Turner, Arlin.

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General Career Biography

  • 1909: Born November 25 in Abilene, Tex.
  • 1927: Received B.A. from West Texas State University
  • 1930: Received M.A. from the University of Texas
  • 1934: Received Ph.D. from the University of Texas
  • 1934 - 1936 : Instructor at the University of Texas
  • 1936 - 1953 : Professor of English at Louisiana State University
  • 1941: Published Hawthorne as Editor
  • 1942 - 1946 : Served in U.S. Naval Reserve
  • 1947 - 1948 : Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1951: Visiting Professor, University of Montreal. Visiting Professor, University of Colorado
  • 1952: Awarded Fulbright appointment to University of Western Australia
  • 1953 - 1979 : Professor of English, Duke University
  • 1956: Published George W. Cable: A Biography
  • 1957: Visiting Professor, University of Texas
  • 1958: Visiting Professor, University of Virginia
  • 1958 - 1964 : Chairman, Duke University Department of English
  • 1959 - 1960 : Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1960: Published Mark Twain and George W. Cable: The Record of a Literary Friendship
  • 1961: Visiting Professor, University of Illinois
  • 1961: Published Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Introduction and Interpretation
  • 1962: Visiting Professor, University of Iowa
  • 1963: Visiting Professor, New York University
  • 1964: Visiting Professor, University of Bombay
  • 1966 - 1967 : Awarded Fulbright appointment to University of Hull, Hull, England
  • 1968: Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • 1969: Huntington Library Research Award
  • 1973 - 1974 : Awarded Senior Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities
  • 1974: Awarded James B. Duke Professorship
  • 1976: Received Doctor of Humane Letters from Berea College, Ky.
  • 1978: Visiting Professor, State University of New York
  • 1979: Appointed Therese Kayser Lindsey Professor of Literature, Southwest Texas State University
  • 1980: Published Nathaniel Hawthorne, a biography.
  • 1980: Died, April 24 in Austin, Tex.

Organizational Service Biography

The following lists selected offices and leadership roles held by Turner in professional organizations as documented in this collection. Turner was active in other professional groups that are not represented in his papers. The dates reflect the years of the highest positions he held and do not represent the total period of his membership or leadership. The organizations are listed alphabetically.

  • 1956 - 1967 : American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Regional Associate, 1956-1967 Fellowship Selection Committee, 1961-1963, 1965-1966
  • 1954 - 1979 : American Literature Managing Editor, 1954-1963 Editor, 1969-1979
  • 1955 - 1972 : American Studies Association (ASA) Advisory Council, 1955-1957, 1967-1972 Executive Committee, 1958-1959 Vice President, 1969-1970
  • 1956 - 1968 : Committee for International Exchange of Persons, (CIEP), Conference Board of Associated Research Councils (CBC) Member, Committee for American Studies 1956-1960, 1962-1963, 1967-1968 Chairman, Committee for American Studies, 1957-1960
  • 1949 - 1967 : Modern Language Association (MLA) Secretary, American Literature Section, 1949-1967 Chairman, American Literature Section, 1966-1967
  • 1961 - 1966 : National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Director, 1961-1964 Director, Commission on Literature, 1964-1966
  • 1968 - 1976 : National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman, Fellowship Selection Committee, 1968-1972 Member, Advisory Panel on Media Programs, 1976
  • 1956 - 1957 : South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Chairman, American Literature Section, 1956-1957
  • 1956 - 1979 : South Atlantic Quarterly Member, Editorial Board 1956-1979
  • 1955 - 1972 : Southeastern American Studies Association (SEASA) Vice-President, 1955-1956, 1968-1970 President, 1956-1957, 1970-1972

Henry Arlin Turner, a professor of English and Literature, is best known for his scholarship on Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Washington Cable. His interests also included Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Southern Literature, and American Humor writings. Turner authored, edited, or reviewed an extensive list of publications on these subjects, in addition to the monographs listed above.

From the guide to the Arlin Turner Papers, 1927-1980, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Wendell Holmes Stephenson Papers, 1820-1968 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn American Literature, Records, 1927-2000s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Jay B. Hubbell Papers, 1816-1998 and undated, bulk 1920-1979 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Arlin Turner Papers, 1927-1980 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Modern Language Association of America, American Literature Section Papers, 1922-1999 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Fisher Papers, (bulk, ), 1963-2001, 1967-2001 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Edgar Marquess Branch Papers, 1939-2003 and undated, (bulk 1960-1990) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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correspondedWith Aaron, Dan person
correspondedWith Adams, Hazard person
correspondedWith Allen, Gay Wilson person
associatedWith American Civil Liberties Union corporateBody
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associatedWith American Humor Studies Association corporateBody
associatedWith American Literature corporateBody
associatedWith American Studies Association corporateBody
associatedWith American Studies Research Centre corporateBody
correspondedWith Applewhite, James person
correspondedWith Asquith, Cynthia person
associatedWith Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. corporateBody
associatedWith Association of Chairmen of Departments of English in Colleges and Universities corporateBody
associatedWith Association of Departments of English corporateBody
correspondedWith Auchincloss, Louis person
correspondedWith Baker, Carlos person
correspondedWith Baym, Nina person
correspondedWith Bevington, Helen person
correspondedWith Blotner, Joseph person
correspondedWith Boorstin, Daniel person
associatedWith Branch, Edgar Marquess, 1913- person
correspondedWith Brice, Ashbel person
correspondedWith Bruccoli, Matthew person
correspondedWith Budd, Louis person
correspondedWith Cady, Edwin Harrison person
associatedWith Center for Southern Studies corporateBody
correspondedWith Cohen, Hennig person
associatedWith College English Association corporateBody
associatedWith College Language Association corporateBody
associatedWith Committee on International Exchange of Persons (CIEP) corporateBody
associatedWith Conference Board of Associated Research Councils (CBC). corporateBody
associatedWith Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) - Consulting corporateBody
correspondedWith Dalton, Harry L. person
correspondedWith Dickey, James person
correspondedWith Dos Passos, John person
correspondedWith Dykeman (Stokely), Wilma person
associatedWith Educational Testing Service (ETS) corporateBody
associatedWith Ellen Glasgow Society, 1973-1974 corporateBody
correspondedWith Estes, David person
correspondedWith Fisher, Benjamin Franklin person
correspondedWith Hersey, John person
correspondedWith Hoffman, Daniel person
correspondedWith Hubbell, Jay B. person
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associatedWith International Association of University Professors of English corporateBody
correspondedWith Jones, Howard Mumford person
correspondedWith Leary, Lewis person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
correspondedWith Ljungquist, Kent person
correspondedWith Mabbott, Thomas Ollive person
correspondedWith Matthiessen, F. O. person
associatedWith Melville Society of America, 1973, 1979 corporateBody
correspondedWith Michener, James A. person
associatedWith Modern Humanities Research Association corporateBody
associatedWith Modern Language Association corporateBody
correspondedWith Modern Language Association of America corporateBody
associatedWith Nathaniel Hawthorne Society corporateBody
associatedWith National Council of Teachers of English corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina English Teachers Association corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Literary and Historical Association corporateBody
correspondedWith Owen, Guy person
associatedWith Phi Beta Kappa corporateBody
associatedWith Poe Studies Association corporateBody
correspondedWith Poirier, Richard person
associatedWith Popular Culture Association corporateBody
correspondedWith Porter, Katherine Anne person
correspondedWith Price, Reynolds person
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correspondedWith Russell, Trusten W. person
correspondedWith Schorer, Mark person
associatedWith Society for the Study of Southern Literature corporateBody
associatedWith Society of American Historians corporateBody
associatedWith South Atlantic Modern Language Association corporateBody
associatedWith South-Central Modern Language Association corporateBody
associatedWith Southeastern American Studies Association corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Historical Association corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Humanities Conference corporateBody
correspondedWith Stafford, William person
correspondedWith Stephenson, Wendell Holmes, 1899-1970 person
correspondedWith Stovall, Floyd person
correspondedWith Stuart, Jesse person
associatedWith Sut Society corporateBody
correspondedWith Thompson, Lawrence person
correspondedWith Warren, Robert Penn person
correspondedWith Wilson, Edmund person
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