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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Robert Chester Turner papers
Creator:
Turner, Robert Chester
Identifier/Call Number: mssTurner
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1887-1921
Abstract: Papers belonging to American mining engineer Robert Chester Turner.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Robert Chester Turner papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Grahame H. Hardy, July 1953.
Robert Chester Turner (active 1887-1919), a mining engineer who lived in Berkeley, California, was vice-president of the Brunswick
Consolidated Gold Mining Company, which had offices in both New York and California.
The collection consists of letters, documents (including five volumes of accounts, by-laws, etc.), and three letter books
related to the Brunswick Consolidated Gold Mining Company and mining enterprises in California and the West. Correspondents
include: R.H. Countiss, C.H. Mallen, Harvey Seeley Mudd, Seeley Wintersmith Mudd, and W.H. Oscanyan.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Organized in the following series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Bound volumes.
Former call number: mssTurner, Robert.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mineral industries -- California
Mining corporations -- California
Mining engineers -- California -- Correspondence
Account books -- California
Business records -- California
Letter books -- California
Letters (correspondence) -- California
Countiss, R. H.
Mallen, C. H.
Mudd, Harvey Seeley, 1888-1955
Mudd, Seeley Wintersmith, 1861-1926
Oscanyan, W. H.
Brunswick Consolidated Gold Mining Company