: AC.3.B.1.1.5 - AC.3.B.1.2.1
The A. P. Turner collection is a two-box collection that documents the life of Allen P. Turner, a reverend of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and a Morehouse College graduate who wrote and directed dramatic plays at Albany State College and Florida A&M University.
The items within this collection date from 1930 to 1972, and are concentrated between 1940 and 1968. This collection includes academic and business papers, playscripts, letters, and other printed materials that provide valuable insight into Turner’s professional and personal life. His involvement in the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance of Tallahassee and Vicinity, the Young Men’s Christian Association, and the Florida Inter-Scholastic Speech and Drama Association gives this collection a strong representation of his religious, scholarly, and artistic leadership. Although the collection offers a strong foundation for understanding Turner’s leadership within religious and scholarly organizations, many items are untitled and undated, limiting the ability to fully contextualize specific individuals, events, and materials. Overall, the A. P. Turner collection provides valuable documentation of Turner’s life and how his social status as a reverend, playwright, and director contributed to his community.

• correspondences
• Education

• text

1 Linear Feet

Supervising Archivist: Johana-Marie Williams 2026
Processing Archivist: Dr. Murell Dawson 2026
Cataloging Archivists: Larry Charleston 2026
Online Publishing Archivist: Tellicia Mitchell 2026

• English

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