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Creator Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966

1. Collection Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, circa 1960

Description:
The collection consists of four annotated letters from Lillian Smith to Rochelle Girson. Correspondences regard Ms. Smith's selection of books on race relations for the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and include her opinions of works by Louis Lomax, Peter Ritson, and Charles Dickens.
Date of Original:
1960
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

2. Collection Lillian Smith letters to Ashley Montagu

Description:
Correspondence regarding the Anisfield-Wolf Award Committee, books that have been nominated for the award, and personal matters. The collection also includes a carbon from Norman Cousins to Lillian Smith, and a telegram announcing Smith's death.
Date of Original:
1956/1966
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

3. Collection Lillian Smith letter to Kelsey Guilford

Description:
One typewritten letter dated November 11, 1949, "Dear Mr. Guilford," from Lillian Smith regarding Guilford's review of Killers of the Dream.
Date of Original:
1949-11-11
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

4. Collection Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling letters

Description:
Correspondence of a personal nature, regarding health and family matters, but some discuss Smith's activities while on lecture tours. Includes an editorial from 1951 calling Smith's book "Strange Tripe."
Date of Original:
1943/1955
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

5. Collection Lillian E. Smith Collection - Magazines

Description:
A quarterly literary magazine published by Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling from 1936 to 1945 under the titles Pseudopodia, North Georgia Review, and South Today. The magazine encouraged writers, black or white, to offer honest assessments of modern Southern life, to advocate for social and economic reform; and it criticized those who ignored the Old South's poverty and injustices.
Date of Original:
1936/1945
Holding Institution:
Piedmont College. Library

6. Collection Laurel Falls Camp-recordings

Description:
The Laurel Falls Camp Recordings Collection consists of 105 78-rpm lacquer discs and magnetic tapes that were discovered in storage areas at the Camp. The discs were recorded using a direct-to-disc recorder that Lillian Smith probably purchased in 1939, since one of the discs has the date 1939 handwritten on its label.
Date of Original:
1925/1949
Holding Institution:
Piedmont College. Library

7. Collection Lillian Eugenia Smith papers

Description:
Papers of Georgia author, lecturer, human rights advocate Lillian Smith (1897-1966) from circa 1920-1980, one of the first prominent white Southerners to stand against segregation.
Date of Original:
1920/1980
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

8. Collection Lillian Smith papers, 1915-1972

Description:
Lillian Smith (1897-1966), author, lecturer, and human rights advocate, was born in Jasper County, Florida, and resided in Rabun County, Georgia. Her best known fiction piece was the controversial 1944 novel 'Strange Fruit'.
Date of Original:
1915/1972
Holding Institution:
University of Florida. Libraries