Guide to the Lee Marshall Smith Papers, 1956-2006

Collection Number MC 203

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Collection Information
Abstract:

This collection documents Lee Marshall Smith's career as a reporter, film critic, newspaper editor, educator and novelist. Also documented are some of Smith's numerous awards and honors, including the Robert Penn Warren Fiction Prize in 1991 and the North Carolina Award for Fiction in 1984. Subject files contain biographical information, including a vita, documentation from her time as Writer-In-Residence at Hollins College, and correspondence with her publishers (Harper and Row, 1968-1973). The Writings series includes extensive drafts of Smith's writings, including typescripts, manuscripts, reproductions, and handwritten notes. Among Smith's published novels are Black Mountain Breakdown (1981), Oral History (1983) , Fair and Tender Ladies (1988), The Devil's Dream (1992), Saving Grace (1995), and The Last Girls (2002). Her short stories include "Mom (Life As We Knew It)", "The French Revolution, A Love Story", "Bob, A Dog", "Me and My Baby View the Eclipse" (with accompanying artwork) and "Camera Obscura". The collection also contains plays adapted from Smith's novels and short stories. A Reviews series includes reviews and critical essays about Smith's work from 1968 to the present. The Audiovisual Materials series includes sound tapes (Lee Smith reading from books and short stories, radio interviews, etc.), a compact disc, and VHS tapes.

A popular author of novels and short stories, Lee Smith earned a B.A. in English from Hollins College in 1967. Immediately after college she worked as a reporter for the Richmond News Leader and the Tuscaloosa News. Smith was an English teacher at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, 1971-1975, and at the Carolina Friends School in North Carolina, 1975-1977. She taught creative writing at Duke University in 1977 and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978-1981. From 1979 to 1980 she was the director of a summer writing workshop for the University of Virginia. In 1981, she came to North Carolina State University, where she taught for 19 years.

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Processed by
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Encoded by
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Updated by
Dani Nation, 2007 March

Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

Creator

Smith, Lee, 1944-

Title

Lee Marshall Smith Papers, 1956-2006

Call Number

MC 203

Extent

14.75 linear feet, 27 archival boxes, 1 card box, 2 flat files

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language of Material

English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

Use of audiovisual material may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Acquisitions Information

Gift of Lee Smith, 1991-2007.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lee Marshall Smith Papers, MC 203, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Processing Information

Processed by Caroline Weaver, 1995-1997

Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2005 December

Updated by Dani Nation, March 2007

Biographical Note


Lee Marshall Smith was born in Grundy, Virginia. As a college student, she studied in France during her junior year and interned at the Richmond News Leader with chief editorial writer James J. Kilpatrick. Ms. Smith was awarded a Book-of-the Month Club Writing Fellowship in June 1967, immediately following her graduation from Hollins College with a B.A. in English. She continued her writing career as a reporter for the Tuscaloosa News in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1968-1969 and then became the feature writer, film critic, and editor of the newspaper's Sunday magazine. She switched from journalism to teaching English at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tennessee, 1971-1974, and the Carolina Friends School in Durham, North Carolina, 1975-1977. During this period Ms. Smith was married and raised two boys.

Lee Smith pursued her writing career and was selected as the writer-in-residence at Hollins College during the spring semester of 1976. She continued to teach creative writing as an instructor at Duke University in 1977, a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978-1981, and the director of a summer writing workshop for the University of Virginia, 1979-1980. In 1981 she took a position at North Carolina State University, where she taught for 19 years. Ms. Smith has given numerous lectures in addition to her extended visits to various schools and conferences teaching writing and conducting workshops. She has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards including two O. Henry Awards, the John Dos Passos Award, the Robert Penn Warren Fiction Prize, and the North Carolina Award for Fiction in 1984. As of 1997, she had published 15 books:

The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, 1968

Something in the Wind, 1971

Fancy Strut, 1973

Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981

Cakewalk, 1981

Oral History, 1983

Family Linen, 1985

Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988

Bob, A Dog, 1988

Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990

The Devil's Dream, 1992

We Don't Love with Our Teeth, 1994

Saving Grace, 1995

The Christmas Letters: A Novella, 1996

News of the Spirit, 1997

In 2002, Smith published The Last Girls, which was inspired by an actual raft trip she made down the Mississippi River with other Hollins girls in 1966. On Agate Hill, an historical novel set in piedmont North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, was published in 2006.

Scope and Content Note


The papers of Lee Marshall Smith are divided into eleven series. This collection documents Lee Smith's career as a reporter, film critic, newspaper editor, educator, and novelist. The collection primarily documents Smith's professional endeavors and contains limited personal materials. Also documented are Smith's numerous awards and honors, including the North Carolina Award for Literature (1984), the Lyndhurst Prize (1990-1992), the Robert Penn Warren Fiction Prize, and her promotion to professor at North Carolina State University in 1990. Subject files contain biographical information, including a vita and documentation from her time as Writer-In-Residence at Hollins College. Correspondence chiefly contains letters to and from Smith's publishers (Harper and Row, 1968-1973). Interviews and Articles are predominantly news clippings of interviews with Smith and articles about her. The Lectures, Readings, Speeches, Book Signings series includes programs, news clippings and other evidence of Smith's professional activities. The Miscellaneous series contains notes for stories, information about other writers, and various memorabilia.

