Lillian Eugenia Smith papers, circa 1910-2001

Summary

Creator:

Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966

Date:

circa 1910-2001

Extent:

48 Linear Feet 8 boxes, 80 document boxes, 19 half boxes, 4 oversized boxes, 1 oversized folder

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Lillian Eugenia Smith papers, ms1283a. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of papers of Lillian Smith from circa 1920-1980. The papers contain personal correspondence, manuscripts of her works, writings by and about her, files on various organizations she was interested in or involved with (many dealing with human rights), audiotapes containing interviews with and readings by Smith, speeches, financial records, photographs, and printed material. Part of the collection contains records relating to her involvement with the Laurel Falls Camp for Girls including correspondence, applications for admission, printed material, and scrapbooks. The collection also has correspondence, photographs, and papers of her partner, Paula Snelling; her sister, Esther Smith; and the Barnett family.

The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.

Biographical / historical:

Lillian Smith was born in 1897 and died in 1966. She was an author, lecturer, human rights advocate. She mainly resided in Georgia. She was one of the first prominent white Southerners to stand against segregation. She wrote the novel, Strange Fruit, to much acclaim, as well as Killers of the Dream.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into 7 series: Lillian Smith, Paula Snelling, Esther Smith, Barnett family, printed material about Lillian Smith, Laurel Falls Camp, and South Today.

Related

Other descriptive data:

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

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Women authors -- Correspondence.
Speeches.
Financial records.
Women authors, American -- Georgia -- Biography.
Writing.
Camps -- Georgia.
Civil rights movements -- Georgia.
Civil rights movements -- United States.
Georgia -- Race relations.
Scrapbooks.
United States -- Race relations
American literature
Manuscripts.
Women authors, American -- Georgia -- Interviews.
Women authors, American -- Georgia -- Photographs.
Families -- Georgia -- Photographs.
Student counselors -- Georgia -- Clayton -- Correspondence.
Camp counselors -- Georgia -- Clayton -- Correspondence.
Printed ephemera.
Audiotapes, broadcasting equipment.
Correspondence
Application forms

Names:

Laurel Falls Camp for Girls (Ga.)
Barnett family -- Correspondence
Snelling, Paula
Smith, Esther -- Correspondence

Restrictions:

Though the collection is open for research, the audiovisual recordings do not have reference copies; however, reference copies are available upon request. Audiovisual research requests are dependent upon the format and condition of the recordings.

Preferred citation:

Lillian Eugenia Smith papers, ms1283a. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.