PUBLIC "-//The Edgar Cayce Foundation//TEXT (US::vavbecf::vavbecf00008::Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986)//EN" "vavbecf00008.xml" A Guide to the Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986 Turner, Gladys Davis Collection Coll. 8 The Edgar Cayce Foundation 2021 (CC0 1.0)

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This finding aid was produced using a form and manually entry 2021-10-25 Description is in English Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986 A Collection in The Edgar Cayce Foundation Coll. 8

The Edgar Cayce Foundation 2021 The Edgar Cayce Foundation The Edgar Cayce Foundation Descriptive Summary The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986 Coll. 8 11.8 Linear Feet Materials in this collection are in English. Turner, Gladys Davis; Turner, Albert E.; Wilmore, Leslie Seward; Davis, Mildred Arrangement

Arranged in 6 series: 1. Binders, 1889-1986. 2. Date books, 1900-1986. 3. Observation notebooks, 1932-1935. 4. Artifacts, 1948-1975. 5. Files, 1929-1986. 6. Books and oversize, 1909-1983.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item,] [date (if known)], Gladys Davis Turner Collection, Coll. 8, box_, folder_, The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

 Scope and Contents

This collection includes both professional and personal papers of Gladys Davis Turner, Edgar Cayce's long-time stenographer and secretary and co-founder of the Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

 Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open for research use.

