US-RPB-ms2010.039 Guide to the Barbara Herrnstein Smith Papers1973-2010 Finding aid prepared by Amanda Knox, Crystal Johnson and Hallie McArn on behalf of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Curatorial work and processing provided by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women on behalf of the Feminist Theory Archive, Brown University Library. Brown University Library

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English 6.0 Linear feet (bulk 1973-2010) 1973-2010 Papers of Barbara Herrnstein Smith, feminist literary critic, theorist and Braxton Craven Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University. The collection includes correspondence, biographical materials, administrative and career development materials, course materials and drafts. Smith, Barbara Herrnstein Smith (Barbara Herrnstein) papers Biographical/Historical note

Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Braxton Craven Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University, is a feminist literary critic and theorist. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on topics such a language, literature, critical theory, science and the humanities.

Smith studied biology, experimental psychology, and philosophy at the City College of New York before attending Brandeis University. She graduated from Brandeis with a BA and Ph.D. in English Literature. Smith taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Bennington College before joining the faculty of Duke University in 1987. Smith also joined the faculty at Brown University in 2003 and is a Distinguished Professor of English.

She is the Former director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory at Duke university. In 1988, Smith was elected president of the Modern Language Association. She was named a Fellow of the National Humanities Center in 1992, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts in October 2010.

Names Duke Center for Critical Theory. Duke University. English Institute . Feminist Theory Archive. Modern Language Association of America Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. Subjects Feminist literary criticism Feminist theory Literary criticism and cultural theory RIAMCO Browsing Term Race, Ethnicity and Gender Collection information

There are no restrictions on access, except for Series 8, Restricted Materials. That series contains search comittee matieral and student correspondence, which are closed until 2070. The collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

Barbara Herrnstein Smith papers, Ms.2010.039, Feminist Theory Archive, Brown University Library.

This collection is comprised of the papers of Barbara Herrnstein Smith, feminist literary critic, theorist, and Braxton Craven Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University, from approximately 1973 to 2010. The collection documents Smith’s academic career and activism relating to equal rights for women. The collection includes correspondence, biographical information, administrative and career development papers, conferences and lecture materials, and research files.

Series I, Biographical, 1990-2003, includes monthly calendars, interviews of Smith, and portraits. Files are arranged alphabetically by record type.

Series II, Administrative and Career Development, 1978 -2002, documents Smith’s academic career. Materials include correspondence, daily schedules, newsletters, and notes regarding Smith’s positions at various universities including Duke, Princeton, and Stanford Universities and her involvement in professional organizations including the English Institute and the Modern Language Association. Files are arranged alphabetically by the organization.

Series III, Conferences, Lectures, and Related, 1987-1999, documents Smith’s professional participation at conferences, symposiums and visiting lectures. Materials include correspondence, lectures, travel itineraries and receipts. Files are arranged alphabetically by organization.

Series IV, Correspondence, 1973-1998, contains correspondence to, by and on behalf of Barbara Herrnstein Smith. Files are arranged alphabetically by last name of sender and then by topic where available. This is a general correspondence series that will require researchers to browse for specific topics and letter writers.

Series V, Course Materials, 1984-1994, includes course syllabi, assignments, reading lists, annotated readings and lectures for courses taught by Smith. Files are arranged alphabetically by course title.

Series VI, Research, 1987-1992 contains clippings, correspondence, articles and an unbound notebook. Topics include political correctness in higher education, English only movements and the death of B.F. Skinner.

Series VII, Writings and Related, 1973-2000, contains articles and book drafts, book reviews, publishing correspondence, publishing receipts and royalties, publicity materials for publications, and notes. Files are arranged alphabetically by publication title.

Series VIII, Restricted, 1981-2000, contains restricted files pulled from throughout the collection. Materials include student correspondence and personnel files regarding Smith's participation on search committes. Files are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Series IX, Electronic records, 1997, contains ten audio cassettes arranged chronologically by information located on the carriers.

The collection is arranged in 9 series. Series 1. Biographical - arranged alphabetically by record type Series 2. Administrative and Career Development - arranged alphabetically by organization Series 3. Conferences, Lectures and Related - arranged alphabetically by organization Series 4. Correspondence - arranged alphabetically by last name and then by topic Series 5. Course Materials - arranged alphabetically by course title Series 6. Research- arranged alphabetically by topic Series 7. Writings and Related- arranged alphabetically by publication title Series 8. Restricted- arranged alphabetically by folder title Series 9. Electronic Records- arranged chronologically by date indicated on carrier

Administrative information

Gift of Barbara Herrnstien Smith in 2010.

