A Guide to the Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986 Turner, Gladys Davis Collection Coll. 8

A Guide to the Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986

A Collection in
The Edgar Cayce Foundation
Collection Number Coll. 8

The Edgar Cayce Foundation

Edgar Cayce Foundation
215 S. 67th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
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Processed by: The Edgar Cayce Foundation

Repository

The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Collection Number

Coll. 8

Title

Gladys Davis Turner Collection, 1889-1986

Physical Characteristics

11.8 Linear Feet

Creator

Turner, Gladys Davis ; Turner, Albert E. ; Wilmore, Leslie Seward ; Davis, Mildred

Language

Materials in this collection are in English .

Administrative Information

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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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.

Preferred Citation

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

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.

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.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Davis, Mildred
Turner, Albert E.
Turner, Albert E.
Turner, Gladys Davis
Wilmore, Leslie Seward

Container List

Binders

1889-1986

Box 1
- Folder 1:1
  binder [294 dream readings]
  1958
- Folder 1:2-1:4
  binder [Albert Turner Memory Book]
  1889-1970
Box 2
- Folder 2:1
  addendum [Albert Turner Memory Book]
  1951-1972
- Folder 2:2
  binder [Albert Turner Memory Book]
  1971-1981
- Folder 2:3
  binder [A.R.E. Activities]
  1935-1951
- Folder 2:4
  binder [A.R.E. Library Conference Center Community Dedication]
  1975
- Folder 2:5
  binder [A.R.E. Publishing Committee]
  1981-1984
Box 3
- Folder 3:1
  binder [A.R.E. Study Group Manual]
  1936-1962
- Folder 3:2
  binder [Aura Chart Readings by Edgar Cayce]
  1941-1943
- Folder 3:3
  binder [Cayce formulas]
  undated
- Folder 3:4
  binder [board policy excerpts: A.R.E., E.C.F., A.U. for E.C.F. office, extracted by GDT]
  1983
- Folder 3:5
  binder [cards]
  1985-1986
- Folder 3:6
  binder [Cayce products correspondence]
  1978
Box 4
- Folder 4:1-4:2
  binder [Congress Course: The Mind of Man]
  1961
- Folder 4:3-4:4
  binder [Congress workbook]
  1980
- Folder 4:5-4:6
  binder [date sequence letters]
  1929-1977
Box 5
- Folder 5:1
  binder [diary with publication supplements]
  1950-1963
- Folder 5:2
  binder [Edgar Cayce letters loaned to Noel Langley, 8/12/1966]
  1930-1945
- Folder 5:3
  binder [Edgar Cayce Readings according to type, date]
  1982
- Folder 5:4-5:5
  binder [Edgar Cayce Readings alphabetical listing]
  undated
Box 6
- Folder 6:1-6:4
  binder [Edgar Cayce Readings chronological listing]
  1906-1944
- Folder 6:5
  binder [Edgar Cayce Readings numerical changes]
  1969
- Folder 6:6
  binder [Edgar Cayce Readings Report File: Cures]
  1932-1960
Box 7
- Folder 7:1
  binder [extracts from the EC Readings on China, Gobi, Indo-China and Mongolia]
  undated
- Folder 7:2
  binder [Glad Helpers readings, 281-1 - 281-40]
  1931-1939
- Folder 7:3-7:4
  binder [Gladys' 60th Anniversary]
  1983-1984
Box 8
- Folder 8:1
  binder [Gladys' Memory Book]
  1983-1985
- Folder 8:2
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1901-1922
- Folder 8:3
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1923-1924
- Folder 8:4
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.
  1925
- Folder 8:5
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.
  1926
Box 9
- Folder 9:1
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1927
- Folder 9:2
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1928
- Folder 9:3
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1929
- Folder 9:4
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1930
- Folder 9:5
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1931
- Folder 9:6
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1932
Box 10
- Folder 10:1
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.
  1933
- Folder 10:2
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.
  1934-1939
- Folder 10:3
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.
  1940-1949
- Folder 10:4
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.
  1950-1969
Box 11
- Folder 11:1
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1970-1971
- Folder 11:2
  binder [Historical Events of the A.R.E.]
  1980-1983
- Folder 11:3
  binder [Incarnations Index: All Periods by Case Numbers]
  1957-1978
- Folder 11:4
  binder [Instructions for Journal Indexing; Source File; Reports]
  undated
- Folder 11:5
  binder [June Congress 1961; GDT's Mind of Man class]
  1961
Box 12
- Folder 12:1
  binder [Les Says Book 1]
  1972-1982
- Folder 12:2
  binder [Les Says Book 2]
  1982-1985
- Folder 12:3-12:4
  binder [manuscript: Old Places in the New World]
  undated
- Folder 12:5
  binder [My Years With Edgar Cayce]
  1971-1976
Box 13
- Folder 13:1
  binder [Outline for 60 Minute Documentary Film on Edgar Cayce]
  1965-1970
- Folder 13:2-13:3
  binder [Physician's Reference Notebook]
  1968
- Folder 13:4
  binder [Physician's Reference Notebook: Chiropractic Edition Section II]
  1972
- Folder 13:5
  binder [A Psychic's Religious Experiences: Gladys Davis' class at June Congress]
  1936-1950
- Folder 13:6
  binder [public speaking and publications of Gladys Davis Turner]
  1945-1967
Box 14
- Folder 14:1
  binder [Readings Survey]
  1972
- Folder 14:2
  binder [Selections from the Readings] A-J
  1940-1960
- Folder 14:3
  binder [Selections from the Readings] K-Z
  1940-1970
- Folder 14:4
  binder [Weekly Readings Extracts]
  1944-1953
- Folder 14:5
  binder [Work Readings]
  1911-1926
Box 15
- Folder 15:1
  binder [Work Readings]
  1926-1928
- Folder 15:2
  binder [Work Readings]
  1928-1931
- Folder 15:3-15:4
  binder [Work Readings]
  1931-1936
- Folder 15:5
  binder [Work Readings]
  1936-1944

