Letters to and from Lillian Eugenia Smith, 1949-1966.

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Letters to and from Lillian Eugenia Smith, 1949-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476243

The collection mainly consists of correspondence between Lillian Smith and her publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, particularly with George P. Brockway and Storer B. Lunt from 1949-1966. The letters discuss distribution of her works, publicity to sell her books, and reviews of her works. Also includes letters from others relating to the distribution of or reaction to her works.

.5 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403098

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Smith, Lillian Eugenia, 1897-1966

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"Lillian Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. From as early as the 1930s, she argued that Jim Crow was evil ("Segregation is spiritual lynching," she said) and that it leads to social moral retardation."--"Lillian Smith (1897-1966)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. From the descri...

Brockway, George P.

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W.W. Norton & Company

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Lillian Smith (1897-1966), author, lecturer, human rights advocate, born in Jasper, Florida, resided in Rabun County, Georgia. From the description of Letters to and from Lillian Eugenia Smith, 1949-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476243 ...

Lunt, Storer B.

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