Marie R. Turner
Description
Marie Roberts Turner (1899-1984) was born in Knott County and raised in Breathitt County from the age of six months. After having taught school there, Turner became county school superintendent in 1931, a position she held for thirty-eight years. She was also active in the Democratic party and served three times as state Democratic chair. Along with her husband, Judge Ervine Turner, she was very involved in education and state and local politics.
There are interviews with Turner, educators, and political and community leaders, including A.B. "Happy Chandler, Lawrence W. Wetherby, Bert T. Combs, and Edward T. Breathitt, Jr. Topics include politics and political leaders in Kentucky, electioneering, women in Kentucky politics, the state Democratic and Republican parties, education in Breathitt County and the state, comparisons of life and education between eastern and western Kentucky, development of roads and transportation in Breathitt County, the coal industry, journalism in Kentucky, Carl D. Perkins, Earle C. Clements, the Turner family, the Broadbent family, and the Bingham family.
There are interviews with Turner, educators, and political and community leaders, including A.B. "Happy Chandler, Lawrence W. Wetherby, Bert T. Combs, and Edward T. Breathitt, Jr. Topics include politics and political leaders in Kentucky, electioneering, women in Kentucky politics, the state Democratic and Republican parties, education in Breathitt County and the state, comparisons of life and education between eastern and western Kentucky, development of roads and transportation in Breathitt County, the coal industry, journalism in Kentucky, Carl D. Perkins, Earle C. Clements, the Turner family, the Broadbent family, and the Bingham family.
Title
Marie R. Turner
Project Interviews
Interview with Ewell Baltrip
Publisher of the Harlan Daily Enterprise
Interview with Smith Broadbent, Jr.
Democratic Chairman of Trigg County
Interview with Adron Doran
Former President of Morehead State University
Interview with Al Smith
Editor and Publisher of the London Syndicate Echo and Chairman of the Democratic Party
Interview with J.R. Miller
Chairman of the State Democratic Committee
Interview with Polly Gorman
Former Secretary of State Government, Appointment Secretary, and Secretary on Staff at EKU
Interview with Wendell P. Butler
Former Superintendentof Public Instructions in Kentucky and Secretary of Agriculture
Interview with James Dodson
Director of Retired Kentucky Teachers Association
Interview with Alva Hollon, Sr.
Attorney
Interview with Lawrence Wetherby
Former Governor of Kentucky
Interview with Millard & Ruth Tolliver
Principle and Teacher
Interview with Edward Breathitt
Former Governor of Kentucky
Interview with Troy Eslinger
President of Lee's Junior College
Interview with Lyman Ginger
Executive Director of Cardinal Hill Hospital in Lexington, KY
Interview with Hollis Gibson
Retired Treasury Department Agent
Interview with Buford Howard
EKU Alumni, Class of 1963
Interview with Bert T. Combs
Former Governor of Kentucky and Court of Appeals Justice
Interview with A. Dale Bryant
Attorney
Interview with J. Douglas Graham
Retired Judge
Interview with Frances Johnson
Superintedent
Interview with Beckham Combs
Superintendent in Knott County, Kentucky
Interview with D. Fred Landrum
Teacher and Dean of Lee's Junior College
Interview with John Pearce
Editorial Writer for the Courier-Journal
Interview with J. Phil Smith
President of the First National Bank of Jackson
Interview with David Watts
Teacher
Interview with Thomas Collins
Education Professor at EKU
Interview with Edgar Raleigh
Principal of L.B.J. Elementary School
Interview with Eugene Sebastin
Breadthitt County School Superintendent
Interview with Marie Turner
Superintendent