Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, circa 1960

Summary

Creator:

Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966

Date:

circa 1960

Extent:

1 folder(s) (4 typed letters)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, ms 1209. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

For more information, see the article "Lillian Smith (1897-1966)" in New Georgia Encyclopedia.

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.

Related

Other descriptive data:

Digitization of this collection was sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Authors, American.
Anisfield-Wolf Award.
United States -- Race relations
American literature
Correspondence

Names:

Girson, Rochelle

Preferred citation:

Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, ms 1209. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.