Biographical note: Author, editor, and civil rights leader.  Born in Jasper, Florida.

Summary: Manuscripts and proofs of several books, short writing, and biographical material (series one).
Correspondence business records, and manuscripts of the journal The South Today (formerly,
The North Georgia Review, & Pseudopodia ), 1936-1945 (series two).

Provenance: Deposited by Lillian Smith, except for the supplemental material (Box 7) in series one.

Related Material: The Linda Abess Ellis Collection is comprised of letters written by Smith regarding the Laurel Falls Camp.

Copyright: Copyright to this material has not been transferred to the University of Florida. Ms.
Smith's estate is represented by Nancy Smith Fichter, Literary Executor, 710 Waverly Rd,
Tallahassee, FL 32312.

January 3, 2002