Morrie Turner

Morrie Turner was an American comics artist and cartoonist (1923–2014). He was born at Oakland and died at Sacramento.

Also recorded as Morris Nolton Turner.

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Recognition and collections

Morrie Turner received Inkpot Award, Will Eisner Hall of Fame and Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award.

Identity

What the record establishes about Morrie Turner.

Contributions towards a dictionary of English book-collectors : as also of some foreign collectors whose libraries were incorporated in English collections or whose books are chiefly met with in England / edited by Bernard Quaritch. is dated 1892-1921 and held by Wellcome Collection. The inventor of the valve : a biography of Sir Ambrose Fleming / J.T. MacGregor-Morris ; with a foreword by E.W. Marchant. is dated [1954] and held by Wellcome Collection. The seventeenth annual report of the North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh : for the year MDCCLXV. is dated 1866 and held by Wellcome Collection. The fifteenth annual report of the North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh : for the year 1863. is dated 1864 and held by Wellcome Collection. Social histories of disability and deformity / edited by David M. Turner and Kevin Stagg. is dated 2006 and held by Wellcome Collection. Morrie Turner is recorded as having received Inkpot Award, Will Eisner Hall of Fame and Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award.

Voice of medicine. Volume 1 No. 4 October-November 1960. is dated 1960 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 47 objects associated with this heading. Morrie Turner is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Morrie Turner is recorded as comics artist and cartoonist. Open Library catalogues 15 works under this name. Wee Pals is dated 1965.

Works and catalogued output

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 11 works under this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Morrie Turner may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Morrie Turner is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q6913527.

Catalogued works

17 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1954 to 2006.

Wee Pals, dated 1965. Prejudice. Ser un hombre. Black and White Coloring Book. Explore Black History With Wee Pals. All God's chillun got soul. Choosing a health career. Famous Black Americans. Freedom is ... Featuring "Wee Pals.". Nipper. Nipper's secret power. Ser un hombre (Willis and his friends). Super Sistahs. Wee pals staying cool. The inventor of the valve : a biography of Sir Ambrose Fleming / J.T. MacGregor-Morris ; with a foreword by E.W. Marchant., dated [1954], held by Wellcome Collection. Voice of medicine. Volume 1 No. 4 October-November 1960., dated 1960, held by Wellcome Collection. Social histories of disability and deformity / edited by David M. Turner and Kevin Stagg., dated 2006, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 47 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Turner, Morrie, African American Studies Center, 2014.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1863The fifteenth annual report of the North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh : for the year 1863. is dated 1864 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1866The seventeenth annual report of the North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh : for the year MDCCLXV. is dated 1866 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1892Contributions towards a dictionary of English book-collectors : as also of some foreign collectors whose libraries were incorporated in English collections or whose books are chiefly met with in England / edited by Bernard Quaritch. is dated 1892-1921 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1923Morrie Turner born at Oakland.
  5. 1923Morrie Turner was born in 1923 at Oakland.
  6. 1954The inventor of the valve : a biography of Sir Ambrose Fleming / J.T. MacGregor-Morris ; with a foreword by E.W. Marchant. is dated [1954] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1954The inventor of the valve : a biography of Sir Ambrose Fleming / J.T. MacGregor-Morris ; with a foreword by E.W. Marchant. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1960Voice of medicine. Volume 1 No. 4 October-November 1960. is dated 1960 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  9. 1965Wee Pals is dated 1965.
  10. 1965Wee Pals.
  11. 2006Social histories of disability and deformity / edited by David M. Turner and Kevin Stagg. is dated 2006 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  12. 2014Morrie Turner died at Sacramento.
  13. 2014Morrie Turner died in 2014 at Sacramento.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Morrie Turner (Internet Archive), 15 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Turner, Morrie, African American Studies Center, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Morrie Turner.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 47 works naming Morrie Turner.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6913527: Morrie Turner

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Morrie Turner”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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