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/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Dr. Turner used this notebook to schedule appointments for interviews with Gullah informants in Wadmalaw, Johns, Edisto and St. Helena Islands in South Carolina.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.
1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston
Date:
05/15/1951
Collection Restrictions:
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Printed text on recto reads: "MISSIONS DES PÈRES BLANCS - Kabylie - Deux Soeurs Chrétiennes." Translated caption reads: [MISSIONS OF THE WHITE FATHERS - KABYLIE - Two christian sisters.] Two young sisters: the oldest one having her arm around the shoulder of her young sister. Both of them wearing cross shape pendants, beads necklaces, headbands. Large circular medallion on the chest of the older sister. Verso reads: "Cher Monsieur l'Abbé - Merci de vos si aimables cartes postales - Nous nous sommes demandés en effet ce que vous êtiez devenu. Le jeudi de l'Ascension nous sommes allés quelques jeunes et moi, prendre de vos nouvelles chez vous - une jeune mauresque nous a dit que le ''marabout'' était parti en France - Merci encore de vos si précieuse..." Translated verso reads: [Dear Father - Thank you for your gracious postcards - We were wondering what happened to you. On Ascension day, we went myself and some young people, to ask about you at your place - a young Moorish woman said to us that the ''Marabout'' was gone to France - Thanks again for your so precious...]
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-20-06
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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13. Congo français Cinq ménages chrétiens de Brazzaville
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Republic of the, -- Commune de Brazzaville, -- Brazzaville
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "13. Congo français / Cinq ménages chrétiens de Brazzaville."
Translated caption reads: "13. French Congo / Five Christian couples in Brazzaville."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-12-24
Collection Restrictions:
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Printed caption on recto reads: "69. Congo Français. - Balois / Chapelle et Chrétiens du Village des Baloïs. Au milieu, en blanc, le Chef catéchiste."
Translated caption reads: "69. French Congo. - Balois / Chapel and Christians of the Village of Baloïs. In the middle, in white, the Head catechist. "
Publisher's logo on recto: "Impr. Réunies de Nancy." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Col. Leray - Cliché Augouard."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-31-11
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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