Accession #
00-5
Files
Collection Abstract
The collection is comprised of the papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and two paintings belonging to Eleanor W. Boyd (1921-1995). The papers focus on three areas of Eleanor’s life; her career and professional affiliations as a piano teacher, which spanned from 1945-1993; her personal papers, photographs, and two paintings of Eleanor in her youth; and lastly the papers and photographs associated with her parents and grandparents. The bulk of the collection consists of personal and professional music files collected by Eleanor W. Boyd over her lifetime.
Date of Gift
2015
Start Date
1879
End Date
1993
Keywords
Armstrong Junior College, Music, Piano, Eleanor Webster Boyd, University of Georgia
Disciplines
History
Copyright
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Recommended Citation
University Libraries, Lane Library, "Eleanor W. Boyd Papers, 1879-1993" (2015). Finding Aids. 12.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids-lane/12
Scope of Collection
4.0 linear feet. Photographs, artifacts, ephemera.
The collection is comprised of the papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and two paintings belonging to Eleanor W. Boyd (1921-1995). The papers focus on three areas of Eleanor’s life; her career and professional affiliations as a piano teacher, which spanned from 1945-1993; her personal papers, photographs, and two paintings of Eleanor in her youth; and lastly the papers and photographs associated with her parents and grandparents. The bulk of the collection consists of personal and professional music files collected by Eleanor W. Boyd over her lifetime. The span of the collection begins with the marriage certificate of Eleanor’s paternal grandparents in 1879 and ends with the last of her students’ piano recitals in 1993. The majority of the papers range from the late 1930s through the early 1990s. The subject files include newspaper clippings concerning her students, piano recital programs, payment ledgers, certificates, photographs, diplomas, awards, and education documents. The individual items include two travel-associated scrapbooks, one scrapbook of World War II newspaper and magazine articles, two travel related photograph albums, and a fire damaged Congressional directory. The newspaper clippings were found in a very deteriorated condition and have been replaced by photocopies. One of the travel related scrapbooks was in a very deteriorated condition and has had the pages removed and stored in a flat box. Original order for the disassembled scrapbook has been maintained. Otherwise the collection is in good condition and stored in acid neutral containment. Other sources of information or related collections are unknown. The collection is particularly pertinent to any Eleanor W. Boyd Scholarship recipient seeking knowledge about the career and life of his/her benefactor, or someone interested in researching the life of an early Armstrong Junior College graduate. 4 Order was imposed. The collection came to the University Archives after Boyd’s death, through her estate. Original order has been maintained within each file, but the files themselves were received in a completely unarranged order.