Biographical Series 1 1990-2003 Biographies 2 1 1997 Interview: Barbara Herrnstein Smith with Pre-Text, includes transcript and correspondence 2 2 1990 Monthly calendar 2 3 1990 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 4 1991 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 5 1993 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 6 1994 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 7 1995 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 8 1996 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 9 1997 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 10 1998 Monthly calendar; includes personal and professional appointments 2 11 1999 Portraits 2 12 1985-1995 Questionnaires with Barbara Herrnstein Smith 2 13 2003 Administrative and Career Development Series 2 1978-2002 American Academy of Arts and Sciences: fellowship; contains correspondence, recommendation materials, and membership forms 2 14 1999-2000 American Comparative Literature Association; includes correspondence and constitution and bylaws 2 15 1989 City College of New York: Rifkind Center for the Humanities and the Arts annual report and correspondence 2 16 1999-2000 Commonwealth Award; includes schedule, invitation, and correspondence 2 17 1988-1989 Community College of Philadelphia Cultural Literacy Institute; includes correspondence 2 18 1988-1989 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (1 of 6) 2 19 1998 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (2 of 6) 2 20 1998 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (3 of 6) 2 21 1998 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (4 of 6) 2 22 1998 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (5 of 6) 2 23 1998 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (6 of 6) 2 24 1998 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (1 of 3) 2 25 1999 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (2 of 3) 2 26 1999 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno; contains correspondence and daily schedules (3 of 3) 2 27 1999 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno re: Terry Deacon event; includes correspondence, timelines, flyers, and itineraries (1 of 3) 2 28 1998-1999 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno re: Terry Deacon event; includes correspondence, timelines, flyers, and itineraries (2 of 3) 2 29 1998-1999 Duke University: administrative binder of assistant Rae Beno re: Terry Deacon event; includes correspondence, timelines, flyers, and itineraries (3 of 3) 2 30 1998-1999 Duke University: Advisory Committee on Distinguished Professorships, includes correspondence, notes, biographies, and shipping reciepts 2 31 1989-2001 Duke University: "Arts and Sciences Resource Allocation Committee" materials; includes by-laws, correspondence, and minutes (1 of 4) 2 32 1988-1990 Duke University: "Arts and Sciences Resource Allocation Committee" materials; includes by-laws, correspondence, and minutes (2 of 4) 2 33 1988-1990 Duke University: "Arts and Sciences Resource Allocation Committee" materials; includes by-laws, correspondence, and minutes (3 of 4) 2 34 1988-1990 Duke University: "Arts and Sciences Resource Allocation Committee" materials; includes by-laws, correspondence, and minutes (4 of 4) 2 35 1988-1990 Duke University: Center for Interdisciplinary Studies; contains description and correspondence 2 36 1990-1999 Duke University: correspondence 2 37 1986-1993 Duke University: correspondence re: new assistant Rae Beno and correspondence re: Barbara and Randall Smith Arts and Sciences Faculty Enrichment Fund 2 38 1998-2000 Duke University: correspondence re: "trips" 2 39 1998 Duke University: Duke faculty seminar: includes correspondence, flyers, and proposal 2 40 1988-1990 Duke University: film and video program; includes correspondence, course offerings, and meeting agendas 3 1 1987-1993 Duke University: graduate program in literature: prospective students weekend; contains correspondence, faculty and student list, and schedule 3 2 1997 Duke University: graduate program in literature recruitment; includes correspondence and student applications 3 3 1987-1989 Duke University: Graduate Students in Literature conference; includes correspondence and conference materials 3 4 1998 Duke University: hiring process; includes correspondence and informational materials 3 5 1986-1987 Duke University: linguistics program; includes correspondence and proposal for a doctoral program in linguistics 3 6 1989-1990 Duke University: luncheon invitations 3 7 1999-2001 Duke University: mailing lists 3 8 1998 Duke University: reimbursement materials 3 9 1987 Duke University: "Program in Science, Technology, and Human Values;" includes correspondence and