Includes typescripts and proofs from four of Lillian Smith's books, Strange Fruit (1944), Killers of the Dream (1949), The Journey (1954), and Our Faces, Our Words (1964), a copy of a speech given at the University of Florida, an autobiographical sketch (1954?), and letters to Earl Miers and Bill Targ of World Publishing.

A box of supplemental papers (Box 7), not from the papers deposited by Lillian Smith, has been added to the Papers. Most of this material derives from assistance given by Marjorie White, a childhood friend of Smith's in Jasper, to researchers Louise Blackwell and Joan Titus. Blackwell co-authored Lillian Smith (Twayne Publishers, 1971) with Frances Clay. Publication data of Joan Titus's work is unknown. The material includes letters by both Smith and her colleague Paula Snelling.

Contains correspondence, business records, some manuscript submissions, and miscellaneous materials, including a complete set of issues of The South Today. The General and Business Correspondence overlap in content, but some of the General Correspondence is broader in scope than journal business and is more personal. Correspondence with contributors, printers, advertisers, publishers and others regarding the operations as well as the scope and philosophy of the journal may be found both in the General Correspondence and the Business Correspondence. The subscription correspondence is predominantly, but not exclusively, orders, renewal notices, problems of receipt, etc.

Much of the correspondence is addressed to Paula Snelling. Some copies, or drafts of replies by Smith or Snelling are included.

The principal correspondents in terms of quantity and prominence of the writer include novelist Evelyn Scott (50), Margaret Anderson (33), J. M. Michaux (25), Howard Odum (20), Walter White (12), Henrietta Buckmaster (16), Motier Harris Fisher (15), Olive Tilford Dargan (11), Louis Adamic (9), Silas Bent (9), Cash, W. J. (6), Charles S. Johnson (7), Lucy Mason Randolph (12), Pauli Murray (10), James Still (6), James Weldon Johnson (6), and Virginus Dabney (6). Most of the correspondence from these individuals is in the General Correspondence. Numerous other prominent correspondents are listed in the contents of the General Correspondence and index to the Business Correspondence. The subscription correspondence is not indexed, but includes orders and sometimes correspondents from several well known writers and other individuals.

Arrangement: Arranged in four sequences: General Correspondence (Boxes 8-10), including some manuscripts submissions, Business Correspondence (Box 11), Subscription Correspondence (12-23), and Miscellaneous Material (Box 24). The General Correspondence is arranged alphabetically. The box of Business Correspondence is arranged chronologically and accessible through an index of names. The Subscription Correspondence is also chronological, but includes no list of names or index.

Arranged alphabetically. An asterisk by a name indicates that it is also found in the Business Correspondence index. The number of letters is indicated in parenthesis for those individuals from whom there are six or more letters.

See the Index of Names in Business Correspondence for an alphabetic list of correspondents.