Preliminary Inventory of the Blanche M. Boyd Papers, 1957-1984
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TitleBlanche M. Boyd Papers, 1957-1984
Creator
Boyd, Blanche M., 1945-
Extent
1 Linear Foot
662 Items
Repository
662 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsAccess is restricted.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information please consult the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Blanche M. Boyd Papers, 1957-1984, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Blanche M. Boyd Papers were acquired by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University in 1984.
Processing Information
Processed by Don Sechler
Completed June 4, 1998
Encoded by Lisa Stark
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
Blanche M. Boyd is a writer raised in South Carolina. She has also lived and worked in California, Vermont, and New York.
[top]Collection Overview
The collection consists of correspondence (1963-1984); notes, drafts, and proofs of her books Nerves,
Mourning the Death of Magic, and The Redneck Way of Knowledge; reports on the Greensboro shootings (November 1979); and the Democratic National Convention of 1980. Short stories, essays, reviews of Boyd's work, and photographs are also included. Many of the letters are long and substantive, including some retained copies of Boyd's own letters. Her report on the Greensboro shootings is based on a large number of newspaper and magazine clippings, also included in the collection, as well as interviews. Twenty cassette tapes on the Greensboro shootings; The Redneck Way of Knowledge; and Boyd's trip to China in 1983 also form part of the collection. An index to the tapes may be found at the beginning of the collection.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Box 1Information
Correspondence, 1963-1984
Legal and Financial Papers
Greensboro Shootings, Notes
Greensboro Shootings, Writings
Greensboro Shootings, Writings by Other Authors
Greensboro Shootings, Clippings and Printed Material
Writings, "The Democratic Convention" (1980)
Writings, "Love Shocked, Kelly Sleadd's Story"
Writings, Mourning the Death of Magic
Writings, Nerves
Writings, The Redneck Way of Knowledge
Writings, "Tales of Spoleto"
Writings, Short Fiction
Writings, Non-Fiction
Writings, Miscellaneous
Writings by Other Authors
Reviews
Miscellany
Clippings
Printed Material
Pictures