The bulk of the collection is contained in the Writings series which consists of five subseries, including Reviews by Lee Smith, Drafts of Novels, Short Stories, Miscellaneous Writing, and Essays. The series documents Smith's writing and the process of creating a novel. It contains extensive drafts of Smith's writings, including typescripts, manuscripts, reproductions, and handwritten notes. Among the short stories are "Mom (Life As We Knew It)", "The French Revolution, A Love Story", "Bob, A Dog", "Me and My Baby View the Eclipse" (with accompanying artwork) and "Camera Obscura". The collection also contains plays adapted from Smith's novels and short stories. A Reviews series includes reviews and critical essays about Smith's work from 1968 to the present. The Audiovisual Materials series includes sound tapes (Lee Smith reading from books and short stories, radio interviews, etc.), a compact disc, and VHS tapes.

Collection Arrangement


Collection is arranged into series:

1. Subject Files, 1962-1987

2. Correspondence, 1968-2006

3. Honors and Awards, 1967-2001

4. Interviews and Articles, 1968-2003

5. Lectures, Speeches, Readings, Book Signings, 1981-2003

6. Miscellaneous, 1970, undated

7. Photographs, 1964, 1990-2000, undated

8. Writings, 1956-2003

9. Plays Adapted from Novels and Short Stories, 1984-1998

10. Reviews, 1968-2002

11. Audiovisual Materials, 1988-1994

Online Catalog Terms


The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals

  • Smith, Lee, 1944-
  • Smith, Lee, 1944- --Criticism and interpretation.

Corporate Entities

  • North Carolina State University--Faculty--History.

Topics

  • American fiction--North Carolina--Women authors.
  • American literature--Women authors.
  • Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
  • Authors, American--North Carolina--20th century.
  • Novelists, American--20th century.
  • Short stories, American--Women authors.
  • Women authors, American--North Carolina--20th century.
  • Women novelists, American--20th century.

Geographic Names

  • North Carolina--Fiction.
  • North Carolina--Intellectual life.
  • Virginia--Fiction.

Occupations

  • Authors, American--20th century.

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • MC 203 Series 01 : Subject Files, 1962-1987, undated


    0.2 linear feet

    The Subject Files series consists of biographical information about Smith and various items and clippings that accompanied the manuscripts. The material in this series is scant and relates primarily to Smith's experience at Hollins College and as a reporter for the Tuscaloosa News.

    • Anthologies: Michigan Quarterly Review, 1987
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 2]
    • Anthologies: The Carolina Quarterly, 1978
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 1]
    • Biographical Information, Vita [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Carolina Friends School, 1975 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Coastal Storm - Maryland, Virginia, March 1962 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Grundy, Virginia [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Grundy, Virginia, 1962-1990
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 3]
    • Grundy, Virginia, 1962-1990
      Accession no. 2007-0376
      Ornament Removed from Box 23 folder 3
      		 [MC 203 Card Box 28]
    • Hollins College: Miscellaneous [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Hollins College: Raft Trip Down the Mississippi River [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Hollins College: Writer-In-Residence [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Reporter, The Tuscaloosa News [MC 203 Box 1]

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  • MC 203 Series 02 : Correspondence, 1968-2006, undated


    0.1 linear feet

    This series is limited and covers correspondence, 1968-1973, with Harper and Row, and miscellaneous correspondence in 1981, 1987, 1992, and 2006. For additional correspondence, see Series 8, Writings, which includes letters and notes which accompany manuscript materials.

    • Correspondence concerning The Devils Dream, 1992
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 4]
    • Correspondence, 1981, 1987, 1992, no date [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Correspondence, Harper and Row, 1968-1973 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Ivy Anne Hughes Baby Announcement, 1999
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 5]

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  • MC 203 Series 03 : Honors and Awards, 1967-2001


    0.1 linear feet

    The Honors and Awards series documents some of the awards and prizes that Smith has earned as a writer. This series also includes information regarding her graduation from Hollins College.

    • Book-of-the-Month Club Writing Fellowship, 1967 June [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award, NCSU, 1991 0ctober 23 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Distinguished Service Award, 1990 April 11 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Fellow, Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1991 April 5 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Hollins Graduation, 1967 May 28 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Lee Smith Festival - Emory and Henry College, 1985 October 10-11
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • Lyndhurst Prize, 1990-1992 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • NC Award for Literature, 1984 November 15 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Pembroke Magazine Lee Smith Special Issue, 2001
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 6]
    • Promotion to Professor, North Carolina State University, 1990 August 16 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Robert Penn Warren Fiction Prize, 1991 April 5 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Southwest Virginia Community College - 1st Cultural Ambassador Award, 1993 September 16 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • St. Catherine’s School distinguished alumna, 1975 April [MC 203 Box 1]
    • W.D. Weatherford Award - Berea College, 1989 May 23 [MC 203 Box 1]

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  • MC 203 Series 04 : Interviews and Articles, 1968-2003


    0.2 linear feet

    The Interviews and Articles series documents Smith's career from her first novel in 1968 to 2003. The series consists of newspaper clippings of articles about and interviews with Lee Smith. Publications range from the Hollins College Bulletin to The New York Times Book Review. The series also contains a book titled Notable North Carolina Women by Jennifer Ravi.

