Scope and Content

Diaries of David Turner, 1926-1971, relating mainly to the Moral Re-Armament campaign in Tenby and his own day-to-day activities.

Administrative / Biographical History

David Rogers Turner (1912-1971) was a Christian activist. He was born into a military family which by 1921 was resident in Gumfreston, Tenby, Pembrokeshire. He attended boarding school in Devon and the Harper-Adams School of Husbandry. He spearheaded the Moral Re-Armament (MRA; an Evangelical Christian movement) campaign in Tenby, to which he devoted most of his life. He also worked with orphaned children in Berlin after the Second World War. He died on 2 September 1971, aged 59.

Arrangement

Arranged into the following: diaries; and miscellaneous items.

Access Information

No restrictions

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Mr P. D. Palmer, Pembroke Dock, 1992.

Note

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Pembrokeshire Record Office, The Diaries of David Turner (1912-1971), catalogue; MSO Worldwide website (www.msoworld.com), viewed 15 June 2005.

Other Finding Aids

Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Pembrokeshire Record Office and the National Register of Archives.

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Appraisal Information

All records have been retained

Accruals

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