Summary

The papers of a University of Missouri English professor, well-known for his lectures on the pronunciation of “Missouri” and other dialect research, contain extensive professional correspondence, research data, articles, presentations, teaching materials, and materials related to his work with professional organizations. Audio cassettes include interviews with Germans in Missouri and with decorated U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Byrl D. Taylor, Missouri folk musicians, and examples of English language dialects.

Related: CA6213, Donald Lance Papers, including 21 linear feet, 25 audio tapes, and 107 computer disks.

Creator and/or Contributor
Lance, Donald (creator), Arbuckle, H. C. III (contributor), Bailey, Charles James (contributor), Boyer, Pierre (contributor), Bright, William (contributor), Chang, Ye-Ling (contributor), Charlton, Roger (contributor), Cohen, Gerald L. (contributor), Erdman, Peter (contributor), Faries, Rachel (contributor), Foley, John Miles (contributor), Frazer, Tim (contributor), Gray, Sarah (contributor), Gregg, Alvin (contributor), Justice, David (contributor), Kretzschmar, William A. Jr. (contributor), Lawson, Edwin (contributor), Linn, Michael (contributor), Lukashchuk, Michael (contributor), McDavid, Raven I. (contributor), Metcalf, Allan (contributor), Mock, Carol (contributor), Moser, Arthur Paul (contributor), Murray, Tom (contributor), Pace, George B. (contributor), Pilant, Richard (contributor), Read, Allen Walker (contributor), Rennick, Robert (contributor), Sample, Ward A. (contributor), Smith, Riley (contributor), Thiede, Ralf (contributor), Tiee, Hung-Yeh (contributor), Udell, Gerald (contributor), Voth, John (contributor), Winitz, Harris (contributor), Youmans, Gilbert (contributor), Lipscomb, Mance (interviewee), Ousley, Thomas (interviewee), Anselm, Friar (interviewee), Daddy, Teri (interviewee), Cansler, Loman D. (interviewee), Clark, Hannah (interviewee), Henggeler, Leo (interviewee), Henggeler, Lucille (interviewee), Hooper, Tom (interviewee), Ross, Maude (interviewee), Hunter, Max D. (interviewee), Shotwell, Opal (interviewee), Warfield, K. (interviewee), Reid, Loren (interviewee), Belden, H. M. (interviewee), Thomas, Roy (interviewee), Potter, Lawrence (interviewee), Turner, Nettie Gadberry (interviewee), Weiler, Martin (interviewee), Chomsky, Noam (speaker), Coggswell, Gladys Caines (storyteller), Cooke, T.D. (speaker), Jones, Daniel (speaker), Schaefer, Trish (speaker), Smitherman, Geneva (speaker), Wright, Jeremiah (speaker), Cansler, Loman D. (performer), Hangen, Keith (performer), Hunter, Max F. (performer), McCrory, Knox (performer), The Waffles (performer), McBride, Sherry (speaker), Foster, Frank (speaker), Ali, Rashied (speaker), McDavid, Raven I. (speaker), Hogan, Evelyn (speaker), Handcox, John L. (speaker), Taylor, Byrl D. (speaker)

Extent
11.3 (linear feet)
144 (audio cassettes)

Language
English (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Aging (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
American Dialect Society (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
American Folklore Society (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
B-29 (Bomber) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Black English (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Boats and boating (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
American Indians (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Children's poetry (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Bushyhead, Eliza Missouri (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Indochinese War (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Conference on College Composition and Communication (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Council on Geographic Names Authorities (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Dictionary of American Regional English (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
English language--Dialects (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Jazz (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk musicians (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Riverboats (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
German language (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Gray, Sarah (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Language and languages (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Language and languages--Study and teaching (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Linguistic Society of America (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Mid-America Linguistics Conference (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Mid-Missouri Teachers Applying Whole Language (Local)
Midwest American Dialect Society (Local)
Midwest Modern Language Association (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Midwest Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Local)
Missouri Academy of Science (Local)
Missouri Board of Geographic Names (Local)
Missouri Folklore Society (Local)
Missouri Philological Society (Local)
Pronunciation (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Moskel, Mary Louise (Local)
Modern Language Association (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Names, Geographical (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
National Council on Teaching English (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Oral history (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Peter Tamony Memorial Lecture on American Language (Local)
Poetry (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Special forces (Military science) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Teachers--Training (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Texas A & M University (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Texas, Corpus Christi (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Trail of Tears Association (Local)
U.S. Army (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
University of Missouri--Columbia (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Vietnam War (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Voodooism (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Western States Geographical Names Conference (Local)
World War, 1939-1945 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Linguistics (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Dialects (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))

Temporal Coverage
1938 - 2002

Geographic Coverage
Missouri (state) (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)

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