Raven Ioor McDavid papers 1938-1985

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Raven Ioor McDavid papers 1938-1985

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Collection consists primarily of writings and other materials concerning the linguist Raven Ioor McDavid (1911-1984). Writings include his reviews and a large number of his linguistics articles, bibliographies, and speeches. Other items include correspondence (one letter from Jay B. Hubbell and its reply), documentation of the work of the Linguistic Society of America's Technical Committee on Language and Cognitive Development, parts of The Mirth of a Nation: America's Great Dialect Humor, edited by McDavid, an early Haitian document, and McDavid's obituary.

1.5 linear feet; 2 boxes, 176 items.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Linguistic society of America

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Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979

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Professor of American literature, Duke University, Durham, N.C. From the description of Papers, c. 1900-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122616751 From the description of Jay B. Hubbell papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81571865 From the description of Papers, 1905-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643110 From the description of Papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat re...

Mcdavid, Raven Ioor

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Raven Ioor McDavid, Jr. was born on October 16, 1911 in Greenville, South Carolina to Raven Ioor and Marie Louise (Henderson) McDavid. In 1929 McDavid was a summer student at the Virginia Military Academy. He received a B.A. from Furman University in Greenville in 1931, and went on to Duke University for graduate school (M.A. 1933, Ph.D 1935). From 1935 to 1938 McDavid was an English Instructor at the Citadel, a military academy in Charleston, South Carolina. From there ...