list of approved courses 3 10 1990-1992 Duke University: survey of international and area studies faculty 3 11 1996 Duke University: women's studies program; includes correspondence, research guides, newsletters, and 1997-1998 faculty directory 3 12 1989-1998 Duke University Press: board materials; includes correspondence, book proposals for publication, and Duke University Press 5 year plan 3 13 1989-1991 Encyclopedia of Aesthetics: includes correspondence re: Barbara Herrnstein Smith's membership on editorial board, headword list, and articles annotated by Barbara Herrnstein Smith 3 14 1996-1997 Encyclopedia Americana: includes correspondence re: Barbara Herrnstein Smith's membership on editorial advisory board, and editorial reports 3 15 1992-2001 The English Institute: correspondence (1 of 2) 3 16 1990-1998 The English Institute: correspondence (2 of 2) 3 17 1988-1991 The English Institute: materials; includes pamphlets, handwritten notes, and session proposals 3 18 1989-1992 "Georgia Institute of Technology:" consultancy materials; includes agreement, correspondence, course descriptions, resumes, and related materials 3 19 1983-1986 Harvard University: visiting committee; includes correspondence, memos, and booklets 3 20 1983-1988 International Association for Philosophy and Literature: includes correspondence and association materials re: membership 3 21 1992-1994 MacArthur Foundation: materials; includes correspondence re: nominator/nominations information, pamphlets, and resumes or nominated parties 3 22 1988-1997 Modern Language Association: correspondence 3 23 1986-1991 Modern Language Association: correspondence and clippings 3 24 1988-2002 Modern Language Association: correspondence 3 25 1989-1999 Modern Language Association: correspondence re: Eileen Mackesy resignation 3 26 1988 Modern Language Association: correspondence re: president's column; includes handwritten notes 3 27 1988 Modern Language Association: International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures event in Paris; includes correspondence and photos 3 28 1987-1991 Modern Language Association: "Limelight: Reflections on a Public Year" by Barbara Herrnstein Smith; includes published booklets, president's address, text, and clippings 3 29 1988-1989 Modern Language Association: materials re: creating a list of exemplary works and activities; includes correspondence, lists, and clippings 3 30 1988 Modern Language Association: newsletters 3 31 1986-1988 Modern Language Association: "President's Forum;" includes correspondence and speech draft 3 32 1989 National Association of Scholars: correspondence 3 33 1990 National Council of Teachers of English: includes correspondence and convocation booklet 3 34 1988 National Endowment for the Humanities: correspondence and summer seminars booklet 3 35 1987-1992 National Endowment for the Humanities: correspondence re: Chinese studies project review 4 1 1985-1986 National Endowment for the Humanities: "Value and Evaluation: Classic Issues and Contemporary perspectives" seminar; includes correspondence, bibliography and seminar description 4 2 1984-1986 National Humanities Center: fellowship competition; includes notes, correspondence, and evaluation 4 3 1987 North Carolina Humanities Council: summer 1988 newsletter and request for directory information 4 4 1988-1989 Phi Beta Kappa: visiting scholars program; contains correspondence and newsletter materials 4 5 1988-1991 Princeton University: Institute for Advanced Study; includes correspondence and newsletters 4 6 1986-1991 Princeton University: materials re: Davis Center seminar; includes "History and Anthropology: Scenes from a Marriage" draft by Jean-Christophe Agnew, and University Center for Human Values 1997-1998 annual report 4 7 1986-1998 Society for Critical Exchange: includes correspondence, conference proposal, and meeting agenda 4 8 1987-1988 Society for Critical Exchange: includes president's address, correspondence, and newsletters 4 9 1986-1992 Stanford University: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences fellowship; includes correspondence 4 10 1980-1991 Stanford University: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences fellowship; contains photos, fellows manual, 1985-1986 yearbook, and 1988 annual report 4 11 1985-1988 Stanford University: memos 4 12 1985-1990 Teachers for a Democratic Culture: includes correspondence and newsletters 4 13 1991-1992 University of Pennsylvania: contains correspondence 4 14 1978-1986 University of Pennsylvania: includes correspondence re: scholarly leave of absence 4 15 1986 University of Toronto: correspondence re: "limited team" faculty appointment 4 16 1989-1990 University of Virginia: visiting committee; includes