Smith, Annette mss., 1964-2004

Papers of Annette Smith, 1964-2004, at the Lilly Library, Indiana University

Finding aid created by Mary McSparran

Creator: Smith, Annette (Annette J.)
Title: Smith, Annette mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2613
Dates: 1964-2004
Quantity:

Quantity: 7 Boxes

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.
Location: ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Language: English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@iu.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Smith (born Annette LeBlanc) was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1924. 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.

Scope and Contents

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.

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.

Restrictions

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Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Smith, Annette mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift: 2008-2010

Processing Information

Processed by Claire Horton.

Completed in 2014

Collection Inventory

Box 1

Series:

I. Translations and Drafts.
Box 1
Africana Journal Introduction
Box 1
And the Dogs Were Silent

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 1
Les Armes Miraculeuses/The Miraculous Weapons
Box 1
Cadastre
Box 1
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal/Notebook of a Return to the Native Land , 1995-2001

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 1
Césaire au Féminin
Box 1
Césaire Translated by Clayton Eshleman
Box 1
Collected Poetry Introduction

Physical Description: (5 folders)s

Box 1
Configurations
Box 1
Corps Perdu/Lost Body
Box 1
Dérisoire/Laughable
Box 1
"Le Diagnostic du Docteur Gobineau "
Box 1
Ferrements/Ironwork
Box 1
De Frederick Douglass à Madame Gasparin
Box 1
Gobineau et l'Histoire Naturelle/Gobineau and Natural History

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 1
A Great Black Poet
Box 2
Lyric and Dramatic Poetry
Box 2
Mademoiselle Irnois and Other Stories
Box 2
Moi, Luminaire/I, Laminaria
Box 2
Montemora
Box 2
National Endowment for the Humanities Application
Box 2
Noria
Box 2
Speak Now
Box 2
Soleil Cou-Coupé/Sun Slashed Throat
Box 2

Series:

II. Research.
Box 2
Angola and the River Congo
Box 2
Bibliographic Materials
Box 2
Bibliographies
Box 2
Biographies of Aimé Césaire
Box 2
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal/Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
Box 2
Caribbean Flora
Box 2
Collected Poetry

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 2
Collected Poetry Introduction
Box 2
Collected Poetry Introduction - Cannibalism
Box 2
Collected Poetry Introduction - Negritude
Box 2
De Frederick Douglass à Madame Gasparin
Box 2
Gobineau et l'Histoire Naturelle/Gobineau and Natural History

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 3
Gobineau Bibliography
Box 3
Gobineau Biophilosophy and Ethologie
Box 3
Gobineau Chapters 1-10

Physical Description: (9 folders)

Box 3
Gobineau Conclusion
Box 3
Gobineau Correspondence

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 3
Gobineau Ecology
Box 3
Gobineau Etudes Critiques
Box 3
Gobineau Fiction
Box 4
Gobineau, Fiction
Box 4
Gobineau Folklore
Box 4
Gobineau History and Philosophy
Box 4
Gobineau Ibn Khaldun and Asia
Box 4
Gobineau Introduction
Box 4
Gobineau Poetry

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 4
Gobineau Style
Box 4
Gobineau Theater
Box 4
Gobineau Themes
Box 4
Islamic Medicine
Box 4
Nietzsche
Box 4
Non-Vicious Circle
Box 4
On Translating

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 4
Reading Guide
Box 4
Questions for Aimé Césaire
Box 5

Series:

III. Correspondence.

General: 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.

General:

  1. A-B
  2. Arnold, James
  3. C-E
  4. Cal-Tech
  5. Eshleman, Clayton 1978-2003 (5 folders)
  6. F-K
  7. L-M
  8. N-P
  9. National Endowment for the Humanities
  10. New Directions Publishing
  11. R-Z
  12. Research in African Literatures
  13. The Sorbonne
  14. UC Press
  15. Wesleyan University Press
  16. Unidentified
Box 5

Series:

IV. Presentation Materials.
Box 5
Athaeneum
Box 5
Boston University , 1992-1995

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 5
California Librarians Black Caucus
Box 5
Eshleman's talk on Co-translating
Box 5
Internatioal Colloquium
Box 5
Paris Colloquium
Box 5
UCLA CAAS
Box 15

Series:

V. Critiques.
Box 15
César Vallejo
Box 15
Collected Poetry Press
Box 15
Collected Poetry Reviews
Box 15
Modernism and Negritude
Box 15
Peer Reviews
Box 15
Readers Reports
Box 6

Series:

VI. Family.
Box 6
Aslakson, Bjorn, Civil War Memoir
Box 6
Climent/Dachot Families
Box 6
LeBlanc, Ely Diaries

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 6
LeBlanc, Ely, Medical Career
Box 6
LeBlanc, Ely, Memoir
Box 6
LeBlanc, Ely, Records
Box 6
LeBlanc, Jean, Interview
Box 6
Prom/Aslakson Families
Box 6
Smith, Annette, Oral History
Box 6

Series:

VII. Audio-Visual Materials.
Box 6
Mademoiselle Irnois and Other Stories (3 boxes of computer diskettes)
Box 7
LeBlanc, Jean Interview

Physical Description: (5 Microcassettes and Recorder)

Box 7
"Interview with Jean leBlanc," undated

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Scope and Contents: Includes 6 CD-ROMs

Box 7
Copies of Cesaire translations , 2009-2011

Scope and Contents: Includes 6 CD-ROMs

Series:

VIII. 2014 Additions

Subseries:

Translations (Cesaire, Aime)
Box 7
Solar Throat Slashed and Like a Misunderstood Salvation drafts , 2010
Box 7
Like a Misunderstood Salvation proofs , 2012
Box 7
Solar Throat Slashed and From a Misunderstood Salvation revised typescript , March 2011
Box 7
Solar Throat Slashed and From a Misunderstood Salvation submitted copy, undated
Box 7
Solar Throat Slashed and From a Misunderstood Salvation final translation and introduction , 2011
Box 7
Solar Throat Slashed and From a Misunderstood Salvation final translation , 2010
Box 7
"Tropiques/S.C.C.," undated

Subseries:

Correspondence
Box 7
Joris, Pierre , 2008
Box 7
Princeton University Press - "Cesaire mss." , 2010
Box 7
UC Press - "Complete Cesaire" , 2009-2010

Subseries:

Eshleman's Translations
Box 7
The Name Encanyoned River , 1985
Box 7
Fraser, Kathleen , 1991