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Smith, Annette mss., 1964-2004

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
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Creator
Smith, Annette.

Title
Smith, 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
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in 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 Information
Processed 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.

  • 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

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