Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers
Object Details
- Biographical/Historical note
- Lorenzo Dow Turner was born in Elizabeth City, N.C. in 1895. He earned his B.A. in 1914 from Howard University; in 1917, he received an M.A. in English from Harvard University. He received his doctorate in English from the University of Chicago in 1926 while simultaneously serving as chairman and professor of the Department of English at Howard from 1917 to 1928. He held the same positions at Fisk University in Nashville from 1929 to 1946. In 1946 he accepted a professorship in the English department at Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he remained as professor of English and lecturer in African Cultures until his retirement in 1970. Turner was professor emeritus at Roosevelt until his death at age 77 in 1972. Turner's professional and academic interests encompassed both English and linguistics. A noted scholar of African languages and linguistics, he learned numerous West African languages, mastering five of them. He was a noted authority on Gullah, a Creole language spoken in the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.
- Date
- 1895 - 1972
- Extent
- 23.97 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Citation
- Lorenzo Dow Turner papers,Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Audiovisual materials
- Field recordings
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Maps
- Correspondence
- Topic
- Sea Islands Creole dialect
- African languages -- Study and teaching -- United States
- Linguistics -- Research -- United States
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-017
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EAD Collection Results
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Field Work in the Vicinity of Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Giant Outcrop of Granite Rock
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Field Work in Badagry, Western Region (Nigeria): Surviving Baracoon Structure at the Former Slave Market Site
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Field Work in the Vicinity of Ondo, Western Region (Nigeria): Ritual Performance Including Omolu (also Called Obaluaye, Soppona, or Babaluwaye), God of Smallpox and Infectious Disease
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Field Work in Nigeria: Expatriates Having a Picnic
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Oron Ferry Crossing: Cross River, Calabar Side
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Field Work in the Vicinity of Ilorin, Northern Region (Nigeria): Large Crowd on the Way to a Muslim (?) Celebration
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Field Work in Abeokuta, Western Region (Nigeria): Students Performance at Abeokuta Grammar School
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Field Work in Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Musicians with Traditional Instruments about to Participate to a Wire Recording Session
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Field Work on the Benue Plateau, Northern Region (Nigeria): Children by Traditional Round House with Thatched Roof
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Field Work in the Northern Region (Nigeria): Compounds with Perimeter Fence Made of Grass
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Field Work in Onitsha, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Weaving Demonstration by Mr. C. Anadu
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Field Work in Nigeria: Seated Young Man (Possibly a Student at University College of Ibadan)
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Field Work in Enugu, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Dancers of the Igbo Ekwezu Coal Camp Group of Enugu Women Association
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): View of the Old City, Taken from Minaret of the Great Mosque
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Field Work in Ife, Western Region (Nigeria): Cattle in the Street
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Field Work in the Vicinity of Bida, Northern Region (Nigeria): Farm Land near Nupe Compounds
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Field Work in the Western Region (Nigeria): Expatriate Family
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Field Work in Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Four Women (probably Yoruba Informants) Wearing Elaborate Headdresses
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Field Work in Nigeria: Large Crowd Attending a Muslim (?) Celebration
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Field Work in Nigeria: Two young Men with Necklace and Camera in Hand
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Oron Ferry Crossing: Cross River, Calabar Side
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Field Work in Creek Town, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Three Wooden Figures on Display
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Field Work in the Western Region (Nigeria): Standing Wood Figures and Other Yoruba-Inspired Objects
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Field Work in the Vicinity of Ilorin, Northern Region (Nigeria): Crowd Attending a Muslim (?) Celebration
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Culture
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- filter Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Nigeria, Northern 416 Exclude Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Nigeria, Northern
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