This series comprises chapter drafts, revisions, and related papers for Boone's Master's thesis, doctoral dissertation, and books, dating from 1970 to 1986. Materials also include her writing proposals, publication contracts, book notes, and correspondence with publishers. The writing proposals and notes provide a reflection of her experience and identity as an African-American. The series also contains manuscript drafts by others that were collected as part of her collection.
The Sande Society Mask "Bundu" (1973), 1972-1973
Box 2 Folder 20
Bundu, Master's Thesis, 1973
Box 2 Folder 21
Bundu, Master's Thesis Photocopy, 1973
Box 3 Folder 14
The Sande Society--Notes and Newspaper Clippings, 1973
Box 4 Folder 49
The Sande Society Mask--Master's Thesis--Binder, 1973, 2002
Box 27 Folder 51
Sande Society--Drafts, undated
Box 44 Folder 1
Research notes for Eliot Elisofon: Art of the Yoruba and Their Neighbors, circa 1970s
Box 44 Folder 2
Notes, Bud Mask, circa 1973
Box 44 Folder 3
Research notebook, circa 1970s
Box 44 Folder 4
Women and Art in Wolff and Mende Civilizations, circa 1973
Proposal for Master thesis and notes
Box 44 Folder 5-6
M.A. Thesis: Research materials, 1972
Box 44 Folder 7
M.A. Thesis: Manuscript, The Sande Society Mask "Bundu", 1973 September
Box 44 Folder 8-15
M.A. Thesis: Manuscript, Chapter drafts, circa 1973
West African Travels (1974), 1973-1974
Box 4 Folder 1
West African Travels 1--Photocopies, 1974
Box 4 Folder 2
West African Travels 2--Photocopies, 1974
Box 4 Folder 4
West African Travels – Manuscript on Accra, Ghana, undated
Box 4 Folder 5
West African Travels – Manuscript Chapter on Ghana, circa 1970
Box 4 Folder 6
West African Travels – Manuscript on Timbuctoo, undated
Box 4 Folder 7
West African Travels, notes, undated
Box 12 Folder 1
West African Travels Binder (1), 1974
Box 12 Folder 2
West African Travels Binder (2), 1974
Box 38 Folder 1-6
Manuscript, Typescript edited drafts, circa 1973-1974
Box 38 Folder 7-15
Manuscript chapters, handwritten drafts, circa 1973-1974
Box 39 Folder 1-7
Manuscript chapters, handwritten drafts, circa 1973-1974
Box 39 Folder 8-14
Manuscript chapters, typed copy, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 1-2
Manuscript chapters, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 3
Manuscript: Art in Nigeria, Phantasies, Myth and Lies; outgoing correspondence, Charles Talbot, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 4-5
Manuscript: Master proof, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 6
Manuscript, Master proof, Index, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 7
Manuscript, Master proof, Photographs, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 8
Manuscript, Master proof, Maps, circa 1973-1974
Box 40 Folder 9-12
Manuscript, "Dead copy", 1974
Box 40 Folder 13-14
Manuscript, 1974
Box 60 Folder 3
Manuscript, Photographs and maps on plates, 1974
Box 60 Folder 4
Manuscript, Blue folio prints, 1974
Box 41 Folder 1
Manuscript, Photocopy, 1974
Box 41 Folder 2-4
Manuscript, Proof copy, 3 copies, 1974
Box 41 Folder 5-7
Manuscript, Duplicative, 1973
Box 41 Folder 8-9
Manuscript, Proof copy with edits, 1974
Box 42
Manuscript, Drafts and Binders (2 binders and 1 folder), circa 1973-1974
Box 43 Folder 1-2
Manuscript: Master proof with Edits, 1974
Box 43 Folder 3-4
Manuscript, 1974
Box 43 Folder 5
Manuscript, handwritten drafts, circa 1973-1974
Box 43 Folder 6
West African Travels: Book promotion, 1974
Box 43 Folder 8