    • “A mystical mix of Southern life,” by Lynn Jessup, Greensboro News and Record, 27 September 1987
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “A Southern voice in her own write,” by Ken Ringle, The News and Observer, 9 December 1988 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Ad for Lee Smith’s Oral History, New York Times Book Review, 17 July 1983 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “An Interview with Lee Smith,” by DLB, [circa 1984] [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “An Interview with Lee Smith,” by Tom McKnight, Appalachian Heritage, Spring/Summer 1988 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Area’s best known author, Lee Smith, honored,” by Charlotte Williamson, Daily Telegraph, 19 September 1993 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Articles removed from Box 23 Folder 7, 1986-2003
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Flat File 2]
    • “Artists Picture Lee Smith’s Stories,” by Melissa Clement, 26 Sept. 1991 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Author paints realistic picture of region but not without fight over cultural differences,” by Kathy Sill, Bristol Herald Courier/Virginia-Tennessean, 18 September 1993 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Author’s hometown a big help,” by J. Sebastian Sinisi, The Denver Post, 9 July 1992
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Buchanan-Born Author Writes Her Roots,” Bluefield Daily Telegraph, by Maryanne Stevens, 25 January 1981
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Chapter and Verse,” by Margaret Carlin, Rocky Mountain News, 6 July 1992 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “College News From Around the Quadrangle,” Hollins College Bulletin, January 1971 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Conversations with Lee Smith by Linda Tate, 2001
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 11]
    • “Despite fame, Smith’s roots remain strong,” (part 2 of article) (from a West Virginia newspaper), [circa 1983-84] [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Down From the Mountain,” by Michael McFee, Spectator, 21 July 1983
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Fair and Tender Fiction,” by Robert Draper, American Way, 1 February 1989 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Flight of Fancy,” article about Hollins Professor Richard H. W. Dillard, with quote by Lee Smith (former student) Roanoke Times and World News, 6 September 1987 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Good writer has gift of the telling detail,” by James J. Kilpatrick, (from a Central Florida Newspaper), [circa 1985-86] [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Homecoming for Lee Smith ‘An Emotional Experience’,” by Cathy St. Clair, The Grundy Mountaineer, 20 September 1990 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Homespun-Tales of Appalachia Have Authentic-Sounding Twang,” by Teresa Lazazzera, The Winchester Star, 12 May 1987 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Hot Off the Presses,” by Susan Toepfer, City Lights, 29 December 1985 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “In her books, Lee Smith goes home again,” by Melanie Sill, The News and Observer, 21 August 1983
      2 parts - 2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • Interview with Claudia Loewenstein Southern Book Review Transcript, 1993
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 8]
    • Interview with Lee Smith, Durham Morning Herald, 8 December 1974 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Interview: Lee Smith,” by Cathy Cruise, Phoebe, Spring/Summer 1992 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Interviews and Articles Various Publications, 1986-2003
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 7]
    • Interviews with Five North Carolina writers (including Lee Smith), by William W. Starr, The State, 6 December 1981 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Journalism stimulating says our newest novelist,” by Joy Williams, The Birmingham News, 8 September 1968
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith - Interview,” by Nancy Parrish, Appalj, Summer 1992
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Lee Smith, Annie Dillard and the Hollins Group by Nancy Parris Chapter 5 (pgs 225-283) typescript, 1993-1999
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 12]
    • “Lee Smith, At Home With Her Muse,” by Ken Ringle, The Washington Post, 4 December 1988
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith,” by Katherine Kearns, DLB Yearbook [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith,” by Ray Sawhill, Interview, January 1990 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith,” interview by Michelle Lodge, Publisher’s Weekly, 20 September 1985 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith: Her People Will Do Anything,” by Joanne Kaufman, The Wall Street Journal, 17 October 1985
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith’s Life Not Daily Novel,” by Eve Zibart, The Nashville Tennessean, 12 March 1972 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith’s Raft of Appalachian Novels,” by Ken Ringle, International Herald Tribune, 10-11 December 1988 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith’s Stories Eavesdrop On Life,” by Ruth Moose, The Charlotte Observer, 4 October 1981 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Lee Smith’s Stories Spill Longhand From The Anecdotes of Her Life,” by Dannye Romine, The Charlotte Observer, [1980] [MC 203 Box 1]
    • "Life in fiction,” by Lynne Lucas, The News, [circa 1985] [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Mississippi Quarterly, 1998-99
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 9]
    • NC State Magazine "Southern Class", 1999
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 23, Folder 10]
    • Notable North Carolina Women, by Jennifer Ravi, (includes Lee Smith), copyright , 1992 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “On Regionalism, Women’s Writing, and Writing as a Woman: A Conversation with Lee Smith,” by Virginia A. Smith, The Southern Review, Autumn 1990 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “On The Mountaintop,” by Priscilla Brown, The Fayetteville Observer/The Fayetteville Times, 2 October 1983 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • Oversized articles and interviews removed from Box 23 folder 7, 1989
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Flat File 1]
    • “Prize money lets Lee Smith luxuriate in language,” by Bridgette A. Lacy, The News and Observer, 8 January 1995 [MC 203 Box 20]
    • “Publishing Good Books, The Good Old-Fashioned Way,” by Dean King, Connoisseur, January 1989
      (Article about Louis D. Rubin, Jr. - mentions Lee Smith)
      		 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Rednecks, Belles, and K-Mart Gals - Southern Women Stake Their Claim,” by Thulani Davis, Voice Literary Supplement, February 1986 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “She can go home again,” by Laura Alderson, Roanoke Times and World News, 1 March 1981 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “She Writes While Children Sleep,” by Johanna Seltz, The Chapel Hill Newspaper, 22 January 1976 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Smith becomes book ‘character’,” by Charlotte Williamson, Daily Telegraph, 19 September 1993 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Southern writing is in their bones,” by Laura Alderson, The Canberra Times, 29 April 1990 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Stare at life very hard, fix image in your mind,” by James J. Kilpatrick, The Birmingham News, [circa 1983]
      (original & copy syndicated column)       		[MC 203 Box 1]
    • “SVCC honors Lee Smith,” by Kathy Kish, Daily Telegraph, 19 September 1993 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Talking True,” by Nelljean McConeghey, The Arts Journal, June 1984 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “That Mountain Music,” by Dannye Romine, The Charlotte Observer, 5 July 1992 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “The Power and the Story,” by Ben Cleary, Style Weekly, 29 August 1989 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “The South Rises Again,” by Gene Lyons, Newsweek, 30 September 1985 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Virginia Voices,” by Robert Merritt, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 25 February 1990 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “What Some Carolinas Writers Are Reading,” by Dannye Romine, The Charlotte Observer, 22 August 1982 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Words to Remember - How Mothers Influenced 6 Budding Writers,” by Dannye Romine, The Charlotte Observer, 13 May 1984 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Writers’ Renaissance in North Carolina,” by Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal, 1 November 1989 [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “Writes about curse,” , [circa 1983] [MC 203 Box 1]
    • “You Can’t Take the Country Out of the Girl,” by L. Stroud, NCSU - The Alumni Magazine of NCSU, January-February 1992
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]

