- Title:
- Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, circa 1960
- Creator:
- Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966
- Contributor to Resource:
- Girson, Rochelle
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Authors, American
Anisfield-Wolf Award
United States--Race relations
American literature - People:
- Girson, Rochelle
Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- 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.
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.
Rochelle Girson (1915-2002) was a journalist, literary critic, and served as the book review editor of the Saturday Review at the time of the letter. In 1967 she published a travel book entitled Maiden Voyages. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_1209
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, ms 1209, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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