Polly Turner papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

Polly Turner papers, WLU Coll. 0699, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

Summary

Extent:
3 Linear Feet
Creator:
Turner, Polly (Pauline Swartz ), 1920-2019
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Polly Turner papers, WLU Coll. 0699, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Polly Turner (1920-2019) was born in Buchanan, Virginia and lived more than fifty years in Lexington, Virginia. She and her husband Edward Felix Turner, Jr., a professor at Washington and Lee University had three daughters. She was a civil rights and women's rights advocate and activist, a longtime voter registration and community volunteer, chair of Rockbridge County's (Va) Democratic party and a long time member of the Rockbridge (Va) Bird Club and Virginia Society of Ornithology.

Acquisition information:
Given on October 11, 2018, by Polly's daughter, Paula Markham, 1926 E. Bayview Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23503.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard