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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 1985-2007. The journals primarily capture Boyd's day-to-day experiences spanning across 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.
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.
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Gift of Wallace Bass Boyd, 2009.
In the Life Archive (ITLA) miscellaneous collections, Sc MG 736, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture