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Joseph E. Holloway papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4511

Scope and content

Original mss., typeset proofs, galley proofs, notes, and illustrations for Africanisms in American Culture; mss. and multiple drafts of essays published in that book, including "The Origins of Afircan-American Culture" by Holloway, "African Elements in African-American English" by Molefi Kete Asante, "Gullah Attitudes Toward Life and Death" by Margaret W. Creel, "Africanisms in African-American Music" by Portia K. Maultsby, and "The African Heritage of White America" by John E. Philips. Also, ms. "Africanisms in Gullah Oral Tradition," published in Western Journal of Black Studies, 1989; mss. and multiple drafts of African Heritage of American English (working title of "Dictionary of Africanisms," 1993, co-authored with Winifred K. Vass); and Holloway's UCLA dissertation, 1980, "Liberian Diplomacy in Africa: A Study of Inter-African Relations Between 1957 and 1966."

Scope and content

Also, thirteen videocassettes of interviews with various Gullah and Oyotunji people concerning culture, heritage, language and Africanisms, and six audiocassettes of similar interviews.

Dates

  • 1980 - 1991

Creator

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Photocopying is prohibited during the lifetime of Joseph E. Holloway except with his written permission..

Biographical / Historical

In 1983, Dr. Joseph Holloway received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to collect, interpret, and record "Africanisms" in American culture. He traveled extensively compiling this data, and in 1990 the University of Indiana, Bloomington, published his findings in Africanisms in American Culture. He received additional funding from California State University, Northridge to conduct further research, including videotaped interviews with prominent persons in the field.

Extent

2.2 cubic feet.

13 videocassettes.

6 audiocassettes.

Language of Materials

English