Date Books

1900-1986

Box 16
- Folder 16:1
  appointment books
  1980-1986
Box 17
- Folder 17:1
  date books
  1900-1933
Box 18
- Folder 18:1
  date books
  1934-1944

Observation Notebooks

1932-1935

Box 19
- Folder 19:1
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1932-1933
- Folder 19:2
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1932-1934
- Folder 19:3
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:4
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:5
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:6
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:7
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:8
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:9
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:10
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934
- Folder 19:11
  notebook [Notes and Observations on Edgar Cayce During Readings]
  1934-1935

Artifacts

1948-1975

Box 20
- Folder 20:1
  embroidery [likeness of Greta Garbo]
  1975
- Folder 20:2
  ephemera
  undated
- Folder 20:3
  framed dogwood flower
  1974
- Folder 20:4
  funeral register
  1968
- Folder 20:5
  plaque [dedication of Edgar Cayce's office at Arctic Crescent]
  1948
- Folder 20:6
  plaque [Moon landing commemoration]
  1969

Files

1929-1986

Box 21
- Folder 21:1
  address book
  1978
- Folder 21:2-21:3
  cook book [Better Homes and Gardens De Luxe Edition]
  1942
- Folder 21:4
  extracts from Edgar Cayce Readings [nutrition and health]
  1930-1944
- Folder 21:5
  personal recipes
  1968-1978
- Folder 21:6-21:7
  correspondence [personal]
  1968-1986
- Folder 21:8-21:9
  correspondence [professional]
  1972-1986
Box 22
- Folder 22:1
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] archival notes
  undated
- Folder 22:2
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] What is Truth?; The Holy Ghost; What Is My Soul, and What Am I Intended to Do With It?]
  1929
- Folder 22:3
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Man's Relationship to God
  1929
- Folder 22:4
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Inter-Conscious Mind]
  1931
- Folder 22:5
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Astrology
  1930
- Folder 22:6
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Dreams
  1931
- Folder 22:7
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Subconscious Mind
  1930
- Folder 22:8
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Mind as Related to Healing
  1931
- Folder 22:9
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Mind Reading and Telepathy
  1931
- Folder 22:10
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Fate
  1931
- Folder 22:11
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Faith
  1931
- Folder 22:12
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Numerology
  1931
- Folder 22:13
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Vibration
  1931
- Folder 22:14
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Psychic Phenomena]
  1931
- Folder 22:15
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Aura
  1931
- Folder 22:16
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Relativity of Force
  1931
- Folder 22:17
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Personality and Individuality
  1931
- Folder 22:18
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Hypnotism
  1931
- Folder 22:19
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Psycho-Analysis
  1931
- Folder 22:20
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Reincarnation
  1931
- Folder 22:21
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Evolution
  1931
- Folder 22:22
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] The First Ten Minutes After Death
  1931
- Folder 22:23
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] What Is Spirituality
  1931
- Folder 22:24
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] Where is Heaven?
  1931
- Folder 22:25
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] Present World Conditions; How to Develop Your Psychic Powers
  1932
- Folder 22:26
