Center For Applied Linguistics Negro American Dialect Project Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the Center For Applied Linguistics Negro American Dialect Project, including: teaching materials; interviews with Black children from Washington, DC (open reel recordings and transcripts); and demographic information on the participants in the study.
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 1970
Creator
- Center for Applied Linguistics (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to portions of this collection is restricted. The collection contains personally identifiable information (PII) that must be redacted before being made available to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Historical Note
The project was conducted by the Center for Applied Linguistics from 1965-1970. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation, the Center conducted a detailed study of the language of Black children in Washington, DC. The study was designed to learn more about the characteristics of the language used by Black children from 6 to around 14 years of age and to use these findings to prepare instructional materials especially for these children.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Processing Information
The collection has been rehoused in acid-free boxes and folders.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2025-01
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu