| Description |
4.4 lin. ft. |
| Note |
Photographic slides transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division. |
| Summary |
The José A. Vigo Papers consist of material 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 colony of freed American slaves. There are research proposals, papers and field notes collected in 1979 and 1982-1983, and undergraduate papers pertaining to linguistics and anthropology. Collection contains numerous articles written by other scholars pertaining to the history of Samaná, linguistics, linguistic anthropology, Creole language, Cuba, as well as various bibliographies. There are also 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 audiotapes of lectures, interviews, a course in Haitian Creole, as well as photographic slides of Puerto Rican santos. |
| Biography |
Born in Puerto Rico, José A. Vigo migrated to New York where he attended Hunter College, graduated in 1978 summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and Culture Studies. He was awarded the 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 and Anthropology as well as Puerto Rican History and Culture at three Connecticut universities including Yale. He died in 1987. |
| Finding Aids |
Partial inventory available. |
| Subject |
Vigo, José A., 1950-1987.
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Anthropological linguistics -- Dominican Republic.
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Blacks -- Languages.
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Languages in contact -- Dominican Republic.
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Anthropology -- Research -- Dominican Republic.
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Blacks -- Dominican Republic.
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Ethnology -- Dominican Republic.
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Creole dialects, French -- Haiti.
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Language and culture.
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Blacks -- Cultural assimilation.
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Languages, Mixed.
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Spanish language -- Foreign elements.
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Blacks -- Dominican Republic -- Social life and customs.
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Dominican Republic -- Civilization -- African influences.
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Anthropologists -- United States.
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African Americans -- Puerto Rico -- Social life and customs.
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United States -- Civilization -- African American influences.
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Blacks -- Dominican Republic -- Cultural assimilation.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
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| Call No. |
Sc MG 374
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| Research Call Number |
Sc MG 374
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