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] How to Develop Your Psychic Powers; The Second Coming; Continuity of Life: A Compilation
  1932-1934
- Folder 22:27
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] What Is A Reading?
  1933
- Folder 22:28
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] The Visible and the Invisible
  1933
- Folder 22:29
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] First the Individual; Continuity of Life; The Second Coming
  1933-1934
- Folder 22:30
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] Practical Application of Psychic Phenomena; What is Soul Power?; My Work with the Association
  1934-1935
- Folder 22:31
  lectures [Edgar Cayce] The Association for Research and Enlightenment; I Can't Explain it but...; Bible Interpretations
  1936-1938
- Folder 22:32
  lecture [Edgar Cayce] What I Believe
  1944
- Folder 22:33
  newsclipping [Cayce Hospital Closed]
  1931
Box 23
- Folder 23:1
  greeting and memorial cards [Albert Turner]
  1968-1969
- Folder 23:2-23:4
  greeting cards
  1979-1985
Box 24
- Folder 24:1-24:7
  greeting cards
  1976-1986
Box 25
- Folder 25:1
  notes
  undated
- Folder 25:2
  pamphlets
  1947-1983
- Folder 25:3
  photographs [Albert Turner and Gladys Davis Turner]
  1964-1967
- Folder 25:4
  photographs [A.R.E. people]
  1947-1979
- Folder 25:5
  photographs [Cayce family
  1941-1943
- Folder 25:6
  portrait [Albert Turner]
  1968
- Folder 25:7
  postcards
  1940-1980
- Folder 25:8
  publications [A.R.E.]
  1971-1983
- Folder 25:9
  publications [written by Gladys Davis Turner]
  1923-1959
- Folder 25:10
  tarot cards
  undated
- Folder 25:11
  Les Wilmore, A.R.E. Egypt / Israel Tour material
  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.
- Folder 25A:1
  articles
  1953-1962
- Folder 25A:2
  church publications on capital punishment
  1959-1961
- Folder 25A:3
  correspondence [Cecil Evans] Quaker Program at the United Nations
  1959-1962
- Folder 25A:4
  correspondence [Edgar Labat]
  1961-1965
- Folder 25A:5
  correspondence [United States Department of State]
  1960
- Folder 25A:6
  correspondence [Virginia Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment]
  1959-1962
- Folder 25A:7
  correspondence [Louise Wilson]
  1961-1964
- Folder 25A:8
  journal [Friends Journal] Friends Publishing Corporation
  1961
- Folder 25A:9
  journal [The Southern Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal] Woodland, North Carolina
  1956-1957
- Folder 25A:10
  magazine [Adult Student] General Board of Education of the Methodist Church
  1957
- Folder 25A:11
  magazine [Liberation] The Libertarian Press
  1960
- Folder 25A:12
  magazine [The Presidio] Iowa State Penitentiary
  1959-1962
- Folder 25A:13
  minutes [Committee on Citizen Participation Session on Capital Punishment] The American Correctional Association
  1959
- Folder 25A:14
  minutes [Virginia Beach Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends]
  1967
- Folder 25A:15
  newsclippings [capital punishment]
  1955-1961
- Folder 25A:16
  newsletter [Legislative Report: Massachusetts Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty]
  1961
- Folder 25A:17
  newspaper [The Mentor] Massachusetts Correctional Institution
  1961-1962
- Folder 25A:18
  notes
  1961; undated
- Folder 25A:19
  obituary [John Bradshaw]
  1962
Box 25B
- Folder 25B:1
  charters [Association of National Investigators; Association for Research and Enlightenment]
  1927; 1931
- Folder 25B:2-25B:3
  correspondence
  1966-1986
- Folder 25B:4
  correspondence [A.R.E. Board of Trustees]
  1945; 1977
- Folder 25B:5
  correspondence [Library of Congress Copyright Office]
  1975
- Folder 25B:6
  correspondence [Chris and Henry Vaughn]
  1972-1985
- Folder 25B:7
  extracts [Edgar Cayce Prayer Group readings
  undated
- Folder 25B:8
  family tree [John Davis]
  2009
- Folder 25B:9
  lectures and publications [Robert Adriance]
  1965
- Folder 25B:10
  lectures and publications [Peter Ballbusch]
  1966
- Folder 25B:11
  lectures and publications [Morton Blumenthal]
  1928-1929
- Folder 25B:12
  lectures and publications [Franklin F. Bradley]
  1929
- Folder 25B:13
  lectures and publications [Harmon Bro]
  1943-1950
