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Wallace Bass Boyd journals

Title
Wallace Bass Boyd journals, 1985-2007.
Author
Boyd, Wallace Bass, 1966-

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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 813 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 813 Box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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2 lin. ft. (2 record cartons)
Summary
The Wallace Bass Boyd collection is comprised of forty-seven journals, biographical accounts and geographical descriptions of black life in the South, as well as drafts of his writings from 1985 to 2007. The journals primarily capture Boyd's day to day experiences spanning from his undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate years. Four of the forty-seven journals are written to family members and aspiring artists. Notations about art and his artistic practice can also be found throughout the collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Manuscripts.
  • Scripts.
Source (note)
  • Wallace Bass Boyd
Biography (note)
  • Born November 11, 1966, in Valley, Alabama, storyteller Wallace Bass Boyd was raised in West Point, Georgia. After earning a B.A. in Liberal Studies from Emory University in 1989, Boyd moved to Tallahassee, Florida to attend Florida State University where he received a M.A. in Communications. While in Florida, Boyd worked in Tallahassee's LGBT community and wrote and produced Performance Night, a play staged at Family Tree LGBT Community Center.
  • In the tradition of storytelling native to East Alabama, Boyd began journaling to develop his own style. His autobiographical journals capture the experiences of black people in the South, his coming out process, and his educational experiences at predominately white institutions. Boyd's work has been featured in The Washington Blade, The Washington Post and on National Public Radio.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of In the Life Archive, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Call Number
Sc MG 813
OCLC
893686930
Author
Boyd, Wallace Bass, 1966-
Title
Wallace Bass Boyd journals, 1985-2007.
Biography
Born November 11, 1966, in Valley, Alabama, storyteller Wallace Bass Boyd was raised in West Point, Georgia. After earning a B.A. in Liberal Studies from Emory University in 1989, Boyd moved to Tallahassee, Florida to attend Florida State University where he received a M.A. in Communications. While in Florida, Boyd worked in Tallahassee's LGBT community and wrote and produced Performance Night, a play staged at Family Tree LGBT Community Center.
In the tradition of storytelling native to East Alabama, Boyd began journaling to develop his own style. His autobiographical journals capture the experiences of black people in the South, his coming out process, and his educational experiences at predominately white institutions. Boyd's work has been featured in The Washington Blade, The Washington Post and on National Public Radio.
Linking Entry
Forms part of In the Life Archive, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 813
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