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  • MC 203 Series 05 : Lectures, Readings, Speeches, Book Signings, 1981-2003


    0.2 linear feet

    The Lectures, Readings, Speeches, Book Signings series chiefly contains news clippings about events in which Smith participated. It documents the wide range of events that Smith has attended in conjunction with her writing career.

    • 11th Annual Queens Book and Author Luncheon, 18 January 1983
      Article in The Charlotte Observer, by Dannye Romine
      		 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • 1993 Commencement Address by Lee Smith, Hollins, October 1993 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • 35th Annual Book and Author Luncheon of North Carolina, “Authors at book club luncheon probe distinctive assets of South,” by Abe D. Jones, Jr., The Greensboro Record, 15 February 1984 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • 3rd Annual Cumberland Valley Writers’ Conference, 2-8 August 1981, Application and Program Meet the Author Night - Richlands Area Friends of the Library, 10 September 1981, Newspaper clipping, article by Sarah Davis, Richlands News Press, 9 September 1981, 1981 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • 4th Annual Southern Festival of Books - poster with program on the back (Lee Smith is a speaker), 9-11 October 1992

      		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • 70th Annual Commencement of Bluefield College, (Lee Smith gave Address), 2 May 1992 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Appalachian writer spending time at UC,” by Dan Trevas. -- In Charleston Daily Mail, University of Charleston, 26 April 1990 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Arts and Education Council Conference on Southern Literature, Chattanooga, TN, 22-23 February 1985 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Author to read at McIntyre’s,” , 15 March 1990 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • "Author, critic to meet at book luncheon,” by Frances Hallam Hurt, Danville Register and Bee, 4 March 1990 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Bennington Writing Workshops, 30 June-27 July 1985 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • "Best Selling Author Makes Guest Appearance at Russell County Public Library,” by Richard Fulgham, The Lebanon News, 5 December 1990 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Book Club Related, 2002-2003
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 4]
    • Book Fair International Schedule, Miami Herald, 8 November 1985 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Book Festival Schedule of Events,” The Tennessean, 14 October 1989 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Bookmark,” by Roy Parker, Jr. (includes Lee Smith at 10th Annual Southern Writers Symposium at Methodist College, Fayetteville Observer-Times, 21 September 1991 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Conference Programs, 1991-1999
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 2]
    • Cumberland Valley Writers’ Conference, 30 July-7 August 1982
      Schedule of Events       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Eleventh Annual Distinguished Woman Scholar’s Lecture featuring Lee Smith, 7 March 1990
      2 copies of flyer       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • "Foote enchants 1,100 with talk on fiction, history at conference,” by Carolyn Mitchell, The Chattanooga Times, 6 April 1991 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Grundy’s linen aired by Author,” by Harriet McLeod, The Richmond News Leader, 15 November 1985 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Handwritten partial list of readings/speeches, [Spring 1989] [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Hollins College Commencement, Lee Smith gave Address, 15-16 May 1993 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Inspiration: Southern writer collects ideas from elders,” (Lee Smith at Southern Writers Seminar), by Sheri Guessford, The Daily Beacon, 22 February 1988 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Lee Smith to speak,” , and advertisement, Knoxville News-Sentinel, 14 February 1988

      		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Meet the Author Night, newspaper clipping, 10 September 1981 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Methodist College Tenth Annual Southern Writer’s Symposium - Lee Smith, Storyteller, 27-28 September [1991]
      2 copies and a map       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Miami Book Fair International, 3-10 November 1985,
      Program - Book Fair
      		 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Mindful of Her Place, Symposium organized by the Virginia Women’s Cultural History Project, 30 November-1 December 1984 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • New Woman of the South, 8 May 1985
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Oversized Pamphlet from "The World of Lee Smith Symposium" removed from Box 24 folder 1, 1998
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Flat File 1]
    • PEN Gala, 1998
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 3]
    • PEN/Faulkner Reading, 24 February 1989 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Poetry and Literature program (including Lee Smith as one of the writers of one of the best short stories) PEN Syndicated Fiction Project, 12 December 1991
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Reading at the University of Richmond, newspaper clipping , [1985] [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Reading at Three Lives, New York, NY, 3 October 1985, clipping from The Village Voice, 8 October 1985 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Schedule for Lee Smith at University of Charleston, 26-27 April 1984 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Seventh Annual Appalachian Writers Workshop and Writers Colony, 5 August 1984 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Seventh Annual Bennington Writing Workshops, 3-30 July 1983 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word,” schedule, Nashville Banner, 13 October 1989 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Speech to Chi-O’s, 10 April 1990 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Susan B. Anthony Birthday Dinner, NC State, 20 February 1989, Program and flyer
      2 copies of flyer       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • “The Autonomous Voice,” 10th Alabama Symposium on English and American Literature, 13-15 October 1983
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • The Dr. Robert L. Palmer Memorial Lecture, Cumberland College, Lee Smith - lecturer, 29 October 1992 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • The Southern Writers Program, University of Tennessee, 17-18 February 1988, Program
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • The Work of the Southern Writer - in conjunction with the Cumberland Valley Writers’ Conference, 5-7 August 1982
      2 copies       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • Tributes and Events, 1997
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 1]
    • University of Kentucky’s 8th Annual Women Writers Conference, 2-5 April 1986

      		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • “UR hosts Virginia author, Buckley,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10 November 1985 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • VCU Writers’ Conference - Lee Smith, 7 July 1989 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Visiting Writers Series at Virginia Tech, 16 November 1983 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Writing as a Human Activity, Conference, 23-25 September 1982
      2 schedules and a map       		[MC 203 Box 2]
    • “Writing, Reading - A Day For Creating,” by Whitney Vanderwerff, Durham Morning Herald, 16 May 1987,
      Spring Writing Conference at Carolina Friends School
      		 [MC 203 Box 2]

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  • MC 203 Series 06 : Miscellaneous, 1970, undated


    0.1 linear feet

    The Miscellaneous series is a small series which consists of notes for stories, information about other writers, and various memorabilia.

    • Lee Smith Photo Postcards, 1970
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 5]
    • Lee Smith Photo Postcards, 1970
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 6]
    • Miscellaneous [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Notes for Stories [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Other Writers:Anna Darnell Arnoult Miscellaneous [MC 203 Box 2]

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  • MC 203 Series 07 : Photographs, 1964, 1990-2000, undated


    0.1 linear feet

    The Photographs series consists of photographs and slides of Lee Smith and various other people.

    • Photographs : Lee Smith: Wearing blue blouse (2); in office wearing grey sweater & turtleneck; at North Carolina Awards Ceremony; 1964, w/ Santa Claus; Hollins students on Mississippi; Page on his birthday w/ guitar; black & white photo of a man playing tennis in US Open?; school picture of boy w/ one tooth missing & striped brown shirt., 1964 [MC 203 Box 2]
    • Slides : Lee Smith wearing red turtleneck & grey sweater in office, next to television screen & at a seminar in a lobby with a group of people. The box is marked CCR/Advent.
    • Slides by Jim Strickland, 1990-2000
      Accession no. 2007-0376       		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 7]

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  • MC 203 Series 08 : Writings, 1956-2003


    5 linear feet

    The Writings series is divided into five subseries, which include Reviews by Lee Smith, Drafts of Novels, Short Stories, Miscellaneous Writing, and Essays.

    The series documents Smith's prolific work as a writer. Drafts of Novels are arranged by chronological order of novels. Many of the records regarding novels document the process of creating a novel from Smith's handwritten text to a computer generated manuscript to the blue lines of the novel. Notes and editorial comments accompany drafts of novels. The Short Stories are divided into published and unpublished.


    • MC 203 Subseries 08.01 : Reviews by Lee Smith, 1987-1988



      • “Dickey’s ‘Wayfarer’ Is Rich With Mountain Dialogue,” by Lee Smith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 13 November 1988 [MC 203 Box 2]
      • Review of John Shelton Reed’s Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy, by Lee Smith, Spectator, 16 April 1987 Reviews of In Coal Country, by Judith Hendershot and Trouble at the Mines, by Doreen Rappaport, Reviews by Lee Smith, New York Times Book Review, 17 May 1987 [MC 203 Box 2]

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    • MC 203 Subseries 08.02 : Drafts of Novels (includes short stories related to novels), 1966-2003



