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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language exhibition records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-056
- Creators:
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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2010
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2.7 Linear feet3 boxes
- Repository:
An exhibition documenting the historical journey made by people from Africa to the Americas, along with their language and music. In the 1930s, Lorenzo Dow Turner discovered that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina retained parts of the culture and language of their West African enslaved ancestors. Turner's research produced a living treasury of previously unknown traditions, songs, and folkways that also uncovered and illuminated the connections with West African and Afro-Brazilian communities.
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
These records document the reseach, execution, and promotion of the exhibition and symposium associated with the exhibit. Materials include research files, catalogues, family and visitor guides, symposium programs, posters and docent materials.
Administration
Author
Jennifer Morris
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Preferred Citation
Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language
exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian InstitutionKeywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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| Museum exhibits | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Research | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Linguistics -- Research -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sea Islands Creole dialect | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Brochures | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Georgia -- Languages | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| South Carolina -- Languages | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| African languages -- Study and teaching -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Anacostia Community Museum | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, D.C. 20020
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-4853
ACMArchives@si.edu