Correspondence, Random House, 1969-1974
Box 43 Folder 9
Correspondence, Congratulatory, 1974
Sowo Art in Sierra Leone: The Mind and Power of Woman on the Plane of the Aesthetic Disciplines (1979), 1977-1982
Box 1 Folder 33
Dissertation Manuscript--Pages 17-136, undated
Box 1 Folder 34
Dissertation Manuscript--Prologue Draft with Revisions, undated
Box 2 Folder 13
Sowo Art in Sierra Leone--Dissertation, 1979
Box 2 Folder 14
Sowo Art in Sierra Leone--Dissertation (Yale), 1979
Box 2 Folder 15
Sowo Art in Sierra Leone--Dissertation (Yale), 1979
Box 2 Folder 16
Sowo Art in Sierra Leone--Dissertation Critiques, 1979
Box 3 Folder 13
Sowo Art in Sierra Leone--Selected Manuscript, 1979
Box 3 Folder 22
Sowo Art--Yale University Press Letter of Agreement, 1979
Box 3 Folder 29
Doctoral Dissertation Prospectus, 1974
Box 4 Folder 13
Dissertation Papers, circa 1977
Box 4 Folder 21
Dissertation--Selected Bibliography, circa 1979
Box 4 Folder 24
Dissertation –Reader originals, circa 1979-1982
Box 4 Folder 31
Dissertation, Pages 1-139, 1979
Box 4 Folder 32
Dissertation, Pages 138-285, 1979
Box 4 Folder 33
Dissertation Excerpt, Chapter 3, 1979
Glory Put on, 1985
Box 2 Folder 17
Glory Put On--Manuscript, undated
Box 2 Folder 18
Glory Put On--Manuscript, undated
Box 3 Folder 1
Glory Put On--Bound Manuscript, undated
Box 3 Folder 2
Glory Put On--Revisions, Folder 1 of 2, undated
Box 3 Folder 3
Glory Put On--Revisions, Folder 2 of 2, undated
Box 3 Folder 4
Glory Put On--Draft, Folder 1 of 2, undated
Box 3 Folder 5
Glory Put On--Draft, Folder 2 of 2, undated
Box 4 Folder 17
Glory Put On, 1--Photos, 1985
Box 4 Folder 18
Glory Put On, 2--Photos, 1985
Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art (1986), 1983-1990
Box 1 Folder 1
Index, undated
Box 1 Folder 2
Manuscript with Editorial Comments, 1983
Box 1 Folder 3
Manuscript with Editorial Comments, 1983
Box 1 Folder 4
Dissertation--Chapter IV (Chapter 3--Original), undated
Box 1 Folder 5
Chapter III--Kpanguima Working Papers, undated
Box 1 Folder 6
Bibliography--Photographs, undated
Box 1 Folder 7
Bibliography, undated
Box 1 Folder 8
Footnotes, undated
Box 1 Folder 9
Dissertation and Book Manuscripts--Prologue, undated
Box 1 Folder 10
Notes from Anne Granger, Editor, undated
Box 1 Folder 11
Chapter I--Mende History: Culture Edited by J. Metro, undated
Box 1 Folder 12
Glossary--Photocopies, undated
Box 1 Folder 13
Glossary--Drafts and Notes, undated
Box 1 Folder 14
Aspects--Chapter IV--Working Pages, undated
Box 1 Folder 15
Final Kpanguima--Submitted May 9, undated
Box 1 Folder 17
Chapter I--Final "Mende History"--Submitted May 9, undated
Box 1 Folder 16
Chapter II--Final, "The Sande Society--Submitted May 9, undated
Box 1 Folder 18
Prologue--Final--Submitted June 18, undated
Box 1 Folder 19
Chapter III--"Kpanguima" Edited by J. Metro--Draft, undated
Box 1 Folder 20
Chapter II--"The Sande Society" edited by J. Metro--Draft, undated
Box 1 Folder 21
Chapter II--"The Sande Society" Working Papers, undated
Box 1 Folder 22
Chapter V Originals--Handwritten, undated
Box 1 Folder 23
Chapter V--Scrubbed, undated
Box 1 Folder 24
Chapter V--Part 2, undated
Box 1 Folder 25
Chapter V Dissertation, 2nd Draft--Working Papers, undated
Box 1 Folder 26
Chapter IV Final, Minus Aspects, Submitted May 18, undated
Box 1 Folder 27
Chapter V, undated
Box 1 Folder 28
Aspects of Beauty--Working Papers, undated
Box 1 Folder 29
Chapter V--"Sowo: The Good Made Visible"--Read Edited by J Metro, undated
Box 1 Folder 30
Chapter I--Working Papers, Mende Culture, undated