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

 Binders 1889-1986 Box 1 binder [294 dream readings] Folder 1:1 1958 binder [Albert Turner Memory Book] Folder 1:2-1:4 1889-1970 Box 2 addendum [Albert Turner Memory Book] Folder 2:1 1951-1972 binder [Albert Turner Memory Book] Folder 2:2 1971-1981 binder [A.R.E. Activities] Folder 2:3 1935-1951 binder [A.R.E. Library Conference Center Community Dedication] Folder 2:4 1975 binder [A.R.E. Publishing Committee] Folder 2:5 1981-1984 Box 3 binder [A.R.E. Study Group Manual] Folder 3:1 1936-1962 binder [Aura Chart Readings by Edgar Cayce] Folder 3:2 1941-1943 binder [Cayce formulas] Folder 3:3 undated binder [board policy excerpts: A.R.E., E.C.F., A.U. for E.C.F. office, extracted by GDT] Folder 3:4 1983 binder [cards] Folder 3:5 1985-1986 binder [Cayce products correspondence] Folder 3:6 1978 Box 4 binder [Congress Course: The Mind of Man] Folder 4:1-4:2 1961 binder [Congress workbook] Folder 4:3-4:4 1980 binder [date sequence letters] Folder 4:5-4:6 1929-1977 Box 5 binder [diary with publication supplements] Folder 5:1 1950-1963 binder [Edgar Cayce letters loaned to Noel Langley, 8/12/1966] Folder 5:2 1930-1945 binder [Edgar Cayce Readings according to type, date] Folder 5:3 1982 binder [Edgar Cayce Readings alphabetical listing] Folder 5:4-5:5 undated Box 6 binder [Edgar Cayce Readings chronological listing] Folder 6:1-6:4 1906-1944 binder [Edgar Cayce Readings numerical changes] Folder 6:5 1969 binder [Edgar Cayce Readings Report File: Cures] Folder 6:6 1932-1960 Box 7 binder [extracts from the EC Readings on China, Gobi, Indo-China and Mongolia] Folder 7:1 undated binder [Glad Helpers readings, 281-1 - 281-40] Folder 7:2 1931-1939 binder [Gladys' 60th Anniversary] Folder 7:3-7:4 1983-1984 Box 8 binder [Gladys' Memory Book] Folder 8:1 1983-1985 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 8:2 1901-1922 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 8:3 1923-1924 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E. Folder 8:4 1925 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E. Folder 8:5 1926 Box 9 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 9:1 1927 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 9:2 1928 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 9:3 1929 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 9:4 1930 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 9:5 1931 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 9:6 1932 Box 10 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E. Folder 10:1 1933 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E. Folder 10:2 1934-1939 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E. Folder 10:3 1940-1949 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E. Folder 10:4 1950-1969 Box 11 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 11:1 1970-1971 binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.] Folder 11:2 1980-1983 binder [Incarnations Index: All Periods by Case Numbers] Folder 11:3 1957-1978 binder [Instructions for Journal Indexing; Source File; Reports] Folder 11:4 undated binder [June Congress 1961; GDT's Mind of Man class] Folder 11:5 1961 Box 12 binder [Les Says Book 1] Folder 12:1 1972-1982 binder [Les Says Book 2] Folder 12:2 1982-1985 binder [manuscript: Old Places in the New World] Folder 12:3-12:4 undated binder [My Years With Edgar Cayce] Folder 12:5 1971-1976 Box 13 binder [Outline for 60 Minute Documentary Film on Edgar Cayce] Folder 13:1 1965-1970 binder [Physician's Reference Notebook] Folder 13:2-13:3 1968 binder [Physician's Reference Notebook: Chiropractic Edition Section II] Folder 13:4 1972 binder [A Psychic's Religious Experiences: Gladys Davis' class at June Congress] Folder 13:5 1936-1950 binder [public speaking and publications of Gladys Davis Turner] Folder 13:6 1945-1967 Box 14 binder [Readings Survey] Folder 14:1 1972 binder [Selections from the Readings] A-J Folder 14:2 1940-1960 binder [Selections from the Readings] K-Z Folder 14:3 1940-1970 binder [Weekly Readings Extracts] Folder 14:4 1944-1953 binder [Work Readings] Folder 14:5 1911-1926 Box 15 binder [Work Readings] Folder 15:1 1926-1928 binder [Work Readings] Folder 15:2 1928-1931 binder [Work Readings] Folder 15:3-15:4 1931-1936 binder [Work Readings] Folder 15:5 1936-1944 Date Books 1900-1986 Box 16 appointment books Folder 16:1 1980-1986 Box 17 date books Folder 17:1 1900-1933 Box 18 date books Folder 18:1 1934-1944 Observation Notebooks 1932-1935 Box 19 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:1 1932-1933 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:2 1932-1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:3 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:4 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:5 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:6 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:7 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:8 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:9 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:10 1934 notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings] Folder 19:11 1934-1935 Artifacts 1948-1975 Box 20 embroidery [likeness of