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Lillian Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 002

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.

Related Material

The Linda Abess Ellis Collection is comprised of letters written by Smith regarding the Laurel Falls Camp.

The Lillian Eugenia Smith papers at the University of Georgia.

Index of Names in the Business Correspondence

See the Business Correspondence series for a chronological list of files.
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

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PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755