Research Catalog

Title

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor photograph collection.

Author

Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950-

Publication

[1982?]-2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Reese, Terrence A.
• Weber, Donna Lee
• Wilson, Marcia E.
• Wide Vision Photography (Brooklyn, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In

p1pc Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950- Cheryl Boyce-Taylor papers, 1982-2014 (OCoLC)966316494

Description

• 32 items (one folder); 18 x 13 cm and smaller.
• 30 photographic prints : color ;
• 1 photographic print : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 1 photographic postcard : color ;

Summary

• Collection depicts aspects of the personal life and career of poet and teaching artist Cheryl Boyce-Taylor from the 1990s to the 2010s, consisting of individual portraits of Boyce-Taylor; views of Boyce-Taylor during poetry readings; group portraits showing Boyce-Taylor with family, friends, colleagues and students; candid shots of family members; and a rap group publicity photograph. Depictions of Boyce-Taylor's personal and professional life before 1990 are very limited.
• Of note are candid shots and group portraits related to the book release of Boyce-Taylor's poetry collection "Raw Air" (1997) and the one year anniversary of its release (1998); group portraits from the Calypso Muse Reading series (2001-2006); and group portraits of Boyce-Taylor with her son Malik Taylor, also known as Phife Dawg of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest. Also included is a candid shot of Boyce-Taylor with rap artist Common, and a view of a performance of the Boyce-Taylor Theatrical Company during the 1980s.

Subject

• Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950-
• Phife Dawg, 1970-2016
• Women poets, Caribbean > United States
• African American women poets
• Lesbian authors
• African American families > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > Social life and customs
• Public speaking > New York (State) > New York
• Meetings

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1990-2019.
• Group portraits – 1990-2019.
• Publicity photographs – 1990-1999.
• Dye coupler prints – 1980-2019.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1990-1999.

Note

• Title taken from Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Papers.
• Most photographs bear handwritten captions on verso; one item bears printed captions on recto; one item bears address stamp on verso.
• Collection contains work by Terrence A. Reese (Tar), Donna Lee Weber, Marcia E. Wilson and Wide Vision Photography.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, born in Arima, Trinidad in 1950, is a poet and visual and teaching artist. At age thirteen, she migrated to St. Albans, Queens, New York. In the early 1970s, she formed the Boyce-Taylor Theatrical Company and began performing her poetry. Boyce-Taylor has published several poetry monographs including: "As A Woman I Laugh and Cry...Poems", "Birthsounds, Rhythms and other Contractions", "Convincing the Body", and "Raw Air". Her work has been featured in magazines and journals such as Callaloo, in addition to her work with choreographer Ron K. Brown's Evidence Dance Company.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Papers, 1982-2014.

Call Number

Sc Photo Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Collection

OCLC

1303925889

Author

Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950- , collector.

Title

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor photograph collection.

Production

[1982?]-2011.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, born in Arima, Trinidad in 1950, is a poet and visual and teaching artist. At age thirteen, she migrated to St. Albans, Queens, New York. In the early 1970s, she formed the Boyce-Taylor Theatrical Company and began performing her poetry. Boyce-Taylor has published several poetry monographs including: "As A Woman I Laugh and Cry...Poems", "Birthsounds, Rhythms and other Contractions", "Convincing the Body", and "Raw Air". Her work has been featured in magazines and journals such as Callaloo, in addition to her work with choreographer Ron K. Brown's Evidence Dance Company.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Papers, 1982-2014.

Local Note

Sc MG 919

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Added Author

Reese, Terrence A., photographer.

Weber, Donna Lee, photographer.

Wilson, Marcia E., photographer.

Wide Vision Photography (Brooklyn, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950- Cheryl Boyce-Taylor papers, 1982-2014 (OCoLC)966316494

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Collection