      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        “Paralyzed: A True Story” - typescript with corrections - 2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        Outline of section one - handwritten
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        First page, explanation - typescript
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        Notes - handwritten
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        “Coal Town Hangs On, Finds It’s Booming,” by Ben A. Franklin, The New York Times
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        “The Bible,” by Sam Varney, Jr. - 2 columns
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        “from Black Mountain Breakdown,” Carolina Quarterly, Winter 1977
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Black Mountain Breakdown, 1981
        "Black Mountain Breakdown,” Redbook, February 1981, pp. 151-173
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Covers, 1980-2003
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 11]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies Uncorrected Proof, 1988
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 12]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Handwritten Notes
        		 [MC 203 Box 4]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Handwritten draft with notes
        		 [MC 203 Box 4]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Drafts and correspondence (typescript with corrections)
        		 [MC 203 Box 4]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Drafts and correspondence (typescript with corrections)
        		 [MC 203 Box 5]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Typescript Draft with corrections
        		 [MC 203 Box 6]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Manuscript with corrections (typescript) and correspondence
        		 [MC 203 Box 6]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        pages)
        Master Sets with corrections (4 copies plus extra
        		[MC 203 Box 6]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Master Sets with corrections (continued)
        		 [MC 203 Box 7]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Repro
        		 [MC 203 Box 7]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies, 1988
        Bluelines - old copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 7]
      • Family Linen, 1985
        Drafts - typescript (not in order)
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Family Linen, 1985
        Drafts - typescript (not in order)
        		 [MC 203 Box 4]
      • Family Linen, 1985
        Authors Galleys
        		 [MC 203 Box 4]
      • Fancy Strut, 1973
        Handwritten draft
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Fancy Strut, 1973
        1st Version - typescript
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Fancy Strut, 1973
        Draft - typescript
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Oral History, 1983
        “Oral History” - short story - typescript
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Oral History, 1983
        Letter to Faith
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Oral History, 1983
        Notes
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Oral History, 1983
        “The Mystery In the Hills,” Redbook, May 1983, pp. 122-126, 156-178, 181-184
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Saving Grace Notes, 1990-1995
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 16]
      • Saving Grace, 1995
        Handwritten Notes (plus some typed notes)
        		 [MC 203 Box 19]
      • Saving Grace, 1995
        Handwritten Draft with notes - 4 parts
        		 [MC 203 Box 19]
      • Saving Grace, 1995
        Draft (typescript with a few corrections) - 4 parts
        		 [MC 203 Box 19]
      • Saving Grace, 1995
        Notes written by Anna (copy editor)
        		 [MC 203 Box 19]
      • Saving Grace, 1995
        Proof - 2 parts
        		 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • Saving Grace, 1995
        Related Correspondence: The correspondence with Harper and Row was placed in the Correspondence - Harper and Row (1968-1973) file (MC 203, Box 1). The letter regarding the Book-of-the-Month Award (1967) was placed in the Honors and Awards, Miscellaneous file(MC 203, Box 1)
        		 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • Something in the Wind, 1971
        Part of novel (main character’s name is Alley)
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Something in the Wind, 1971
        “The Red Parts” - typescript - 2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Something in the Wind, 1971
        “The Red Parts,” Cargoes, Hollins College, Fall 1966, pp. 44-55
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • Something in the Wind, 1971
        Section from work in progress (main character’s name is Alley), Hollins College Bulletin, May 1969, p. 8 - 2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • The Christmas Letters: A Novella, 1997
        Draft (typescript with corrections) - xerographic copy
        		 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • The Christmas Letters: A Novella, 1997
        Draft (typescript with corrections) - includes notes of Lee Smith and Shannon
        		 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Handwritten Notes (plus some typed notes)
        		 [MC 203 Box 7]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Handwritten Draft with notes
        		 [MC 203 Box 7]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Handwritten Draft with notes (continued)
        		 [MC 203 Box 8]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        “Nonnie and the Melungeon,” Southern Exposure, Spring 1991
        		 [MC 203 Box 8]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Draft (typescript with corrections) - four
        		 [MC 203 Box 9]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Draft (typescript with corrections) - continued
        		 [MC 203 Box 10]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Draft (part of a chapter - typescript with corrections) and handwritten notes
        		 [MC 203 Box 10]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Master Set - 4/13/92 - Parts I-III
        		 [MC 203 Box 10]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Master Set - 4/13/92 - Part IV
        		 [MC 203 Box 11]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Paste-ups of title page and chapter titles
        		 [MC 203 Box 11]
      • The Devil’s Dream, 1992
        Publicity schedule 22 June-19 July 1992
        		 [MC 203 Box 11]
      • The Devils Dream notes, 1989-2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Oversize Box 27, Folder 1]
      • The Devils Dream Notes , 1989-1990
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 14]
      • The Devils Dream Notes removed from Box 24 folder 14, 1989-1990
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Flat File 1]
      • The Devils Dream Publicity, 1993
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 15]
      • The Devils Dream Research, 1992
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 13]
      • The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, 1968
        Letter from James Jackson Kilpatrick
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, 1968
        “Little Arthur” - short story - typescript with corrections - 3 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 3]
      • The Last Girls Cover Proofs, 2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 2]
      • The Last Girls Research - Timeline and Notes on Entire Novel, 1998-2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 1]
      • The Last Girls Research 1966 Raft Trip Newsclippings Oversized Items Removed from Box 24 folder 19, 1966
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Oversize Box 27, Folder 2]
      • The Last Girls Research Copies of Honorary Citizens Awards, 1966
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 22]
      • The Last Girls Research Correspondence, 1966-1967
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 21]
      • The Last Girls Research Newsclippings and Photocopies, 1966
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 19]
      • The Last Girls Research Notebooks (1 of 3), 1999-2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 3]
      • The Last Girls Research Notebooks (1 of 3), 1999-2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 4]
      • The Last Girls Research Notebooks (1 of 3), 1999-2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 5]
      • The Last Girls Research Notes on Mississippi River Summer Cruise, 1999-2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 2]
      • The Last Girls Research oversized materials removed from Box 24 Folder 18, 1999
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Flat File 2]
      • The Last Girls Research Oversized Printed Materials Removed from Box 24 folder 18, 1966
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Oversize Box 27, Folder 3]
      • The Last Girls Research Oversized Printed Materials Removed from Box 24 folder 18, 1966-2001
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Flat File 1]
      • The Last Girls Research Photographs and Copies, 1966
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 20]
      • The Last Girls Research Photographs Removed from Box 24 folder 20, 1966
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Card Box 28]
      • The Last Girls Research Printed Materials Mississippi River Cruise, 1999
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 18]
      • The Last Girls Sample Chapter, 2000
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 17]
      • The Last Girls Summaries by Lee Smith, 2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 1]
      • The Last Girls Typescript (1 of 3), 2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 7]
      • The Last Girls Typescript (2 of 3), 2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 8]
      • The Last Girls Typescript (3 of 3), 2002
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 25, Folder 9]

