Finding Aid to the Malcolm Boyd and Mark Thompson Papers, 1978-2009 Coll2015-002

Kyle Morgan
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Malcolm Boyd and Mark Thompson Papers
creator: Boyd, Malcolm
creator: Thompson, Mark
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2015-002
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet 1 archive carton
Date (inclusive): 1978-2009
Abstract: A Walk of Fame award, correspondence, clippings, interview transcripts, and Paul Monette tribute event records of Malcolm Boyd and Mark Thompson, 1978-2009. Committed partners for over thirty years, Malcolm Boyd (1923-2015) and Mark Thompson were acclaimed authors, spirtual leaders, gay rights activists, and champions of civil rights and diversity.
Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder #, or item name] Malcolm Boyd and Mark Thompson Papers, Coll2015-002, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Kyle Morgan.

Scope and Contents

A Walk of Fame award, correspondence, clippings, interview transcripts, and Paul Monette tribute event records of Malcolm Boyd and Mark Thompson, 1978-2009.

Biographical / Historical

Malcolm Boyd (1923-2015) was an Episcopal priest, best-selling author, church reformer, and anti-war, civil rights, and gay rights activist. Mark Thompson was an acclaimed author, editor, journalist, photographer, and gay rights activist. Domestic partners since 1984, they were married in 2013.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deed of gift signed by Mark Thompson, July 1, 2010.

Related Materials

Malcolm Boyd Papers, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University.

Separated to the ONE audiovisual collection

Malcolm Boyd interview. Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. July 6, 23, August 26, September 1, 2004; July 27, 2005. 5 DVDs.
Malcolm Boyd interview. Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. July 23, 2004. DVD, 96 minutes.
Rise Up & Shout! Voices of the Next Gay Generation. Documentary by Brian Gleason. 2007. DVD, 75 minutes.
Spirit Dancing. Radical Faerie Ritual Chants by Shane Hill and Heron Saline. January 2008. CD.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gay activists
Gay authors
Religion -- Archival resources
Boyd, Malcolm
Thompson, Mark
Boyd, Malcolm
Thompson, Mark

Box 1, Folder 1

Author correspondence 1988-2003

Box 1, Folder 2

Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles file on Malcolm Boyd 1978-2009

Box 1, Folder 3

Malcolm Boyd interview transcripts 1986

Box 1, Folder 4-5

Paul Monette tribute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 2005-2006

Box 1, Folder 6

Walk of Fame award for Malcolm Boyd 1993