Greta Garbo] Folder 20:1 1975 ephemera Folder 20:2 undated framed dogwood flower Folder 20:3 1974 funeral register Folder 20:4 1968 plaque [dedication of Edgar Cayce's office at Arctic Crescent] Folder 20:5 1948 plaque [Moon landing commemoration] Folder 20:6 1969 Files 1929-1986 Box 21 address book Folder 21:1 1978 cook book [Better Homes and Gardens De Luxe Edition] Folder 21:2-21:3 1942 extracts from Edgar Cayce Readings [nutrition and health] Folder 21:4 1930-1944 personal recipes Folder 21:5 1968-1978 correspondence [personal] Folder 21:6-21:7 1968-1986 correspondence [professional] Folder 21:8-21:9 1972-1986 Box 22 lectures [Edgar Cayce] archival notes Folder 22:1 undated lectures [Edgar Cayce] What is Truth?; The Holy Ghost; What Is My Soul, and What Am I Intended to Do With It?] Folder 22:2 1929 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Man's Relationship to God Folder 22:3 1929 lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Inter-Conscious Mind] Folder 22:4 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Astrology Folder 22:5 1930 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Dreams Folder 22:6 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Subconscious Mind Folder 22:7 1930 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Mind as Related to Healing Folder 22:8 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Mind Reading and Telepathy Folder 22:9 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Fate Folder 22:10 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Faith Folder 22:11 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Numerology Folder 22:12 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Vibration Folder 22:13 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Psychic Phenomena] Folder 22:14 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Aura Folder 22:15 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Relativity of Force Folder 22:16 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Personality and Individuality Folder 22:17 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Hypnotism Folder 22:18 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Psycho-Analysis Folder 22:19 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Reincarnation Folder 22:20 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Evolution Folder 22:21 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] The First Ten Minutes After Death Folder 22:22 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] What Is Spirituality Folder 22:23 1931 lecture [Edgar Cayce] Where is Heaven? Folder 22:24 1931 lectures [Edgar Cayce] Present World Conditions; How to Develop Your Psychic Powers Folder 22:25 1932 lectures [Edgar Cayce] How to Develop Your Psychic Powers; The Second Coming; Continuity of Life: A Compilation Folder 22:26 1932-1934 lecture [Edgar Cayce] What Is A Reading? Folder 22:27 1933 lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Visible and the Invisible Folder 22:28 1933 lectures [Edgar Cayce] First the Individual; Continuity of Life; The Second Coming Folder 22:29 1933-1934 lectures [Edgar Cayce] Practical Application of Psychic Phenomena; What is Soul Power?; My Work with the Association Folder 22:30 1934-1935 lectures [Edgar Cayce] The Association for Research and Enlightenment; I Can't Explain it but...; Bible Interpretations Folder 22:31 1936-1938 lecture [Edgar Cayce] What I Believe Folder 22:32 1944 newsclipping [Cayce Hospital Closed] Folder 22:33 1931 Box 23 greeting and memorial cards [Albert Turner] Folder 23:1 1968-1969 greeting cards Folder 23:2-23:4 1979-1985 Box 24 greeting cards Folder 24:1-24:7 1976-1986 Box 25 notes Folder 25:1 undated pamphlets Folder 25:2 1947-1983 photographs [Albert Turner and Gladys Davis Turner] Folder 25:3 1964-1967 photographs [A.R.E. people] Folder 25:4 1947-1979 photographs [Cayce family Folder 25:5 1941-1943 portrait [Albert Turner] Folder 25:6 1968 postcards Folder 25:7 1940-1980 publications [A.R.E.] Folder 25:8 1971-1983 publications [written by Gladys Davis Turner] Folder 25:9 1923-1959 tarot cards Folder 25:10 undated Les Wilmore, A.R.E. Egypt / Israel Tour material Folder 25:11 1976 Box 25A Turner, Albert E. Albert Turner's correspondence and research materials from his work as a member of the Virginia Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment. articles Folder 25A:1 1953-1962 church publications on capital punishment Folder 25A:2 1959-1961 correspondence [Cecil Evans] Quaker Program at the United Nations Folder 25A:3 1959-1962 correspondence [Edgar Labat] Folder 25A:4 1961-1965 correspondence [United States Department of State] Folder 25A:5 1960 correspondence [Virginia Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment] Folder 25A:6 1959-1962 correspondence [Louise Wilson] Folder 25A:7 1961-1964 journal [Friends Journal] Friends Publishing Corporation Folder 25A:8 1961 journal [The Southern Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal] Woodland, North Carolina Folder 25A:9 1956-1957 magazine [Adult Student] General Board of Education of the Methodist Church Folder 25A:10 1957 magazine [Liberation] The Libertarian Press Folder 25A:11 1960 magazine [The Presidio] Iowa