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    • MC 203 Subseries 08.03 : Short Stories, 1956-1994




      • MC 203 Subseries 08.03.01 : Published, 1956-1994
        • Bob, A Dog, Proof #6, 1988 [MC 203 Box 12]
        • Book Jackets, 1971-1990
          Accession no. 2007-0376           		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 9]
        • “Cakewalk,” typescript draft with corrections
          2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 12]
        • Cakewalk Ballentine Paperback Edition, 1993
          Accession no. 2007-0376           		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 8]
        • “Making It To Tuscaloosa,” Redbook, May 1982,
          pp. 156-159 and typescript draft “Son of the South”
          		 [MC 203 Box 12]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Typescript Manuscript - 2 copies
          		 [MC 203 Box 13]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Various pages typescript with corrections
          		 [MC 203 Box 13]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Proof - 7 November 1989 with corrections - 3 copies
          		 [MC 203 Box 13]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Proof - 7 November 1989 with corrections - 3 copies (continued)
          		 [MC 203 Box 14]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Proof - 22 November 1989
          		 [MC 203 Box 14]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Proof - miscellaneous pages with corrections - 22 November 1989
          		 [MC 203 Box 14]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Artwork
          		[MC 203 Box 14]
        • Me and My Baby View the Eclipse, 1990
          Blue lines - 2 copies
          		 [MC 203 Box 14]
        • “Mound Burial,” Comment, Fall 1968,
          pp. 5-12 - 2 draft copies - typescript
          		 [MC 203 Box 11]
        • Note:, For Short Stories: “Little Arthur”, “The Red Parts”, “Paralyzed: A True Story”, “The Mystery In the Hills”, and “Nonnie and the Melungeon” - see Drafts of Novels
        • Short Stories in Cakewalk, 1981
          1985
          “Between the Lines,” Prize Stories - The O. Henry Awards 1981, 1981, pp. 81-93 (See Special Collections Books), Atlanta Weekly - The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, 4 April 1982, pp. 6, 7, 18-22, Clearings in the Thicket: An Alabama Humanities Reader,
          		[MC 203 Box 11]
        • Short Stories in Me and My Baby View the Eclipse [1 of 2], 1990
          pp. 48-54, 134 (see also books) -- “Bob, A Dog” (“Love the One You’re With”) - 4 copies of draft - Also in Redbook and published as a book. -- “Mom” (“Life As We Knew It”) - typescript draft - 2 copies -- “Life On the Moon,” New Stories From The South - The Year’s Best 1987, 1987, pp. 41-56 (See Special Collections Books) typescript copy with corrections and notes - 2 copies -- “Tongues of Fire” - 2 copies of typescript drafts -- “Dreamers” (“The Man of the House”) - 2 copies of typescript
          Short description - handwritten -- “Bob, A Dog,” (“Love the Ones You’re With”), Redbook, August 1987,
          		[MC 203 Box 12]
        • Short Stories in Me and My Baby View the Eclipse [2 of 2], 1990
          -- “Intensive Care,” four typescript drafts with corrections -- “Me and My Baby View the Eclipse,” (“No One Will Ever Love You As Much”) Redbook, September 1988 - 2 copies, pp. 44-52 -- “Me and My Baby View the Eclipse” - Also in Redbook - typescript draft with corrections - 2 copies
          		 [MC 203 Box 13]
        • Story with Adlai Stevenson and Jane Russell (handwritten) - , 1956 [MC 203 Box 11]
        • Story with Adlai Stevenson and Jane Russell, Books, Summer 1968 [MC 203 Box 11]
        • “The Bubba Stories,” The Southern Review, Winter 1991,
          pp. 115-135 - 2 copies
          		 [MC 203 Box 14]
        • The Bubba Stories Notes, 1990-1998
          Accession no. 2007-0376           		[MC 203 Box 24, Folder 10]
        • “The Celebration,” Sandlapper, July 1976,
          pp. 28-38
          		 [MC 203 Box 11]
        • “The French Revolution: A Love Story,” Ingenue, February 1970,
          Typescript draft with corrections - 3 copies
          pp. 40, 72-75
          		[MC 203 Box 12]
        • We Don’t Love With Our Teeth - handwritten draft, 1994,
          limited edition
          		 [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “White Parts or The Last Moments of Eula Lebel,” Cargoes, Spring 1967,
          pp. 55-62 - 3 draft copies
          		 [MC 203 Box 11]

