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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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Oron Ferry Crossing: Cross River, Calabar Side
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Field Work in Onitsha, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Weaving Demonstration by Mr. C. Anadu
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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 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 Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Oron Ferry Crossing: Cross River, Calabar Side, Ferry "Eket"
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Field Work in Creek Town, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Elderly Woman (probably Efik Informant)
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Field Work in Enugu, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Igbo Ekwezu Coal Camp Group of Enugu Women Association
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Field Work in Onitsha, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Houseboat and Dug-out Canoe
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Field Work in Creek Town, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Audience at Wire Recording Session of Unidentified Woman (probably Efik Informant)
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Field Work in Creek Town, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Efik Ruler (?) with Bell Commemorating Edidem (Paramount Ruler) Eyo Honesty II
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Firewood for Steamboat
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Field Work in Calabar, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Creek Town Ferry Crossing: Turner's Vehicle on Ferry
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Field Work in Aba, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Street Scene
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Field Work in Calabar, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Sporting Event on Campus of Hope Waddell Training Institution
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Field Work in Onitsha, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Weaving Demonstration by Mr. C. Anadu
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Oron Ferry Crossing: View of the Cross River
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Field Work in Calabar, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Distant View of the City
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Field Work in Creek Town, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Maternity Home and Child Clinic Center
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Young Igbo Mask Dancers Milling Up and Down the Main Road through the Village
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Field Work in Calabar, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Audience at Sporting Event on Campus of Hope Waddell Training Institution
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Field Work in Calabar, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Spanish Ship in Calabar Harbor
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Oron Ferry Crossing: View of the Cross River
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Field Work in Creek Town, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Elderly Man (probably Efik Informant)
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