Object Details
- Creator
- Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
- Names
- Fisk University
- Howard University
- Roosevelt University
- Turner, Geneva Calcier
- Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
- Topic
- Sea Islands Creole dialect
- African languages -- Study and teaching -- United States
- Linguistics -- Research -- United States
- Creator
- Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
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- Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers
- Summary
- The collection, which dates from 1895 to 1972 and measures 23.97 linear feet, documents the career and travels of Professor Lorenzo Dow Turner. The collection is comprised of correspondence, academic papers, research materials, books, newspaper and journal articles, sound recordings, and photographs.
- 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.
- Extent
- 23.97 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Date
- 1895 - 1972
- Custodial History note
- The Lorenzo Dow Turner papers were donated to the Anacostia Community Museum in 2003 by Professor Turner's widow, Lois Turner Williams. Additional materials were donated in the spring of 2010 by Mrs. Turner Williams.
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.06-017
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Audiovisual materials
- Field recordings
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Maps
- Correspondence
- Citation
- Lorenzo Dow Turner papers,Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams.
- Arrangement note
- The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: Biographical Series 2: Academic Career Series 3: Writings Series 4: Research Series 5: Photographs Series 6: Sound Recordings Series 7: Printed Materials
- Processing Information note
- Encoded by Jennifer Morris and Lucy Platten, 2015.
- Genre/Form
- Audiovisual materials
- Field recordings
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Maps
- Correspondence
- Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562713260219-1562713260231-0
