Bonnie Lee Black papers, 1931-2022
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Summary
- Creator:
- Black, Bonnie Lee
- Abstract:
- Bonnie Lee Black is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and chef who has worked both domestically and internationally. The collection centers primarily on her work as a writer, as a member of the Peace Corps in Gabon, as a professor in New Mexico, and as the creator of an economic development project in Mali aimed at teaching local seamstresses the art of patchwork quilt-making. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
- Extent:
- 43.25 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11288
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Bonnie Lee Black papers comprise personal correspondence, materials from her time working in Mali, teaching materials from her time as a professor at the University of New Mexico-Taos, documents from her experience in the Peace Corps in Gabon and Mali, and materials generated from four of her books: Somewhere Child, How to Make an African Quilt, How to Cook a Crocodile, and Jamie's Muse. Collection also contains her journals and planners, family photographs, and photos and documents related to Bonnie Lee Black's apartment in New York.
- Biographical / historical:
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Bonnie Lee Black spent 30 years as a writer and over 20 years as an educator both in the US and overseas. She has published three memoirs, Somewhere Child, How to Make an African Quilt and How to Cook a Crocodile. She has worked as a health and nutrition volunteer for the Peace Corps in Gabon. Subsequently, she pursued an economic development project geared towards educating Malian seamstresses about quilt-making. In 2001, she began her career teaching English and writing at the University of New Mexico-Taos. She retired in 2015 but continues to write books and post on her blog, "WOW Factor." In 2018 she published the historical novel Jamie's Muse.
- Acquisition information:
- The Bonnie Lee Black papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Bonnie Lee Black in 2015-2022.
- Processing information:
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Processed and described by Laura Valentine and Megan Lewis.
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0160, 2018-0138, 2022-0016, 2022-0185.
Updated by Leah Tams, March 2022, February 2023.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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