Letters to and from Paula Snelling, 1943-1955.

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Letters to and from Paula Snelling, 1943-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476422

The collection consists of correspondence between Lillian Smith and her friend, Paula Snelling from 1943-1955. The letters are mainly of a personal nature discussing health, family matters, but some discuss Smith's activities while on lecture tours.

.25 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403273

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...

Snelling, Paula Varson

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Paula Snelling was the lifelong partner of Georgia writer Lillian Smith and collaborated with her on the literary magazine South today and the running of Laurel Falls Camp. "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)...