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| Title: | Lee Marshall Smith Papers, 1956-2006 | |
| Creator: | Smith, Lee, 1944- | |
| Call Number: | MC 00203 | |
| 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. | |
| Subjects: | 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 | North Carolina State University--Faculty--History. | Smith, Lee, 1944---Criticism and interpretation | Smith, Lee, 1944- | Authors, American--20th century North Carolina--Fiction | North Carolina--Intellectual life | Virginia--Fiction |
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