Sylvia Ardyn Boone Papers, 1925-2011, bulk 1961-1993

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Series IV: Personal Papers, 1960-1992

This series includes personal files of Sylvia A. Boone, dating from 1960 to 1992. Materials include diploma, class materials, personal notebooks, calendars, financial and academic records, and various newspaper and magazine clippings reflecting her personal interests.



Box 26 Folder 2 Diploma, Brooklyn College , 1960



Box 37 Folder 2 Diploma, Columbia School of Social Work, 1962


Box 37 Folder 3 Diploma, Yale University, 1975



Box 27 Folder 1 Business Card Proof, 1987



Box 37 Folder 1 Calendar, 1979-1980



Box 18 Folder 63 Calendar, 1980



Box 26 Folder 14 Calendar and Papers, 1980


Box 26 Folder 30 Clippings on Self-care, undated



Box 17 Folder 48 Directories and Addresses of Colleagues, circa 1985-1992



Box 23 Folder 42 Financial and Lease Agreements, 1966-1969



Box 24 Folder 44 Financial and Receipts, 1979-1988



Box 26 Folder 24 Graduation Photograph, undated



Box 10 Folder 91 Lists – Addresses (General), undated



Box 31 Folder 59 Address Book, circa 1970



Box 27 Folder 91 Calendars and Postcards, undated



Box 21 Folder 8 Wall Calendar, 1983



Box 31 Folder 60 Pocket U.S. Constitution, undated


Box 31 Folder 61 Photography, 1978



Box 27 Folder 13 Articles and Programs, 2000


Box 27 Folder 95 Chart, circa 1994


Box 27 Folder 92 Personal clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1980



Box 5 Folder 2 Personal Notepads, undated


Box 5 Folder 7 Calendar, 1979


Box 5 Folder 8 Personal Notepads, undated


Box 5 Folder 9 Calendars, 1982-1989


Box 5 Folder 10 Agenda, 1980


Box 5 Folder 12 Agenda, 1981


Box 5 Folder 17 Calendar/Agenda, 1978


Box 5 Folder 24 Personal Journal Late 1970s, 1975-1979



Box 27 Folder 37 Recipes--Correspondence, 1986



Box 9 Folder 59 Various Personal--Notes, undated



Box 7 Folder 67 Apartment Lease, 1978



Box 6 Folder 33 Personal File, circa 1966-1968


Box 6 Folder 43 Finances and Taxes, 1986-1990



Box 7 Folder 12 Tom Feelings--Personal Files, undated



Box 11 Folder 67 African Studies, 1983



Box 13 Folder 78 Health and Beauty, 1976-1979


Box 13 Folder 79 Money, 1978


Box 13 Folder 77 Success/Heroines, 1977-1979



Box 11 Folder 39 African Art and Images, 1967-1978


Box 11 Folder 59 African Studies Association, 1970-1979


Box 11 Folder 37 Afro American Studies Master, 1980


Box 11 Folder 51 Autobiographical Statement, undated


Box 11 Folder 68 Boone Papers: Proposals, 1977


Box 11 Folder 60 Conferences, 1991


Box 11 Folder 57 Conferences and Meetings, 1978-1979


Box 11 Folder 42 Correspondence, 1977-1991


Box 11 Folder 52 Correspondence Yale from London, 1977-1978


Box 11 Folder 43 Correspondence, Memel-Fote, 1984


Box 11 Folder 41 Correspondence, Santo Domingo Friends, 1978


Box 11 Folder 47 Course Notes, Black Culture/Contemporary Culture, undated


Box 11 Folder 46 Course Notes, Masquerades, 1991


Box 11 Folder 45 Course Notes/Intro to African Studies, 1978-1983


Box 11 Folder 44 Departmental Correspondence, 1978-1992


Box 11 Folder 63 General, 1979-1992


Box 11 Folder 62 Haiti and the Caribbean, 1978


Box 11 Folder 48 History of Art (Italian Renaissance- Kury), 1978


Box 11 Folder 49 Intro to African Studies, Course Materials and Course Evaluations, 1982-1983