Box 1 Folder 31
Chapter IV--Working Papers, Physical and Metaphysical Aspects of Female Beauty, 1983
Box 1 Folder 32
Chapter VI--Pages to be Retyped, undated
Box 1 Folder 35
Manuscript--Mende People, Culture Chapters, undated
Box 1 Folder 36
Manuscript--Mende Culture--Animals and Objects, 1983
Box 1 Folder 37
Manuscript--Masks and the Senses, 1983
Box 1 Folder 38
Manuscript--Female Beauty, undated
Box 1 Folder 39
Manuscript Draft with Revisions--"The Sande Society", undated
Box 1 Folder 40
Manuscript--Beauty: The Body, 1983
Box 1 Folder 41
Manuscript--Chapters 3-4, undated
Box 1 Folder 42
Manuscript--Prologue Draft, undated
Box 1 Folder 43
Manuscript with Comments and Revisions, Chapter 1, undated
Box 2 Folder 1
Manuscript with comments and revisions, Chapter 4, undated
Box 2 Folder 2
Manuscript – Chapter 3 endnotes, undated
Box 2 Folder 3
Manuscript with Comments and Revisions--Un-numbered Chapter, undated
Box 2 Folder 4
Manuscript, undated
Box 2 Folder 5
Manuscript – Introduction, undated
Box 2 Folder 6
Manuscript – Pages 146-313, undated
Box 2 Folder 7
Radiance From the Waters--Proofs, 1986
Box 2 Folder 8
Radiance From the Waters--Index, 1986
Box 2 Folder 9
Radiance From the Waters 1--Draft, 1983
Box 2 Folder 10
Radiance From the Waters 2--Draft, 1983
Box 2 Folder 11
Radiance from the Waters--Draft, undated
Box 2 Folder 12
Radiance From the Waters, Bibliography--Draft, undated
Box 2 Folder 19
Radiance From the Waters, Spiral Bound, 1986
Box 3 Folder 19
Radiance From the Waters--Reviews, 1986-1987
Box 3 Folder 20
Radiance--Images and Photos for, undated
Box 3 Folder 21
Radiance--Publicity File, 1985
Box 3 Folder 26
Yale U Press--File, 1979-1990
Box 3 Folder 27
Radiance--Packet, Flyers, Notes, Slides, circa 1986
Box 3 Folder 28
Book Promotion--File, 1990
Box 4 Folder 8
Radiance, London, 1986
Box 4 Folder 9
Radiance--Reviews, 1986
Box 4 Folder 10
Radiance or Dissertation Index, undated
Box 4 Folder 11
Radiance--Yale University Press Booklets, 1986
Box 4 Folder 36
Radiance--Book Reviews, 1986-1987
Box 4 Folder 37
Radiance From the Waters--Book Review (Essence), 1987
Box 4 Folder 38
Radiance From the Waters--Reviews, 1986-1987
Box 4 Folder 39
Radiance from London Review of Books--Review, 1986
Box 4 Folder 40
Radiance From the Waters in The Weekly Bulletin and Calendar--Article, 1986
Box 4 Folder 41
Radiance From the Waters--Proofs, 1986
Box 4 Folder 42
Radiance From the Waters--Royalty Statement, 1990
Box 4 Folder 43
Radiance From the Waters--Proofs, undated
Box 4 Folder 44
Radiance From the Waters--Book Cover, undated
Box 4 Folder 45
Radiance--Publication Announcement, 1998
Box 4 Folder 46
Radiance From the Waters--Correspondence, 1986
Box 4 Folder 47
Radiance From the Waters--Photos from, undated
Other Manuscripts and Writings by Boone, 1967-1986
Box 3 Folder 6
"…Aspects of Mende Feminine Beauty" -1--Manuscripts, undated
Box 3 Folder 7
"…Aspects of Mende Feminine Beauty" -2--Manuscripts, undated
Box 3 Folder 8
"…Aspects of Mende Feminine Beauty" -3--Manuscripts, undated
Box 3 Folder 9
"…Aspects of Mende Feminine Beauty" -4--Manuscripts, undated
Box 3 Folder 10
Mother is Gold, 1--Draft and Notes, undated
Box 3 Folder 11
Mother is Gold, 2--Draft and Notes, undated
Box 3 Folder 12
Name of Woman--Manuscript, undated
Box 3 Folder 15
Mende Art Manuscript 1, undated
Box 3 Folder 16
Mende Art Manuscript 2, undated
Box 3 Folder 17
Selected Bibliography, undated
Box 3 Folder 18
Illustration List and Guidelines, undated
