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 Badagry, Western Region (Nigeria): Religious Structure within Unidentified Building
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Field Work in Badagry, Western Region (Nigeria): First Storey Building Constructed by Anglican Missionaries
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Distant View of the Great mosque
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Travel to Western Africa: Santa Ana Cathedral in Las Palmas, Canary Islands
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Entrance to Christian Mission
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Calabar-Creek Town Ferry Crossing: Christian Mission Church in Creek Town
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Unidentified Christian Mission
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Unidentified Christian Church
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Minaret of the Great Mosque, Mud-Brick Compounds in Background
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Field Work in Badagry, Western Region (Nigeria): First Storey Building Constructed by Anglican Missionaries
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Christian Mission Church
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Dome of the Great Mosque
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Christian Mission Church
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A Gêge cult house (200 years old), Bahia
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Christian Mission Church
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Travel to Western Africa: Santa Ana Cathedral in Las Palmas, Canary Islands
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Minaret of the Great Mosque
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Great Mosque
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque
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Field Work in Orile-Owu, Western Region (Nigeria): Baptist Church
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Unidentified Christian Mission
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Field Work in the Eastern Region (Nigeria): Unidentified Christian Mission
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Field Work in Kano, Northern Region (Nigeria): Interior of Dome in the Great Mosque
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- filter Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers 33 Exclude Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers
- filter Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Nigeria, Eastern 17 Exclude Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Nigeria, Eastern
- filter Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Nigeria, Northern 8 Exclude Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Nigeria, Northern
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- filter Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Canary Islands 2 Exclude Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Canary Islands
- filter Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Sierra Leone 1 Exclude Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890–1974 / 5.4.1: Research: Africa / 35mm negatives / Sierra Leone
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