Lillian Smith Papers
Scope and Content
The Lillian Smith Papers are arranged in two series of files. The first series includes manuscripts and proofs of several books, short writings, and biographical material. The second series is comprised of correspondence, business records, and manuscripts for the journal The South Today (formerly, The North Georgia Review, and Pseudopodia).
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1972
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1935-1966
Creator
Access
The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright to this material has not been transferred to the University of Florida. Ms. Smith's estate is represented by Nancy Smith Fichter, Literary Executor, 710 Waverly Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32312.
Biographical/Historical Note
Author, editor, and civil rights leader. Born in Jasper, Florida. Author of multiple books, including: Strange Fruit (1944), Killers of the Dream (1949), The Journey (1954), and Our Faces, Our Words (1964). Smith was publisher and co-editor with Paula Snelling of The South Today, 1942-1945 (formerly entitled, Pseudopodia, 1937/37, and North Georgia Review, 1937-41).
Extent
11.5 Linear feet (24 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers of author, editor, and civil rights leader, Lillian Smith, include her manuscripts and short writings, biographical material, and correspondence, business records, and manuscripts for the journal The South Today.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Deposited by Lillian Smith, except for the supplemental material (Box 7) in series one.
Alternative Format Available
Digital reproductions of selected items in the Lillian Smith Papers are available online via the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) thanks to an National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant project in partnership with the University of Georgia.
Index of Names in the Business Correspondence
- Adamic, Louis. 1939
- Adams, Claud D. 1939
- Adams, Clifford (Mrs.). 1939
- Adams, Mrs. J.B. 1939
- Alderton, Marion S. 1944
- Alexander, I.J. 1939
- Allen, Thos. C. 1943
- Alverson, C.H. 1939
- American News Co. 1942
- Amos, Julia D. 1943
- Armstrong, C.G. 1949
- Arwood, W.W. 1939
- Ballow, Pauline Hughes. 1941
- Barron, Katherine. 1944
- Beck, Anna. 1946
- Beckman, C.G. 1939
- Bellamy, Ray. 1939
- Bengston, Nelson. 1946
- Bent, Silas. 1939
- Benton, Sullye Jane. 1939
- Benty, Bernice. 1939
- Bernard, Milton. 1939
- Bernstein, Harry. 1946
- Berreman, J.V. 1949
- Bettinger, B.E. 1939
- Bingham, Alfred M. 1943
- Bishop, David H. 1939
- Bolton, R.L. 1949
- Bousfield, M.O. 1939
- Bowen, J.O. (Bowen Press). 1942, 1943
- Bowen, Julia. 1939
- Bray, Robert S. 1946
- Brazeal, B.R. 1940
- Brooks, Lee M. 1942
- Brown, F.D. 1939
- Brunner, L.J. 1949
- Bryant, F. E. 1943
- Bueno, J.R. de la Torre. 1939
- Buhler, S. Arthur. 1939
- Burke, Mr. James W. 1946
- Button, Chas. A. 1940