Box 3 Folder 23
Four African Artists--Manuscript, undated
Box 3 Folder 24
Ideas for Books and Projects, undated
Box 3 Folder 25
Sande society--Manuscript, undated
Box 4 Folder 3
"Radiance," "West African Travels"--Photocopies from, undated
Box 4 Folder 12
Manuscript, undated
Box 4 Folder 14
Research Papers, circa 1970-1975
Box 4 Folder 15
Research Papers, Mende people, 1, undated
Box 4 Folder 16
Research Papers, Mende people, 2, undated
Box 4 Folder 19
Tabaski--Partial Manuscript, undated
Box 4 Folder 20
Tentative Bibliographies, undated
Box 4 Folder 22
Table of Contents and Illustrations, undated
Box 4 Folder 23
Illustration guide, undated
Box 4 Folder 25
Creative Women in Artistic and Literary Change," by S.A. Boone, 1982
Box 4 Folder 26
Four African Artists by S.A. Boone, undated
Box 4 Folder 27
Time Longer Than Rope by Sylvia Ardyn Boone, undated
Box 4 Folder 28
Boone "Mother is Gold: Image of Women in African Art", undated
Box 4 Folder 29
Images of Mende Masks (photocopies), undated
Box 4 Folder 30
Illustrations – Mende masks, undated
Box 4 Folder 34
Four African Artists, Sylvia Boone, undated
Box 4 Folder 35
Mother is Gold--Notes: Proposal, 1985
Box 4 Folder 48
West African Travels and Radiance From the Waters--Book Excerpts, 1974-1986
Box 8 Folder 16
Drafts--The Harlem Renaissance--Draft of Paper, undated
Box 31 Folder 17
Queen Mother"/"Mother is Gold," --Prospectus Draft, circa 1974-1976
Box 49 Folder 19
Manuscript: Chapter II, The Women's Sphere: Art, Power, and the Supernatural (Senufo Society), undated
Box 43 Folder 10
Book proposals, publication contract, 1969
Box 43 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1971
Box 43 Folder 12
Book notes, 1972
Box 43 Folder 13
West African culture book, 1974
Materials on unpublished title "Highlife: The Contemporary Cultural Scene in Africa"
Box 43 Folder 14
Forthcoming books and correspondence, 1974
Box 47 Folder 14
Publication Contracts and Proposals, 1969-1970
Box 47 Folder 15
Outline of "Notes of a Black Girl in Search of God", circa 1967-1970
Box 47 Folder 16
Notes on Race issue in New York, 1967-1968
Box 47 Folder 17
Notes on Black men, religion, and Black Americans, circa 1967-1969
Box 47 Folder 18
Notes on Social structure, values, politics, etc., circa 1968-1969
Collected Manuscripts by others, 1975-2008
Box 19 Folder 2
Brown, Kimberly Juanita, "The Repeating Body" -1, 2006
Box 19 Folder 3
Brown, Kimberly Juanita, "The Repeating Body" -2, 2006
Box 19 Folder 4
Peabody, Rebecca Rae. "A Strategic Cut", 2006
Box 19 Folder 5
Raiford, Leigh Renee. "Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare", 2003
Box 19 Folder 6
Hamlin, Francoise. "The Book Hasn't Closed"– 1, 2004
Box 19 Folder 7
Hamlin, Francoise. "The Book Hasn't Closed"– 2, 2004
Box 19 Folder 8
Hamlin, Francoise. "The Book Hasn't Closed"– 3, 2004
Box 19 Folder 9
Boittlin, Jennifer. "Soleil Noir"-1, 2005
Box 19 Folder 10
Boittlin, Jennifer. "Soleil Noir"-2, 2005
Box 19 Folder 11
Runstedtler, Theresa. "Journeymen", 2008
Box 19 Folder 12
Martinex-Ruiz, Barbaro. "The Kongo Machinery", 2004
Box 19 Folder 13
Woodard, Laurie Avant. "Performing Artists of the Harlem Renaissance" 1, 2007
Box 19 Folder 14
Woodard, Laurie Avant. "Performing Artists of the Harlem Renaissance" 2, 2007
Box 31 Folder 25
Draft - Barry Hallen, "The Art Historian As Conceptual Analyst", undated
Box 31 Folder 53
Draft, Ruth Phillips, "The Iconography of the Sowei Mask", undated
Box 30 Folder 4
Mende Carvers Dissertation, L. Reinhardt, 1975