correspondence and report 4 17 1991 Various: fellowship applications re: "Commerce with the University: Language, Knowledge, and Belief" project 4 18 1991-1992 Various: job offers and "feelers;" contains correspondence and program descriptions 4 19 1985-1995 Various: professional memberships; includes reciepts and forms 4 20 2000-2001 Conferences, Lectures, and Related Series 3 1987-1999 American Council of Learned Societies Commissions with the USSR: American-Soviet symposium; includes correspondence, conference materials, and travel receipts 4 21 1988-1990 American Council of Learned Societies Commissions with the USSR: Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, Literature, and Languages; includes post-conference reports, conference papers, and correspondence 4 22 1990 Association of Departments of English: midwestern summer seminar; contains correspondence 4 23 1988 Bennington College: "Masculinity and Femininity in the Arts" 1 7 n.d. Brandeis University: "Creating a Feminist Legacy" conference; includes conference materials, notes, clippings, and correspondence 4 24 November 18-19, 1988 Brown University: convocation on the future of knowledge; includes conference materials and correspondence 4 25 1989 Duke University: "Community, Solidarity, and the Pragmatist's Dilemma" talk at Center for Critical Theory; includes conference schedule 4 26 September 26, 1987 Duke University: Emerging Conditions, Responsive Practices conference; includes conference materials, correspondence, and notes 4 27 September 16-18, 1988 Duke University: International Symposium on Autopoiesis in Brazil; includes correspondence, temporary visa application, travel arrangements, and email text re: "Test of Eudora" 4 28 1997-1998 Duke University: "Issues in Contemporary Literary Education:" includes annotated draft, edited version delivered to trustees of Duke University, and correspondence 4 29 February 26, 1988 East-West Center Institute of Culture and Communication: Self and Deception conference; includes correspondence, agreement forms, and itinerary 4 30 1992-1995 Einstein Meets Magritte Conference: includes "Microdynamics of immeasurability" abstract, hotel registration, travel receipts, invitation, recommendations, and correspondence 4 31 1995 Indiana University: Systems Theory and the Postmodern Condition conference; includes correspondence and conference materials 4 32 1993-1994 Institute for Advanced Cultural Studies: includes correspondence, flyers, article 4 33 1988 Johns Hopkins Medical Institute: spring symposium, includes annotated draft of "Intersections and Transformations: Recent Developments in Literary Studies," correspondence, and program 4 34 1989-1990 Miami University: symposium on the work of Barbara Herrnstein Smith; includes conference materials and correspondence 4 35 1988-1989 Modern Language Association: "Society for Critical Exchange" president's address 4 36 December 1987 Modern Language Association: correspondence re: "Contingencies of Value," and conference session proposal 4 37 1989 National Humanities Center: includes "Discipline and Disruption: The Future of Theory in the Literary Academy" text, agenda, and correspondence 4 38 March 16-18, 1989 Ohio State University: Symposium in the Humanities; includes "Cult-Lit: Hirsch, Literacy, and the Idea of natural Culture" text, and correspondence 4 39 1990 Princeton University: Christian Gauss Seminars in Criticism; includes correspondence, notes, and conference materials 4 40 1987-1988 Rutgers University: Opening the American Mind conference; includes correspondence and conference materials 4 41 1989-1991 Trent University: includes correspondence, handbooks, and travel receipts 4 42 1988 University of London: Cultural Value conference; includes correspondence, notes, and conference materials 4 43 1988 University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Mountain Interstate Foreign Language conference; includes correspondence and conference materials 4 44 1987-1998 University of Texas at Austin: Graduate Conference in Current Issues; includes correspondence and notes 4 45 1989-1990 University of Toronto: Legal Theory workshop; includes correspondence and travel receipts 4 46 1990 University of Virginia: The Role of "Aesthetic Value" in Literary and Cultural Studies symposium 4 47 1998 University of Western Ontario: Center for the Study of Theory and Criticism; includes correspondence and newsletters 4 48 1989 Uppsala University: Faculty of Languages Jubilee Symposium; contains correspondence 4 49 1995 Van Lear Jerusalem Institute: "Contemporary Models of Critique in Society, Science and the Arts" conference; contains correspondence 4 50 1995-1996 Various: talk invitations; includes correspondence and