John Boswell papers

The papers primarily consist of correspondence, lectures, research notes, writings (academic and fiction), biographical records, subject files, and memorabilia (including awards and popular press writings about Boswell). The papers document Boswell's personal life, from childhood to adulthood, as well as his professional life as an openly gay professor of history at Yale and pioneering author of two revisionist histories documenting the relationship between gay people and Christianity in the Middle Ages: Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980) and Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe (New York: Villard Books, 1994).

Identifier:
MS 1974
Creator:
Boswell, John, 1947-1994
Date:
1947-2004
Link:

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Language:
The materials are primarily in English, but there are also documents in Arabic, Catalan, Church Slavonic, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access:

Series I-III are open for research. Series IV, Electronic files, is closed until processed. Access to Accession 2018-M-0057 requires the written permission of Patricia Eastburn Boswell during her lifetime.

Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.
Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright for the unpublished papers of John Boswell is retained by Ralph J. Hexter, Boswell's literary executor. After the lifetime of Ralph J. Hexter, or 1 January 2031, whichever comes first, copyright passes to Yale University.

Copyright for the unpublished papers of Patricia Eastburn Boswell and for those of her parents, Col. Henry Boswell, Jr. and Catharine Boswell, is retained by Patricia Eastburn Boswell. After the lifetime of Patricia EastburnBoswell, or 1 January 2050, whichever comes first, copyright passes to Yale University.

Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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