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Stevie Smith papers
Collection 1976-012
Dates: 1900-1990.
Extent: (29 boxes, oversize).
Level of Description: Item level.
Name of creator(s): Unknown.
Date of creation: Undetermined.
Scope and Content: The Stevie Smith Papers
are organized into five series: Correspondence; Writings; Recordings;
Photographs; Personal.
Series 1: Correspondence
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Handwritten, typed
and carbon copy typed letters and postcards between Smith and her colleagues, publishers, editors, friends, family
members, and stock brokers/investment counselors; handwritten and typed letters to/from William McBrien, James Vincent Barbera, and others. These include photocopies of letters acquired from
McBrien and Barbera (as indicated by "[MAB]"
on verso of the item) and the James MacGibbon papers, aka Palmers Green Papers, (as indicated by "[PGP"] on verso
of the item). Many of the photocopies have been annotated
or transcribed by McBrien and Barbera.
- Handwritten, typed, and carbon copy typed letters and postcards to/from family members and various individuals including Smith's parents, Charles
Ward and Ethel Rahel Smith; Smith's sister, Ethel Mary
Francis, (aka Molly Ward Smith) as well as Smith's aunt, Margaret Annie Spear (aka "Lion Aunt").
- Personal ephemera such as documents, diaries, birthday books, and
autograph albums.
Series 2: Writings
- Handwritten, typed, carbon copy typed and photocopies of typed drafts.
- Excised pages from various sources, galley and page proofs of both published and unpublished works including collections of poems, individual poems submitted to newspapers and magazines, novels, and radio broadcast scripts.
- Reader's reports, drawings, and recipes as well as fan mail
specific to published titles.
- 10 manuscript notebooks containing handwritten drafts of poems,
songs, drawings, fragments of book reviews, personal notes and lists, and financial records.
- Critical articles, interviews, memorials and obituaries by
various authors in the form of carbon copy typescript drafts and
photocopied articles as they appeared in newspapers, journals and
magazines.
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Miscellaneous material including lists of poems [for broadcast recordings], etc;
press cuttings of Smith's letters to various editors; press
cuttings in reference to the Cholmondeley Award for Poets (1966)
and Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (1969); general press cuttings
about Stevie Smith. Fan mail not specific to a published
titles.
Series 3: Recordings
- Cassette recorded interviews between James Vincent Barbera
and various people who knew Smith personally or professionally,
including
tape recorded notes by Barbera. The recordings date from
circa 1979-1982 and include two recordings transcribed from commercial recordings of Smith reciting her poetry.
Series 4: Photographs
- Photographs of family and friends; travel scrap book;
souvenir photograph-postcards.
Series 5: Personal
- Document of indenture, 1807; lock of Smith's hair; birth certificate: documents pertaining to Smith's will, power
of attorney, death certificate, grave marker, etc.; reading and study notes in 3 manuscript notebooks, c1919-1930; autograph album; birthday book; prayer books, scriptures text, Catholic reader; maps of France, Belgium, Palmers Green, etc.;
photocopy of press cuttings appearing in Palmers Green newspapers, c1910-1918, 1971.
Administrative/Biographical History:
Access and Copyright:
Language and Scripts: English.
Finding aid/Inventory: Finding aid is available
online.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition: Purchased
in various lots, 1976-1993.
Date(s) of description: Milissa
Burkart, Apr 1993.
Access Points:
Subject Headings
Personal names
Corporate names
Places
Chronology
Alphabetical Index
of Poems by Title Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Writings
Book Reviews
Manuscript Notebooks
Series 3: Recordings
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Personal
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