State Penitentiary Folder 25A:12 1959-1962 minutes [Committee on Citizen Participation Session on Capital Punishment] The American Correctional Association Folder 25A:13 1959 minutes [Virginia Beach Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends] Folder 25A:14 1967 newsclippings [capital punishment] Folder 25A:15 1955-1961 newsletter [Legislative Report: Massachusetts Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty] Folder 25A:16 1961 newspaper [The Mentor] Massachusetts Correctional Institution Folder 25A:17 1961-1962 notes Folder 25A:18 1961; undated obituary [John Bradshaw] Folder 25A:19 1962 Box 25B charters [Association of National Investigators; Association for Research and Enlightenment] Folder 25B:1 1927; 1931 correspondence Folder 25B:2-25B:3 1966-1986 correspondence [A.R.E. Board of Trustees] Folder 25B:4 1945; 1977 correspondence [Library of Congress Copyright Office] Folder 25B:5 1975 correspondence [Chris and Henry Vaughn] Folder 25B:6 1972-1985 extracts [Edgar Cayce Prayer Group readings Folder 25B:7 undated family tree [John Davis] Folder 25B:8 2009 lectures and publications [Robert Adriance] Folder 25B:9 1965 lectures and publications [Peter Ballbusch] Folder 25B:10 1966 lectures and publications [Morton Blumenthal] Folder 25B:11 1928-1929 lectures and publications [Franklin F. Bradley] Folder 25B:12 1929 lectures and publications [Harmon Bro] Folder 25B:13 1943-1950 lectures and publications [Thomas B. Brown] Folder 25B:14 1929 lectures and publications [Edgar Evans Cayce] Folder 25B:15 1943-1964 lectures and publications [Hugh Lynn Cayce] Folder 25B:16 1940-1954 lectures and publications [Gina Cerminara] Folder 25B:17 1945-1984 lectures and publications [Nell Clairmonte] Folder 25B:18 1969 lectures and publications [Ralph Courtney] Folder 25B:19 1941 lectures and publications [Florence Edmonds] Folder 25B:20 1932-1949 lectures and publications [A.J. Foerter] Folder 25B:21 1932-1933 lectures and publications [Lydia Schrader Gray] Folder 25B:22 1957 lectures and publications [Henry Hardwicke] Folder 25B:23 1936-1939 lectures and publications [Mrs. H.B. Harrell] Folder 25B:24 1933 lectures and publications [Evelyn Millicent Horton] Folder 25B:25 1939 lectures and publications [Virginia Learned] Folder 25B:26 undated lectures and publications [Noah Miller] Folder 25B:27 1940-1973 lectures and publications [Shane Miller] Folder 25B:28 1953-1961 lectures and publications [Jennie Moore] Folder 25B:29 1949 lectures and publications [Frances Y. Morrow] Folder 25B:30 1933-1937 lectures and publications [John J. O'Neill] Folder 25B:31 1939 lectures and publications [Laurie Pratt] Folder 25B:32 1933 lectures and publications [Harold J. Reilly] Folder 25B:33 1947-1966 lectures and publications [M.L. Richardson] Folder 25B:34 1933 lectures and publications [Lytle Robinson] Folder 25B:35 1979 lectures and publications [Gray Salter] Folder 25B:36 1933 lectures and publications [Elsie Sechrist] Folder 25B:37 1956 lectures and publications [Enid Severy Smith] Folder 25B:38 undated lectures and publications [Mae Gimbert St. Clair] Folder 25B:39 1956 lectures and publications [Thomas Sugrue] Folder 25B:40 1929-1952 lectures and publications [Hazel Tops] Folder 25B:41 1979 lectures and publications [Albert Turner] Folder 25B:42 1958-1968 lectures and publications [Gladys Davis Turner] Folder 25B:43-25B:44 1933-1981 lectures and publications [Marion Wolfe] Folder 25B:45 1941 list [money refunded for appointments canceled] Folder 25B:46 1945 magazine [Chimes Psychic Monthly] Folder 25B:47 1949-1950 manuscript [The Book of Exodus] Eva Ringrose Folder 25B:48 1972 newsclippings Folder 25B:49 1983-1986 programs [Washington and Lee University commencement] Folder 25B:50 1930 rosters [Gladys Davis Turner's Weekly Meeting with A.R.E. Conferees] Folder 25B:51 1977 will [Gladys Davis Turner] Folder 25B:52 1973 Box 25C binder [Group A Dreams; Dream Readings Project] Folder 25C:1 1955-1956 binder [Dream Readings Project extracts] Folder 25C:2-25C:3 1955-1956 reindexing corrections and additions Folder 25C:4 1980-1983 correspondence [Dream Project] Folder 25C:5 1955-1956 Box 25D lecture notes [Dream Project participants] Folder 25D:1 1947-1949 reports on dream experiences [Dream Project] Folder 25D:2 1951-1956 work files Folder 25D:3-25D:6 1980-1985 Books and oversize 1909-1983 Box 26 book [American Osteopathic Association Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians] Item 26:1 1981 book [A Book of Friendship: Celebrating the Joys of Having Friends] Item 26:2 1977-1983 book [Edgar Cayce's Photographic Legacy] Item 26:3 1978 book [American Library Association Rules for Filing Catalog Cards] Item 26:4 1943 book [The Magical Message According to Ioannes (St. John the Divine)] Item 26:5 1909 book [The Nag Hammadi Library] Item 26:6 1977 guest book [Gladys' 60th Anniversary celebration] Item 26:7 1983 Box 27 book [The Management of Archives] Folder 27:1-27:2 1965-1966 book [Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques] Folder 27:3 1971 Box 28 print [Broad Street Looking North Circa 1890] Item 28:1 undated diploma [Central City Business College] Item 28:2 1920 poster [Be Thankful for Gladys Day Proclamation] Item 28:3 1971