Box 11 Folder 64 Lectures, undated


Box 11 Folder 54 Libya, 1973-1976


Box 11 Folder 65 Newspaper clippings, 1987


Box 11 Folder 69 Notes (angels), undated


Box 11 Folder 50 Papers (S.A. Boone), 1978


Box 11 Folder 40 Professional Contacts, correspondences, 1978


Box 11 Folder 70 Research and Notes – African American Arts, 1979


Box 11 Folder 66 Research/Intelli (sic) Issues, 1978


Box 11 Folder 53 Resources for African Studies, 1976-1978


Box 11 Folder 38 Syllabi and correspondence related to classes at Yale, 1978, 1 audiocassettes; 1 35mm color slides


Box 11 Folder 58 UNESCO, 1977-1979


Box 11 Folder 61 African and Afro-American Film, 1979-1989


Box 11 Folder 56 Afro American Heritage Museum, 1987-1988



Box 13 Folder 84 Correspondence –Traci, 1980


Box 13 Fashion, 1974-1979


Box 13 Folder 82 Professional Associations, 1978-1979


Box 13 Folder 80 Restaurants/Recipes, 1975-1989


Box 13 Folder 83 Senior Colloquium, 1991


Box 13 Folder 20 Spa Brochures, 1988-1989


Box 13 Folder 81 Travel, 1979



Box 11 Folder 4 3 Feb – to do now, 1990


Box 11 Folder 1 Afall + Dakar, 1986


Box 11 Folder 7 Columbia University Seminars, 1986


Box 11 Folder 3 RFT, 1987


Box 11 Folder 2 Joanna Featherstone, 1987


Box 11 Folder 5 Akan Materials, undated


Box 11 Folder 12 Books and Trips, circa 1984


Box 11 Folder 9 CURRENT, 1984


Box 11 Folder 10 HYA, 1984


Box 11 Folder 8 Lectures, 1986-1987


Box 11 Folder 6 Botchway Papers, 1978-1979


Box 11 Folder 11 Phi Beta Kappa, 1988-1989



Box 23 Folder 4 Afro-Am--African-American Studies, 1980


Box 23 Folder 8 Arts of Libya", 1981


Box 23 Folder 1 Children's Books", 1968-1975


Box 23 Folder 6 LIBYA", 1976-1979


Box 23 Folder 7 New Libya", 1980-1981


Box 23 Folder 3 RFT," History of Afro-Am. Art, 1979-1980


Box 23 Folder 2 Simone Swan", 1990


Box 23 Folder 5 SSRC Phila Conference", 1980



Box 17 Folder 33 Current", 1983-1984



Box 24 Folder 28 Mende, undated



Box 22 Folder 39 Bunting Fellowship, 1984



Box 27 Folder 85 Correspondence - Personal Letters, 1988


Box 27 Folder 86 Correspondence - Personal Letters, 1979-1992



Box 23 Folder 63 Personal Correspondence, circa 1984



Box 25 Folder 38 Personal Notes, undated



Box 28 Folder 12 Personal Notebook, undated



Box 22 Folder 20 Personal Notebooks, undated



Box 26 Folder 37 Personal Notebooks, undated



Box 28 Folder 8 Personal Notepads, undated



Box 9 Folder 93 Personal Notes, undated



Box 11 Folder 23 Personal Notes, undated


Box 11 Folder 26 Personal Notes, undated



Box 23 Folder 50 Personal Notes, undated



Box 24 Folder 18 Personal Notes, undated



Box 25 Folder 51 Personal Notes, undated


Box 25 Folder 72 Personal Notes, undated


Box 25 Folder 76 Personal Notes, undated


Box 25 Folder 9 Personal Notes, undated



Box 26 Folder 5 Personal Notes, undated


Box 26 Folder 21 Personal Notes, undated


Box 26 Folder 22 Personal Notes, undated


Box 26 Folder 28 Personal Notes, undated


Box 26 Folder 34 Personal Notes, undated



Box 28 Folder 7 Personal Notes, undated



Box 24 Folder 11 Mende Beauty--Notes, undated



Box 25 Folder 70 Research Interests--Notes, undated



Box 27 Folder 57 Personnel Information - correspondence, 1983



Box 9 Folder 96 "Personal" file with photo of Boone, 1983



Box 22 Folder 19 Personal Notebook, circa 1985-1990



