Gray Cowan Boyce was born in San Francisco on 19 February 1899 and brought up in Alameda.
In the opinion of the writer these notes contain material that is not only essential for such a work, but include matter which is frequently as informing and exciting as the narrative itself.
A remarkably rich and well-ordered bibliography of forty pages and indexes ... complete the book.
"[2] After his retirement, Boyce moved back to Alameda where he lived with his sister Merle and was able to complete his masterwork, a five volume Literature of Medieval History, 1930–1975: A Supplement to Louis John Paetow's "A Guide to the Study of Medieval History" (1981).
His papers are part of the Northwestern University Library Archival and Manuscript Collections.