Smith, Annette mss., 1964-2004
Summary Information
Repository
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Creator
Smith, Annette.
TitleSmith, Annette mss., 1964-2004
Collection No.
LMC 2613
Extent
6000 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Smith, Annette mss. 1964-2004,
consists of the papers of Annette Smith, 1924 - , Professor Emeritus of Literature
at the California Institute of Technology.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Smith (born Annette LeBlanc) was born in Algiers, Algeria. She earned two M.A.s from
the Sorbonne, one in Classics and French literature and the other in English
literature. In 1955 she began teaching in California at Scripps College in
Claremont. In 1970 she earned a PhD. from the Sorbonne and began teaching at the
California Institute for Technology until her retirement in 1993. Smith actively
translated and published on 19th and 20th century French and Francophone literature,
notably her multi-volume translations of the works of the poet Aimé Césaire.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: I. Translation Notes and Drafts; II. Research
Materials; III. Correspondence; IV. Critiques; V. Presentation Materials; VI.
Family; VII. Audio-Visual Materials.
Scope and Content Note
Translation Notes and Drafts include drafts, proofs and notes for many Aimé Césaire
poems. Research Materials include extensive research for
Gobineau et l'Histoire
Naturelle
and
Aimé Césaire's Collected Poetry. Correspondence is organized
alphabetically and includes letters from Smith's translating partner Clayton
Eshleman. Critiques include peer reviews and newspaper clippings, and Presentation
Materials include drafts of several public talks. The Family series contains a
memoir from the Andersonville Civil War Prison, as well as Smith's father's World
War I diaries. Audio-Visual materials include computer diskettes, microcassettes,
and DVDs.
Note on Indexing Term - "Literature--translating": Some translations were done in conjunction with Clayton Eshleman.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2008-2010
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advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Smith, Annette mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Claire Horton.
Completed in 2014
Series:
Box 1
I. Translations and Drafts.
Africana
Journal Introduction
"And the Dogs Were Silent"
(3 folders)
Les Armes Miraculeuses/The Miraculous Weapons
Cadastre
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal/Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
1995-2001
(4 folders)
"Césaire au Féminin"
Césaire,
Translated by Clayton Eshleman
Collected Poetry
Introduction
(5 folders)s
"Configurations"
Corps Perdu/Lost Body
"Dérisoire/Laughable"
"Le Diagnostic du Docteur
Gobineau"
Ferrements/Ironwork
"De Frederick Douglass à Madame Gasparin"
Gobineau et l'Histoire Naturelle/Gobineau and Natural History
(2 folders)
"A Great Black Poet"
Box 2
Lyric and Dramatic Poetry
Mademoiselle Irnois and Other Stories
Moi, Luminaire/I, Laminaria
Montemora
National Endowment for the Humanities Application
"Noria"
"Speak Now"
Soleil Cou-Coupé/Sun Slashed Throat
Series:
Box 2
II. Research.
Angola and the River Congo
Bibliographic Materials
Bibliographies
Biographies of Aimé Césaire
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal/Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
Caribbean Flora
Collected Poetry
(2 folders)
Collected Poetry Introduction
Collected Poetry Introduction - Cannibalism
Collected Poetry Introduction - Negritude
"De Frederick Douglass à Madame Gasparin"
Gobineau et l'Histoire Naturelle/Gobineau and Natural History
(3 folders)
Box 3
Gobineau, Bibliography
Gobineau, Biophilosophy and Ethologie
Gobineau Chapters 1-10
(9 folders)
Gobineau Conclusion
Gobineau Correspondence
(3 folders)
Gobineau, Ecology
Gobineau, Etudes Critiques
Gobineau, Fiction
Box 4
Gobineau, Fiction
Gobineau, Folklore
Gobineau, History and Philosophy
Gobineau, Ibn Khaldun and Asia
Gobineau Introduction
Gobineau, Poetry
(2 folders)
Gobineau, Style
Gobineau, Theater
Gobineau Themes
Islamic Medicine
Nietzsche
"Non-Vicious Circle"
On Translating
(3 folders)
Reading Guide
Questions for Aimé Césaire
Series:
Box 5
III. Correspondence.
Note: Professional correspondence is organized by the name of the organization, not the
personal name (i.e. UC Press). Some correspondencne can be found in other series in order to provide context for
other materials.
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View All (16)
- A-B
-
Arnold, James
- C-E
- Cal-Tech
-
Eshleman, Clayton 1978-2003 (5 folders)
- F-K
- L-M
- N-P
-
National Endowment for the Humanities
-
New Directions Publishing
- R-Z
-
Research in African Literatures
-
The Sorbonne
-
UC Press
-
Wesleyan University Press
- Unidentified
Series:
Box 5
IV. Presentation Materials.
Athaeneum
Boston University
1992-1995
(2 folders)
California Librarians Black Caucus
Eshleman's talk on Co-translating
Internatioal Colloquium
Paris Colloquium
UCLA CAAS
Series:
Box 15
V. Critiques.
César Vallejo
Collected Poetry,
Press
Collected Poetry Reviews
"Modernism and Negritude"
Peer Reviews
Readers Reports
Series:
Box 6
VI. Family.
Aslakson, Bjorn, Civil War Memoir
Climent/Dachot Families
LeBlanc, Ely Diaries
(2 folders)
LeBlanc, Ely, Medical Career
LeBlanc, Ely, Memoir
LeBlanc, Ely, Records
LeBlanc, Jean, Interview
Prom/Aslakson Families
Smith, Annette, Oral History
Series:
Box 6
VII. Audio-Visual Materials.
Mademoiselle Irnois and Other Stories
(3 boxes of computer diskettes)
Box 7
LeBlanc, Jean Interview
(5 Microcassettes and Recorder)
"Interview with Jean leBlanc," undated
(2 folders)
Includes 6 CD-ROMs
Copies of Cesaire translations, 2009-2011
Includes 6 CD-ROMs
Series:
VIII. 2014 Additions
Subseries:
Translations (Cesaire, Aime)
Solar Throat Slashed and
Like a Misunderstood Salvation, drafts, 2010
Like a Misunderstood Salvation, proofs, 2012
Solar Throat Slashed and
From a Misunderstood Salvation, revised typescript, March 2011
Solar Throat Slashed and
From a Misunderstood Salvation, submitted copy, undated
Solar Throat Slashed and
From a Misunderstood Salvation, final translation and introduction, 2011
Solar Throat Slashed and
From a Misunderstood Salvation, final translation, 2010
"Tropiques/S.C.C.," undated
Subseries:
Correspondence
Joris, Pierre, 2008
Princeton University Press - "Cesaire mss.," 2010
UC Press - "Complete Cesaire," 2009-2010
Subseries:
Eshleman's Translations
The Name Encanyoned River, 1985
Fraser, Kathleen, 1991