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Lillian Eugenia Smith papers
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Lillian Eugenia Smith papers
Manuscripts
The papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, photocopies, photographs, printed material, a VHS tape, four audio cassettes, an LP record and ephemera. The collection contains material written by Margaret Rose Gladney, Marylou Hadditt, Betty Kaufman (Hadditt's first cousin), Suzanne Niedland and Lillian Smith.
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Manuscripts
The papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, photocopies, photographs, printed material, a VHS tape, four audio cassettes, an LP record and ephemera. The collection contains material written by Margaret Rose Gladney, Marylou Hadditt, Betty Kaufman (Hadditt's first cousin), Suzanne Niedland and Lillian Smith.
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How am I to be heard? : letters of Lillian Smith
Rare Books
How Am I to Be Heard?: Letters of Lillian Smith offers the first full portrait of the life and work of the foremost southern white liberal of the mid-twentieth century. Writer Lillian Smith (1897-1966) devoted her life to lifting the veil of southern self-deception about race, class, gender, and sexuality. Her books, essays, and especially her letters boldly explored the ways in which the South's attitudes and institutions perpetuated a dehumanizing experience for all its people - white and black, male and female, rich and poor. Smith's best-known books are Strange Fruit (1944), a bestselling interracial love story that brought her international acclaim; and Killer of the Dream (1949), an autobiographical critique of southern race relations that angered many southerners, including powerful moderates. Subsequently, Smith was effectively silenced as a writer. An avid letter-writer, Smith mastered the epistolary form in her work as director of her family's Laurel Falls Camp, an innovative summer camp for girls in the north Georgia mountains. There she developed her critique of southern attitudes about race and gender, her concern for children, and her theories of social change. Over the years her correspondents included Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Wright, and the leaders of such organizations as the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, the NAACP, and CORE. Margaret Rose Gladney has selected 145 of Smith's 1500 extant letters for this volume. Arranged chronologically and annotated, the letters provide a rich context for reading Smith's published work and reveal valuable personal and professional information: her courageous fight against racial segregation; her fears about remaining in Georgia, where her property was the target of arson several times; her depression at having been silenced as a writer; her thirteen-year battle against cancer; and the full burden of her struggle as a woman living and writing in the Deep South in the five decades between the two feminist movements of the twentieth century. Gladney's editorial commentary brings into central focus Smith's enduring lesbian relationship with Paula Snelling and creates a portrait of Lillian Smith which recognizes and challenges the attitudes toward gender and sexuality that shaped and defined her life, her choices of self definition, and her critical reception as a writer. Gladney argues that Smith's triple isolation - political, sexual, and artistic - from mainstream southern culture permitted her to see and to expose southern prejudices with unique clarity.
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George D. Smith papers
Manuscripts
Letters and documents relating to the formation of the George D. Smith Book Co. as well as La Rose's accusations against George D. Smith. There is also some material related to Henry E. Huntington and his purchases.
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Jack Smith Papers
Manuscripts
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of author and Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith (1916-1996). The collection has several strong subject points for the purpose of research including journalism and the writing process and the history of Los Angeles. There are many letters written during World War II that discuss life in America as well as abroad, especially Iwo Jima. The collection consists of the following series: 1. Manuscripts by Jack Smith and Various Authors (Boxes 1 - 19) are arranged alphabetically by author and then by title and date. This series includes manuscripts by various authors as well Jack Smith. This series also includes notebooks that Jack Smith kept with miscellaneous notes for columns and meetings. Post-it notes from Denise, Curtis, and Douglas Smith were on drafts of Eternally Yours. These notes were removed from the manuscripts and placed on acid free paper. Most of the post-it notes either covered or pointed to handwritten notes on the page. Cataloger made notes on the acid free paper with the page number and reference if the note was pointing directly to something. 2. Correspondence with Readers, Family, and Friends (Boxes 20 - 58) are arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes letters from many famous and noteworthy people and also letters from other readers. Please note that Jack Smith filed these letters separately, but the cataloger has combined the letters for easier access. Smith used and quoted many of these letters in his columns. This series also includes Christmas cards and Get Well cards and condolence cards sent to the Smith family after Jack Smith's death. Also included are business and personal letters and cards to Denise Smith, as well as condolence cards sent to the Smith family upon the death of Denise Smith. Please note that Jack Smith was in the habit of jotting down comments and responses on the letters he received from readers, therefore, many of the letters also contain autograph or typewritten notes by Jack Smith written on or attached to the original letter. 3. World War II Correspondence (Boxes 59 - 61) are arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes letters written to and from Jack and Denise Smith as well as other friends and family during World War II. 4. Correspondence regarding Smith, Jack, 1916-1996 Memorial Fund (Boxes 62-65) are grouped alphabetically by author. This series includes letters, notes, and copies of checks regarding donations to the Jack Smith Memorial Fund. Also included are notes written by Denise Smith regarding the paperwork and administration of the memorial fund. 5. Oversize Correspondence (Box 66) are grouped alphabetically by author. This series includes letters and attachments from readers and family to Jack and Denise Smith that are printed on legal size paper. 6. Subject Files (Boxes 67-111, 168-169, 198-200) includes files kept by Jack Smith over many years and is divided into two large groups: the files stored in the garage, covering the late 1960s - 1990 (Boxes 67-99, 168, 198-199) and the files stored in the house, covering 1991-1996 (Boxes 100-111, 169, 200). Please also note these files are not always in alphabetical order because, as much as possible, Smith's original order was retained. Because of this, these files also contain manuscripts and letters by readers and Jack Smith, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, etc. Oversize items are located in boxes 168-169 and 198-200. 7. Ephemera (Boxes 112-167, 170-189) This series includes Jack Smith's collection of printed material including newspaper and magazine clippings of articles by himself and others, magazines, programs, newsletters, financial documents, photographs, and awards, etc. Financial Documents are foldered by year and then alphabetically if it contains a span of years. This box includes tax returns; letters from the Smith's accountant, E. Evans Banbury; letters from the IRS; and letters from organizations that the Smiths made donations to; as well as letters from other publications that published Jack Smith. Also included are letters from the Los Angeles Times or Times Mirror regarding finances and employment. Brochures, Flyers, and News Releases - includes information from parks, museums, music centers as well as information regarding gadgets. Oversize Ephemera (Boxes 191-197) Magazines- Some of the magazines are damaged in the corners. The magazines were housed in Jack Smith's garage and it appears that mice may have eaten the spines and corners. Programs - Book Documents: Book Documents section includes correspondence and information regarding book signings in addition to legal contracts regarding royalties and rights. This section also includes some promotional materials. Programs section includes some invitations if attached to the program. 8. Addenda (Boxes 201-205) Additional manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera, including yearbooks for both Jack and Denise Smith, and audio transcription discs. 9. Computers [NOT AVAILABLE] Two computer tower hard drives.
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Dwight Chichester Smith papers
Manuscripts
A collection of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera relating to Dwight Chichester Smith's work on Robert Browne (1550?-1633), English churchman and theologian. The manuscripts include Smith's Ph.D. thesis and a biography of Browne; the correspondence relates to Smith's efforts to publish the biography, and the ephemera includes a photograph of Smith, reading room tickets, and printed commencement material from Smith's graduation from the University of Edinburgh in 1936.
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