Research Catalog

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Description

1. 2 lin. ft. (2 record cartons)

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Closeted gay people
2. Diaries
3. African American novelists
4. Manuscripts
5. Gay men
6. Scripts
7. Boyd, Wallace Bass, 1966-
8. Homosexuality
9. African American authors
10. Black author
11. Authors, American
12. African American poets
13. African American storytellers
14. Authors, Black
15. Coming out (Sexual orientation)
16. African American dramatists

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Manuscripts.
3. Scripts.

Call number

1. Sc MG 813

Source (note)

1. Wallace Bass Boyd

Biography (note)

1. 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.
2. 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)

1. Forms part of In the Life Archive, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Author

1. Boyd, Wallace Bass, 1966-

Title

1. Wallace Bass Boyd journals, 1985-2007.

Biography

1. 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.
2. 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

1. Forms part of In the Life Archive, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Local subject

1. Black author.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 813