Box 45 Folder 1 Operation Crossroad Africa, Rooster, 1960


Box 45 Folder 2 Remarks from Memorial Services for Berta Fantl, New York School of Social Work, 1962 November 04


Box 45 Folder 3 Columbia University, Course materials for casework 123, 1961 November


Box 45 Folder 4 Columbia University, Course materials for casework 124, 1962 June


Box 45 Folder 5 Resume, 1962-1964


Box 45 Folder 6 Guinea Stamps, 1963



Box 47 Folder 20 Statement of Mission, Resume, circa 1969


Box 47 Folder 21 Contacts, Notes, undated


Box 47 Folder 22 Personal time pattern (Astrology Report), 1970


Box 47 Folder 23 Recipes and Articles on Health and Food


Box 47 Folder 24 Tax, 1974



Box 53 Folder 11 Rev. Ike, 1975


Yale: Class materials and research, 1970-1979



Box 48 Folder 19 Graduate Admissions, 1971

Materials include: graduate admission applications, course catalogs, housing information, student loan applications, student directory, memoranda, etc.


Box 48 Folder 20 Yale University Library, Resources for History of Art, 1971


Box 48 Folder 21 Yale University Library, Recommendations in Library Acquisitions in African Art and Afro-American Art, 1970s


Box 48 Folder 22 Proposal for International Black Film Festival "Soul on Celluloid", circa 1972


Box 48 Folder 23 Commencement, Dissertation Evaluation and Award, 1979



Box 49 Folder 1 Class Notes, lists, etc., 1970-1972


Box 49 Folder 2 Research Material, Primitive and Pre-Columbian Art, Notes on Art, 1970-1972


Box 49 Folder 3 Research Material, Political Anthropology, Primitive Art, 1970-1972


Box 49 Folder 4 History of Art 78b: Thompson Notes and papers, 1972-1973


Box 49 Folder 5 Course materials, circa 1972-1973


Box 49 Folder 6 History of Art 200, Methods: Course materials, 1972


Box 49 Folder 7 History of Art 200, Methods: Class paper "Study on Surya: A South Indian Bronze", 1972


Box 49 Folder 8 History of Art 200, Methods: Study on Indian Art, 1972


Box 49 Folder 9 Teaching Materials for Afro-American Studies: Black Women and White Women in American Society; Notes on African Women; Correspondence, 1972


Box 49 Folder 10 Research Proposal, Bibliography, Fellowship list, 1970s


Box 49 Folder 11 Class Notes, 1972


Box 49 Folder 12 Class Notes, 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 13 Course materials, 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 14 Ethnographic Atlas, Cultural Comparison, 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 15 Notes, Correspondence Drafts, 1974


Box 49 Folder 16 History of Art 202: Course materials, 1972-1973


Box 49 Folder 17 Art history, Notes, circa 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 18 Course materials: "Women, The Roles They Played in Traditional African Society and How These are Reflected Art Historically", 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 20 Research materials, Bibliography, circa 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 21 Research materials: Study of the Mukanda Society of Central Africa, circa 1970-1973


Box 49 Folder 22 Research materials: Art of the Congo, notes, etc., 1974


Box 49 Folder 23 Research materials: Les sociétés secrètes chez les bayaka (1930), photocopy, 1974


Box 49 Folder 24 Research materials: The Great Prophecy, by Abullahi Ayuk Kima, 1974



Box 50 Folder 1 Yale Publication: Off the Wall, vol.1:no.1, 1974