      • MC 203 Subseries 08.03.02 : Unpublished, undated
        • “All the Angels” - Handwritten draft, typescript draft [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Ambushed By the Naked Ones” - handwritten draft, typescript draft [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Baby’s Breath” - typescript [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Best Wishes” - typescript with corrections
          2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Camera Obscura” - typescript with corrections (The Yellow [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Children of Cronus” - typescript with corrections [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Counted Cross Stitch” -
          2 copies typescript with corrections           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Emergencies” - handwritten & typescript
          2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Fatback Season” - handwritten [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Flowers For Percival King”
          2 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Goldie Coe’s New Teeth”
          1 handwritten copy & 2 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “I Have To Laugh” - typescript [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Miss Beetworth-Mole and the Horny Barbarians”
          2 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Miss Hawthorne and the Beautiful Song” - typescript -
          2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Mysteries”
          2 typescript copies (“Shoes”)           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Night Life”
          typescript - 2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “Passion and Crime”
          2 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 16]
        • “Rufus Brillingham: A Tragedy of the Farm”
          2 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 16]
        • “Still Life”
          typescript - 2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 16]
        • “Temporary Help” - typescript draft [MC 203 Box 16]
        • “The Auction”
          typescript. 2 copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “The Button Game” - handwritten copy and typescript copy with [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “The Celebration” - typescript with corrections [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “The Dance” - handwritten [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “The Grateful Dead”
          typescript - 3 copies           		[MC 203 Box 15]
        • “The Honeymoon House” - (“Give My Dog A Bone”) - 2 typescript [MC 203 Box 15]
        • “The Swamp” - (“Ring Around the Moon”)
          handwritten and 3 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 16]
        • “The Universal Donor”
          3 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 16]
        • “Thunder Road”
          2 typescript copies           		[MC 203 Box 16]
        • “What I Hear You Saying” - typescript draft [MC 203 Box 16]

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    • MC 203 Subseries 08.04 : Miscellaneous Writing, 1961-2001, undated



      • Article in Allure on southern accents, August 1995 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • Blurb on Appalachian Portraits, text by Lee Smith, Spring 1994 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • Daniel the Spaniel
        2 typescript copies         		[MC 203 Box 16]
      • Early writing - , 1961-1962 [MC 203 Box 20]
      • Satori; or Who Is Andrew Canto? - A play - typescript [MC 203 Box 16]
      • Script with Lee Smith and Kathy - typescript and handwritten [MC 203 Box 16]

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    • MC 203 Subseries 08.05 : Essays, 1985-2000



      • "Art is My Life" American Way Magazine, 1995
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 4]
      • "Blue Heaven" NC Home Magazine, 1992
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 3]
      • "Our Stories Our Worlds" 64 Magazine, 2000
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 6]
      • "Southern Exposure" Allure Magazine 1995, 1995
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 5]
      • “The Voice behind the Story,” Voicelust, copyright , 1985
        pp. 93-100         		[MC 203 Box 16]

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  • MC 203 Series 09 : Plays Adapted from Novels and Short Stories, 1984-1993


    0.3 linear feet

    This series consists of programs, invitations, articles, and memorabilia regarding plays that are adaptations of Smith's writings.


    • MC 203 Subseries 09.01 : Ear Rings : Adapted from Oral History, 1984-1986
      • “Ear Rings,” play Adapted by Don Baker [MC 203 Box 16]
      • Lime Kiln Arts 1986 Season program includes “Ear Rings”, 1986
        2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Lime Kiln Production Reunites Old Friends,” News-Gazette, Lexington, VA, 9 July 1986
        2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Show Adapted from Lee Smith Novel Coming to Grundy,” , [circa 1984-85] [MC 203 Box 16]

    • MC 203 Subseries 09.02 : I Remane, Forever, Ivy Rowe : Adapted from Fair and Tender Ladies, 1989-1998
      • “Barbara Smith brings ‘Ivy Rowe’ to Lakeland,” by Brad Beahan, The Ledger, Lakeland, FL, 15 February 1990 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • Bill for Anchor Inn in Grundy for Barbara Smith and Mark Hunter [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Bravo for Ivy Rowe,” by Lorraine Schneeberger, Southern Exposure [MC 203 Box 16]
      • Fair and Tender Ladies , 1997-1998
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 8]
      • Flyer for “I remane, forever, Ivy Rowe,” Grundy High School, 16 September 1990 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Grundy native’s play gets warmup in region before Broadway stint,” Bristol Herald Courier, 11 September 1990
        2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Homecoming for Lee Smith ‘An Emotional Experience,’” The Grundy Mountaineer, 20 September 1990
        2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • Invitation to “I remane, forever, Ivy Rowe,” Grundy High School Auditorium, 16 September 1990 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • Ivy Rowe, 1989-1991
        Accession no. 2007-0376         		[MC 203 Box 26, Folder 7]
      • “Ivy Rowe on Stage,” St. Petersburg Times, 6 October 1989
        2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Ivy Rowe” flyer [no date given]
        2 copies
        		 [MC 203 Box 16]
      • “Play Adapted from a Lee Smith Novel Can Be Seen By Local Audience,” The Virginia Mountaineer, 6 September 1990 [MC 203 Box 16]