- Caldwell, Erskine. 1944
- Cameron, Kenneth. 1936
- Campbell, Olive D. 1940
- Cantrell, Cynthia. 1939
- Carlisle, Charles A. 1946
- Castor, Gladys C. 1949
- Cerminara, G. 1949
- Chamblee, Dora Lee. 1940
- Chester, Charle (Miss). 1939
- Cheves, Creola. 1939
- Christi, Edwin S. 1946
- Clark, Harry P. 1939
- Clement, Rufus E. 1939
- Coates, Kenneth D. 1939
- Coe, Ethel P. 1944
- Cofer, Maud. 1939
- Coff, Betty R. 1940
- Coleman, Carroll D. 1936
- Collins, Maxie C. 1939
- Conway, Nell Wood. 1939
- Cox, Clarence A. 1939
- Craig, A.F. 1949
- Crooks, K.B.M. 1949
- Cross, R.E. 1945
- Crotty, Bessie A. 1939
- Crutchfield, Lee. 1939
- Cushman, C.H. 1939
- Daly, James. 1939
- David, Hall. 1939
- Davis, Dolores W. 1939
- Davis, Joseph C. 1944
- Davis, Lucille J. 1945
- Day, Charles M. 1939
- Dean, Austin F. 1939
- DeBoer, Bernhard. 1943
- Dei, Dora C. 1943
- De Freitas, M.S. Teixeira. 1946
- DeLoach, E.H. 1949
- DeLoach, E. 1949
- Dent, A.W. 1944
- Dickinson, Ann Pentecost. 1939
- Dixon, Normon R. 1946
- Dobbins, Evelyn. 1943
- Dodge, Alice L. (Workers Defense League). 1942
- Domar, William A. 1939
- Doughry, de Grande. 1946
- Duffey, May Frank. 1939
- Duker, Majorie G. 1939
- Durr, Virginia. 1940
- Edmonston, Donald B. 1939
- Ehrman, Jules. 1939
- ___________, Esther. 1943
- Ethinger, Amos A. 1939
- Fauss, Mrs. Herman. 1939
- Faxon, F.W. Co. 1939
- Ficklen, Edward B. 1941
- Finucane, James. 1939
- Fish, Robert H. 1939
- Fisher, E.H. 1949
- Fisher, Motier H. 1940, 1941, 1943
- Ford, Edward Jr. 1939
- Foreman, Clark. 1939
- Foreman, R.L. 1939
- Foster, R.I. 1939
- Fougeay, Wm. F. 1939
- Frank. 1940
- Free Labor Committee. 1944
- Friedlander, Jean. 1945
- Fry, Eileen. 1944
- Gayle, Margot. 1939
- Gilburn, Laura. 1939
- Gilmore, William G. 1943
- Glover, Margaret Love. 1939
- Gran, Allen Jr. 1939
- Green, A.L. 1939
- Granbery, John C. 1940
- Green, Claud B. 1941
- Greene, Mrs. George C. 1939
- Gross, Beatrice Froger. 1946
- Grow, Rayjond. 1943
- Haas, A. 1949
- Hacker, Francis. 1947
- Hall, Chester. 1939
- Halper, Albert. 1939
- Hamilton, Joseph. 1943
- Hammond, Ralph C. 1939
- Hansen, P. 1949
- Hanson, G.H. 1939
- Harnes, Lou Emma. 1939
- Harper, Maby. 1940
- Harter, Hansel. 1944
- Hearn, Janie. 1939
- Heartman, Charles F. (Book Farm). 1940
- Hensley, S/sgt. Charles D. 1943
- Heberick, B. 1937
- Heyman, Josephine. 1943
- Heckman, Ann. 1946
- Hedgeman, A., Arnold and others. 1943
- Henderson, F. 1939
- Henderson, W.C. 1939
- Henegan, S. Herbert. 1942
- Hiftline, Lillian. 1939
- Hill, E.C. 1949
- Hill, John. 1939
- Hill, Louise B. 1939
- Hodge, J.F. 1949
- Holt, Ruby Ray. 1939
- Homan, Margaret. 1939
- Hornaday, C.L. 1939
- Howard, Katherine. 1945
- Huffman, Miriam A. 1943
- Hunter, Clayton. 1939
- Hutchens, Eleanor. 1939
- Ida. 1939
- Jacobs, John Hall. 1939
- Janes, Edmund K. 1946
- Jones, E. Paul. 1943
- Jones-Williams, Marion. 1948
- K (Micellaneous). 1944
- Kalhorn, R. 1949
- Kalling, W.M. 1939
- Kaufman, Irene L. 1939
- Kelley, Helen O. n.d.
