Research files, correspondence, publications, and other papers related to Smith's professional and personal interests in the civil rights movement and social justice issues, Holocaust studies, African American history, Columbia College, the Eau Claire area and other neighborhoods in Columbia, S.C., materials related to maritime and naval history, etc. (Box 1): Civil Rights topics include: correspondence, 1965-1970, with Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Organization (Washington, D.C.); letter, 1969, to Edward Kennedy re wage conditions in S.C. and the nomination of Clement J. Haynsworth to the Supreme Court; correspondence, 1966-1970, re opposition to the Supreme Court nomination of G. Harold Carswell; letter to the editor, 1968, The State Newspaper re Barbary Coast pirates; essays, 1969, re Civil Rights movement; correspondence and publications, 1963-1964, re the Civil Rights Act of 1964; campaign materials for John West's 1970 campaign for S.C. governor; Charlotte Observer article, 1969, re Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings; newspaper clippings re the 1962 political race between A. Paul Kitchin and John P. Kennedy for North Carolina's 8th Congressional District seat; campaign materials, 1972, re Bob Moore's run for Richland County(S.C.) District 1 School Board; National Observer article, 1968, re Ted Kennedy's election campaign. Other Civil Rights topics: notes, 1970, re classes on African American history; memo, 1972, re open forum at Columbia College featuring Robert Shelton, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan; newspaper clippings, 1968-1969, re school desegregation in the U.S.; Your Schools newsletters, 1970-1973, re school desegregation in S.C.; newspaper clippings and publications, 1965-1966, re U.S. Civil Rights movement; Georgia Teachers and Education Association publication, 1970; church bulletin, 1970, from memorial service for Martin Luther King held at Zion Baptist Church (Columbia, S.C.); publications, 1966, re the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund; publications, 1963-1964, by the Southern Regional Council, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and Office of Economic Opportunity re civil rights movement in S.C.; letters, 1964-1979, from the National Peace Conversion Campaign re opposition to construction of B-1 Bomber; publications and advertisements, 1980, re touring Japan and Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation); correspondence and reports, 1976-1978, re Southeastern Public Education Program (SEPEP). Topics relating to the Eau Claire Community Project include: history and background of this neighborhood improvement project; correspondence, 1975-1988; application for swimming pool, 1980; notes, 1990-1991, re the community council; contract, 1976, contract with Dr. Leonard Lanfranco for a North Columbia Business Seminar; plans for Community Center, 1977; reports, 1979, re economic conditions and demographics in Fairfield County, Lexington County, Newberry County and Richland County; correspondence, 1973, re Manpower Advisory Council of Richland County (S.C.). (Box 2): Smith's Holocaust research files include: essays and drafts; grant application, 1992, from South Carolina Humanities Council for project titled "The Holocaust: A South Carolina Teacher's Resource"; correspondence, 1986, with Simon Wiesenthal Center re teacher's guides; letters, 1997, re Nuremberg Seminar Committee. Research notes, 1982, on the economic development of Japan (compiled by Lillie Herdon); notes on the history of Vietnam, compiled 1971; essay re life of U.S. Senator Ellison D. "Cotton Ed" Smith of S.C., nomination, 1979, of Seaside Plantation (Edgar Fripp Plantation) in Beaufort, S.C., to National Register of Historic Places; Historic Columbia Foundation (S.C.) files (Docent's notes and research re boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson, ca. 1970s), Ainsley Hall House (Robert Mills House), and Mann-Simons Cottage; letters, 1969, re Charleston hospital workers' strike: to the editor of Columbia Record newspaper, and to Gov. Robert McNair. (Box 3): Files relating to the Columbia Community Development Project include the following topics: Correspondence, 1972, re the health services provided in Columbia, Maryland; letters, 1990-1992, re management and location of Columbia Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission; correspondence, 1976-1976, re Housing and Urban Development Advisory Council; letters, 1976-1990, re Richland County Community Development Citizen's Advisory Committee; correspondence and newsletters, 1976-1977, re School Advisory Council; letters, 1977-1978, re Columbia Committee on Economic Development; minutes and roster re meetings for the Richland County Community Development; Richland County School District One Facilities Report, 1982; Columbia Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission notebook, 1990. (Box 4): Columbia College files reflect Smith's courses and research: Bibliography, 1972, re course titled, "Black Experience in America"; correspondence and notes, 1971-1975 re Quaker history and literature in the United States; correspondence, 1989, re seminar offered by University of South Carolina and Benedict College titled, "Institute for the Development of Knowledge and Skills for Teaching Black History and Culture in Teacher Education Programs in South Carolina's Colleges and Universities;" letters, 1964-1967, re Committee on Non-Western Studies; correspondence, 1988-1995, re fund for lecture series at Columbia College established by David Baker of S.C.; letters, 1969, re S.C. Dept. of Education's Textbook Selection Committee; newspaper clippings, 1964, re Columbia College fire; newsletters and correspondence, 1964-1994, re the American Association of University Professors; correspondence and notes, 1980-1982, re Phi Alpha Theta (International Honors Society in History); correspondence and outline, 1990, re course titled, "Remember the Children," about children in the Holocaust; reports, 1969, 1983, re possible textbooks to be published and used by the SC Board of Education; and papers related to prosecution of anti-war activists associated with the UFO Coffee House in Columbia, S.C., during the Vietnam War, along with related letters, 1960s and 1970, and transcripts from the trial, with testimony of Smith and Raymond L. Moore. (Box 5): Other research interests of Smith include: Notes and publications, 1987, re the African American History Institute; articles, 1959-1964, re John Ciardi; newsletter, 1971, re the Columbia Urban League; notes, 1975, the Executive Committee Staff Retreat; articles and publications, 1986, re the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture; correspondence, 1977, re Naval Reserve status of Selden Smith; letters, 1988-1989 re "S.C. by the Sea," about tourism on the S.C. coast; annual report, 1988-1989, of S.C. Dept. of Parks Recreation and Tourism. Fact sheet and notes, 1977, re the League of Women Voters; articles, publications and notes, 1975-1988, re feminism in S.C.; correspondence, 1985-1997, re S.C. Consortium of International Studies; correspondence, 1990-1993, Postscript (a student organization at Columbia College); correspondence, financial records, and newsletters, 1967-1970, for South Carolina Association of Non-Western Scholars (SCANS); newsletters, 1991-1993, re Partners in Dialogue, an interfaith community service project of USC Dept. of Religious Studies; correspondence, 1985-1994, re Center for the Study of the Presidency, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy and education organization that applies lessons of history to current national challenges; correspondence and publications, 1970-1977, re American Friends Service Committee, Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths and has the goal of improving social justice, peace and humanitarian service. (Box 6): Personal and professional correspondence, 1959-1993, with: Emily Cheng, 1969; Naval Reserve Personnel, 1976; John West, 1969; and others; also includes invoices, 1978-1990; photographs and prints, 1967-1968; scrapbook of Fannie Dowling, who "began to use it about 1915 or before," contains clippings from family marriage and death announcements, poems and articles about the Methodist Church in Laurens County (S.C.) and elsewhere; plus booklets and publications; (Box 7) consist of pamphleets and newspapers (sections and clippings).
