Academic Career

This is the largest series. It consists of materials which chronicle Turner's life professionally at Howard University, Fisk University, Roosevelt University (formerly known as Roosevelt College), University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. The series contains materials related to day-to-day teaching and includes correspondence from highly recognized individuals, such as, Lydia Parrish to Dr. Melville Herskovits,14, 1936--940, and Lorenzo Dow Turner with John H. Sengstacke, July 4 and 27, 1953, Langston Hughes, July 13 and 19, 1953 and Ralph J. Bunche, October 23, 1957. Also included are documents related to the Peace Corp Program that Professor Turner co--ounded while tenured at Roosevelt University, Y.M.C.A teaching materials, and other materials related to his work as a consultant with Funk and Wagnall's Company, Webster's New International Dictionary and the Encyclopedia Britannica. In addition, there are items related to the Washington Sun newspaper which Turner edited and published from 1928-1929.