COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Files relating to Boyd's and others' work with "The Guide: Gay travel, entertainment, politics, and; sex," and "Alibi" including the photo archives and correspondence of "The Guide" and "Alibi," 1988-2003. Also contains correspondence with Richard Magary regarding "Straight to Hell."
Dates
- 1925-1993.
Creator
- McDonald, Boyd, 1925-1993. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes in Series IV. Unprocessed Material are closed until processed
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Boyd McDonald was a writer and anthologist who started "Straight to Hell: The Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts" and compiled about a dozen subsequent anthologies based on true-life stories of gay men's sexual experiences. He was involved in the publication of Boston-based "The Guide: Gay travel, entertainment, politics, & sex" and "Alibi."
Extent
14.5 cubic feet. (14.5 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Files relating to Boyd's and others' work with "The Guide: Gay travel, entertainment, politics, and sex", "Alibi," and "Straight to Hell."
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
The records are arranged in three series: I. Photographs; II. Correspondence; III. Computer files.
The arrangement is roughly chronological.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Photographs Boxes 1-6
Series II. Correspondence Boxes 7-14
Series III. Computer files Box 15
SEPARATED MATERIAL
The issues of the publications have been catalogued individually.
Physical Description
Photographs, Publications
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- May 2013
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, May 2013
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, May 2013
NOTES
Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.
Related collection: The William Andriette Papers, #7725, include a video interview with Boyd McDonald.
Source
- Koskovich, Gerard (Person)
- McLeod, Don (Person)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- May 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)