- Kelley, Joseph J. 1939
- Kester, Mrs. Howard A. 1940
- Kimberg, S. 1944
- King, Morten. 1940
- Klein, Alexander. 1946
- Knopf, Blanche W. 1936
- Koss, Seymour. 1939
- Kurtright, F.B. 1949
- Lambert, Allen Clay. 1939
- Lancaster, C.H. 1939
- Laughlin, James. 1940
- Lee, J. Oscar. 1947
- Lesesne, Katherine. 1939
- Lesh, Frank. 1939
- Levett, Rhoda. 1939
- Levin, Alvin F. 1940
- Litch, L. 1949
- Lund, M. 1949
- Lyon, Helen Kilpatrick. 1939
- McDonald, Caunette. 1941
- McDowell, W.B. 1939
- McGill, Ralph. 1939
- Marbuet, Mrs. Walter. 1940
- Martin, Samuel. 1940
- Mason, Lucy Randolph. 1940, 1944
- Mason, Helen Smith. 1943
- Mathewson, G. Henri. 1939
- Maulden, John William. 1939
- Mays, Benjamin E. 1943
- Meacham, Katharine. 1944
- Medairy, Loretta Codd. 1939
- Miles, Lou Ella. 1946
- Milgram, Morris. 1943, 1946
- Miller, Mildred. 1939
- Minor, R. Clyde. 1946
- Montgomery, Anne. 1939
- Moore, Carrie C. 1939
- Moore, Zoe Steen. 1939
- Mudgett, H.P. 1949
- [Murray] Pauli. 1947
- Nannette. 1941
- Nesbitt, Arthur. 1939
- Nevin, Henry. 1939
- Nix, Earl. 1939
- Odum, Howard W. 1944
- Orcutt, Cap. Henry. 1946
- Orkin, Wm. S. 1946
- P., Walter. 1941
- Pares, Ruby C. 1939
- Patton, Theodore. 1939
- Payne, Algred C. 1946
- Pearce, Rhena (Mrs.). 1943
- Penneman, Nikolaus. 1939
- Penny, Lloyd G. 1939
- Platt, Davis P. 1943
- Pope, Liston. 1939
- Porter, Doris. 1940
- Pruitt, Grace. 1939
- Pyettel, C.L. 1942
- Radnor School District. 1949
- Reece, Mrs. R.H. 1939
- Rees, A.D. 1939
- Reich, Gustav. 1939
- Rice, Joe. 1946
- Riley, F.C. 1939
- Roberts, Elta C. 1944
- Roberts, M. Ernestine. 1939
- Roberts, Mrs. Franz A. 1939
- Roberts, Nina. 1946
- Robertson, Ben. 1939
- Rupert, Hoover. 1946
- Sanders, Samuel. 1939
- Schaum, Suzie. 1943
- Schloss, Louis. 1941
- Schunk, Fred. 1939
- Scott, Evelyn. 1939
- Scott, Hardy. 1941
- Segal, Joseph. 1939
- Seleen, D.D. 1949
- Shane, Elizabeth. 1947
- Sheer, Daniel Elvin. 1939
- Shipp, Carmeron. 1944
- Shnaper, L.A. 1939
- Short, J. 1949
- Shryock, Richard H. 1940
- Sibley, Martha. 1946
- Sider, H. 1949
- Simon, Paul R. 1946
- Slaght, J.S. 1949
- Smith, Christine. 1939
- Smith, Frances. 1943
- Smith, Frank. 1939, 1944
- Smith, J. Holmes. 1943
- Smith, T.E. 1939
- Snelling, Paula. 1948
- Sprague, M.D. 1939
- Sprinkle, Placide E. 1943
- Stanford, Calvin. 1939
- Steffen, M. 1949
- Stover, Ruth B. 1939
- Street, Thomas M. 1946
- Strorecker, G.A. 1945
- Taylor, Robert. 1939
- Thomas, Cecil and Francis. 1943
- Thornley, Mrs. W.E. 1939
- Tilley, Violet. 1947
- Tipton, A.R. 1939
- Tipton, James H. 1939, 1941
- Tipton, S.R. 1939
- Tompkins, Helen. 1946
- Towery, James G. 1939
- Trotter, B.F. 1949
- Tyler, W.O. 1949
- Utley, Margaret. 1943
- Vivo, Jorge A. 1946
- Wagner, Leila. 1946
- Wallace, M. McCready. 1946
- Walsh, Richard J. 1943
- Ward, Ruth S. 1947
- Waylonis, Sgt. George R. 1943
- Weinberg, Amelia L. 1939
- Weston, M. Moran. 1943
- Whitaker, Mrs. C.R. 1944
- White, Walter. 1940
- Williams, Milton W. 1939
- Williams, O.J. 1949
- Wilson, Leon. 1939, 1941
- Winfield, Arthur A. 1940
- Widman, Mary. 1943
- Young, Evelyn Orne. 1944
- Zeuch, William Edward. 1939
- Title
- A Guide to the Lillian Smith Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- September 2010
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu