José Vigo papers

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{"value"=>"Sc MG 374", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11543689", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1967-1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1967/1987"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"José Vigo papers"}

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"José A. Vigo was a professor of Afro-American studies, anthropology, and Puerto Rican history and culture. The José Vigo papers consist of materials reflecting Vigo's dissertation topic, \"Language Maintenance and Ethnicity: A Sociolinguistic Study of Samaná, Dominican Republic\"."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

{"value"=>"In English and Spanish."}

origination

{"value"=>"Vigo, José A., 1950-1987", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Born in Puerto Rico, José A. Vigo migrated to New York; he attended Hunter College, graduating in 1978 summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and Culture Studies. He was awarded a Masters in Philosophy degree from Yale University in 1980, and was working towards his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Yale University in 1987, the year he died. Vigo taught Afro-American studies, anthropology, and as well as Puerto Rican history and culture at three Connecticut universities including Yale. He died in 1987.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The José A. Vigo papers consist of materiasl reflecting Vigo's dissertation topic, \"Language Maintenance and Ethnicity: A Sociolinguistic Study of Samaná, Dominican Republic\", which is a study of the processes of language maintenance and language shift among the descendants of a 19th-century American colony of freed people. Materials include research proposals, papers, field notes, and undergraduate papers pertaining to linguistics and anthropology. The collection also contains numerous bibliographies and articles written by other scholars, pertaining to the history of Samaná, linguistics, linguistic anthropology, the Creole language, and Cuba. Additionally, there are publications prepared by the Northeast Center for Curriculum Development for a community school district in the Bronx, New York, regarding Puerto Rican and African influences in the United States. Many publications are written in Spanish. Other materials include transcripts of interviews, and documents related to a course in Haitian Creole.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mercedes Vigo, 1989.</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: slides.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Victor Smthe, June 1989.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 December 15"}

date_start

1967

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1967

date_end

1987

date_inclusive_start

1967

date_inclusive_end

1987

extent_statement

4.63 linear feet (6 boxes)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], José Vigo papers, Sc MG 374, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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1. Proposals
2. Language and society in Samaná (draft)
3. Transcripts of interviews
4. Samaná [11/1]
5. Linguistic survey questionnaire
6. Dominican Republic linguistics
7. AME Church
8. Language maintenance and shifts
9. Multilingualism
10. Afro-Dominican traditions, "!Ahora!"
11. Bourget, Luis Eduardo. Macabón: estampas de Samaná
12. Cazneau, Jane McManus. Our Winter Eden
13. Christian work in Santo Domingo
14. Personal correspondence
15. Linguistics classes
16. Linguistic anthropology
17. Simpson, George E
18. Ethnoscience
19. Linguistics syllabi
20. Psycholinguistics
21. Evaluation of speech errors
22. Caribbean linguistics
23. Morphology
24. Haitian Creole
25. Dominican Republic Creole and Spanish dialectology
26. Bendix, E. Sociolinguistics bibliography
27. Alix, J. A
28. Educational reform
29. Research material from library books
30. Pidgins and Creoles
31. Sociolinguistic perspective in the study of bilingualism
32. Non-English Language Variation in the Western Hemisphere Conference, University of Louisville
33. Article on Black English
34. Creolization
35. Colonization
36. Articles on Dominican Republic
37. Dominican migration to New York City
38. National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
39. Freed Blacks
40. Ethnicity
41. Latin American bibliographies
42. Tong, Diane. "Language Use and Attitudes among the Gypsies of the Thessaloniki"
43. Syllabi [3/1]
44. Puerto Rico [7/1]
45. "Old Roots in New Lands"
46. Cuban anthropology
47. Afro-American anthropology, general papers
48. Caribbean society and culture
49. "Contradictory Omens"
50. Mintz and Price. "An Anthropological Approach to the Afro-American Past"
51. Hall, G. "The African Ingredient in the New Orleans Gumbo Pot"
52. Gullah
53. Dominican Republic history
54. Classes [2/1]
55. Notes
56. Valentine, Charles A. "The Culture of Poverty"
57. Holm, John, ed. Central American English
58. Bibliography
59. Printed matter
60. Caribbean archaeology
61. "Puerto Rican History and Culture" proposed course outline
62. Westfried's writing on race anthropology in Puerto Rico
63. Anthropology syllabi and Anthropological Research Group on Homosexuality (ARGOH) newsletters
64. Latin American folklore
65. Miscellaneous linguistics papers
66. Interamerican Journal of Psychology
67. Linguistics 153a, "Introduction to Transformational Grammar"
68. West Africa
69. Linguistic Society of America publications
70. Mesoamerica
71. "The Creolization of Literatures"
72. Valentine, Charles A. "Black Studies and Anthropology"
73. Miscellaneous papers
74. Structuralism
75. Miscellaneous social anthropology
76. "Language and Culture"
77. Cable, George W. The Dance in Place Congo and Creole Slave Songs
78. Conferences
79. Archival information from the National Archives
80. Poems
81. Miscellaneous undergraduate papers
82. Books [15/1]