- Folder 25B:14
  lectures and publications [Thomas B. Brown]
  1929
- Folder 25B:15
  lectures and publications [Edgar Evans Cayce]
  1943-1964
- Folder 25B:16
  lectures and publications [Hugh Lynn Cayce]
  1940-1954
- Folder 25B:17
  lectures and publications [Gina Cerminara]
  1945-1984
- Folder 25B:18
  lectures and publications [Nell Clairmonte]
  1969
- Folder 25B:19
  lectures and publications [Ralph Courtney]
  1941
- Folder 25B:20
  lectures and publications [Florence Edmonds]
  1932-1949
- Folder 25B:21
  lectures and publications [A.J. Foerter]
  1932-1933
- Folder 25B:22
  lectures and publications [Lydia Schrader Gray]
  1957
- Folder 25B:23
  lectures and publications [Henry Hardwicke]
  1936-1939
- Folder 25B:24
  lectures and publications [Mrs. H.B. Harrell]
  1933
- Folder 25B:25
  lectures and publications [Evelyn Millicent Horton]
  1939
- Folder 25B:26
  lectures and publications [Virginia Learned]
  undated
- Folder 25B:27
  lectures and publications [Noah Miller]
  1940-1973
- Folder 25B:28
  lectures and publications [Shane Miller]
  1953-1961
- Folder 25B:29
  lectures and publications [Jennie Moore]
  1949
- Folder 25B:30
  lectures and publications [Frances Y. Morrow]
  1933-1937
- Folder 25B:31
  lectures and publications [John J. O'Neill]
  1939
- Folder 25B:32
  lectures and publications [Laurie Pratt]
  1933
- Folder 25B:33
  lectures and publications [Harold J. Reilly]
  1947-1966
- Folder 25B:34
  lectures and publications [M.L. Richardson]
  1933
- Folder 25B:35
  lectures and publications [Lytle Robinson]
  1979
- Folder 25B:36
  lectures and publications [Gray Salter]
  1933
- Folder 25B:37
  lectures and publications [Elsie Sechrist]
  1956
- Folder 25B:38
  lectures and publications [Enid Severy Smith]
  undated
- Folder 25B:39
  lectures and publications [Mae Gimbert St. Clair]
  1956
- Folder 25B:40
  lectures and publications [Thomas Sugrue]
  1929-1952
- Folder 25B:41
  lectures and publications [Hazel Tops]
  1979
- Folder 25B:42
  lectures and publications [Albert Turner]
  1958-1968
- Folder 25B:43-25B:44
  lectures and publications [Gladys Davis Turner]
  1933-1981
- Folder 25B:45
  lectures and publications [Marion Wolfe]
  1941
- Folder 25B:46
  list [money refunded for appointments canceled]
  1945
- Folder 25B:47
  magazine [Chimes Psychic Monthly]
  1949-1950
- Folder 25B:48
  manuscript [The Book of Exodus] Eva Ringrose
  1972
- Folder 25B:49
  newsclippings
  1983-1986
- Folder 25B:50
  programs [Washington and Lee University commencement]
  1930
- Folder 25B:51
  rosters [Gladys Davis Turner's Weekly Meeting with A.R.E. Conferees]
  1977
- Folder 25B:52
  will [Gladys Davis Turner]
  1973
Box 25C
- Folder 25C:1
  binder [Group A Dreams; Dream Readings Project]
  1955-1956
- Folder 25C:2-25C:3
  binder [Dream Readings Project extracts]
  1955-1956
- Folder 25C:4
  reindexing corrections and additions
  1980-1983
- Folder 25C:5
  correspondence [Dream Project]
  1955-1956
Box 25D
- Folder 25D:1
  lecture notes [Dream Project participants]
  1947-1949
- Folder 25D:2
  reports on dream experiences [Dream Project]
  1951-1956
- Folder 25D:3-25D:6
  work files
  1980-1985

Books and oversize

1909-1983

Box 26
- Item 26:1
  book [American Osteopathic Association Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians]
  1981
- Item 26:2
  book [A Book of Friendship: Celebrating the Joys of Having Friends]
  1977-1983
- Item 26:3
  book [Edgar Cayce's Photographic Legacy]
  1978
- Item 26:4
  book [American Library Association Rules for Filing Catalog Cards]
  1943
- Item 26:5
  book [The Magical Message According to Ioannes (St. John the Divine)]
  1909
- Item 26:6
  book [The Nag Hammadi Library]
  1977
- Item 26:7
  guest book [Gladys' 60th Anniversary celebration]
  1983
Box 27
- Folder 27:1-27:2
  book [The Management of Archives]
  1965-1966
- Folder 27:3
  book [Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques]
  1971
Box 28
- Item 28:1
  print [Broad Street Looking North Circa 1890]
  undated
- Item 28:2
  diploma [Central City Business College]
  1920
- Item 28:3
  poster [Be Thankful for Gladys Day Proclamation]
  1971