Bruce Boling Irish Language Papers Bulk, 1970-2000 1905-2001

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Bruce Boling Irish Language Papers Bulk, 1970-2000 1905-2001

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Bruce D. Boling is a linguist, historian, and librarian whose research focused on the Irish language with specific emphasis on the English dialects spoken in Ulster. He also collaborated with historian Kerby A. Miller on several projects related to Irish immigration history, including . This collection documents Bruce Boling's research on the Irish language. Materials include maps, memoranda, correspondence, transcriptions and annotations of research material, journal articles on various aspects of linguistics, and original writing concerning aspects of English and Irish language dialects in Ulster. The collection provides resource materials not only on the history of Irish immigration and the changing nature of regional linguistic patterns, but also the way in which social scientists interrogate the intersection between linguistics and social history. The collection also documents developments in the field of Irish American historiography, including Boling's interdisciplinary focus and methodology. Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan: Letters and Memoirs from Colonial and Revolutionary America, 1675-1815

10.0 linear feet; in 9 record cartons and 2 photograph boxes

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Miller, Kerby A.

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Professor at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and at the Institute of Irish Studies, Belfast, Northern Ireland. From the description of Kerby A. Miller papers, ca. 1820-1978. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420312 ...

Boling, Bruce D. (Bruce Dwight)

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Bruce D. Boling is a linguist, historian, and librarian whose research focused on the Irish language with specific emphasis on the English dialects spoken in Ulster. Boling received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of Iowa, a Master's in Library Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Masters and PhD in linguistics with a specialty in Celtic languages from Harvard University. He taught courses in linguistics at Harvard and the University of N...