travel receipts 4 51 1987-1999 Various: talk invitations declined; includes correspondence 4 52 1989-1998 Correspondence Series 4 1973-1998 Correspondence by last name: A 4 53 1985-1999 Correspondence by last name: B 4 54 1988-1998 Correspondence by last name: C 5 1 1988-1998 Correspondence by last name: D 5 2 1988-1995 Correspondence by last name: E 5 3 1986-1999 Correspondence by last name: F 5 4 1984-1993 Correspondence by last name: G 5 5 1985-1999 Correspondence by last name: H 5 6 1986-1998 Correspondence by last name: J 5 7 1986-1994 Correspondence by last name: K 5 8 1987-1998 Correspondence by last name: L 5 9 1987-1991 Correspondence by last name: M (1 of 2) 5 10 1986-1997 Correspondence by last name: M (2 of 2) 5 11 1986-1998 Correspondence by last name: N 5 12 1986-1994 Correspondence by last name: O 5 13 1985-1994 Correspondence by last name: P 5 14 1986-1994 Correspondence by last name: Q 5 15 1986 Correspondence by last name: R 5 16 1987-1994 Correspondence by last name: S (1 of 2) 5 17 1986-1996 Correspondence by last name: S (2 of 2) 5 18 1986-1996 Correspondence by last name: T 5 19 1985-1993 Correspondence by last name: U 5 20 1990 Correspondence by last name: V 5 21 1986-1994 Correspondence by last name: W 5 22 1977-1993 Correspondence by last name: Y 5 23 1994 Correspondence by last name: Z 5 24 1989 Correspondence re: "Bellagio (Italy) study" 5 25 1995 Correspondence re: Bennington College lecture and 1994 symposium report 5 26 1992-1994 Correspondence re: Brian Rotman publications; includes article drafts and notes 5 27 1990-1992 Correspondence re: Carnegie Mellon University; topics incude talk on "Unloading the Self-Reflection Charge" and review of David Shumway 5 28 1992-1993 Correspondence re: consulting 5 29 1987-1990 Correspondence re: "crank mail" 5 30 1973-1992 Correspondence re: "Cultural Materialism" by Scott Wilson; includes draft and correspondence 5 31 1991 Correspondence re: "Cultural Value" publication by Steve Connor; includes drafts 5 32 1990-1991 Correspondence re: "fan mail" 5 33 1981-1998 Correspondence re: letters to editors 1 2 1970-1974 Correspondence re: Lloyd lecture in Humanities at Colorado College 5 34 1991 Correspondence re: "Masterpiece Theatre: An Academic Melodrama" with Susan Gubar 5 35 1995 Correspondence re: National Humanities Center 5 36 1988 Correspondence re: New York Review of Books: reviews of Barbara Herrnstein Smith's publications 5 37 1990-1993 Correspondence re: Planned Parenthood 1 5 August 21, 1970 Correspondence re: Signature, A Journal of Theory and Canadian Literature 5 38 1988-1992 Correspondence re: talk at Millsaps College 5 39 1988 Correspondence re: University of Texas at Dallas: Common Knowledge 5 40 1994 Correspondence re: Women's Liberation Movement; includes talks by Barbara Herrnstein Smith 1 1 1969-1972 Correspondence to Barbara Herrnstein Smith re: requests for professor nominations for various college and university positions 5 41 1986-1987 Correspondence to Senators Prouty and Aiken from Barbara Herrnstein Smith 1 3 August 17, 1970 Correspondence with editors re: abortion 1 9 1970-1971 Correspondence with Maurella Cunningham from the MacNeil/Lehrer Show 5 42 1988 Course Materials Series 5 1984-1994 "Basic Issues in the History of Literary Theory:" includes syllabus, annotated course readings, and annotated lecture 5 43 1988 "Comparative Literature and Literary Theory:" includes handbook, bylaws, and reading list 5 44 1990 Graduate program in literature (Duke): Course Descriptions 5 45 1985-1990 "Language and Theory in the 20th Century": includes syllabus, lecture notes, course readings, and assignment descriptions 5 46 1994 "Literary Theory:" includes syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, and correspondence 5 47 1991 Undefined Course: "class notes" 5 48 1984-1988 Research Series 6 1987-1992 Articles and correspondence re: Engligh Only Movement 5 49 1987 Articles and bibliographies by others 1 11 1968-1971 Clippings re: abortion laws in Vermont and other women's liberation issues 1 4 1969-1971 Clippings re: B. F. Skinner 5 50 1990 Clippings re: "political correctness" in higher education, and Duke University English Department controversy (1 of 2) 5 51 1988-1992 Clippings re: "political correctness" in higher education, and Duke University English Department controversy (2 of 2) 6 1 1988-1992 Clippings re: Titian exhibit 6 2 1990 Clippings re: women's liberation 1 12 1965-1975 Newsletters from Human Rights for Women, Incorporated 1 6 1970 Publicity materieals re: "Liberation Now" 1 10 1970-1971 Report by the University of Missouri-St. Louis re: "An Imperative for the Seventies: Releasing Creative Women Power: A Guide for Counselors for Mature Women" 1 8 1969 Research notebook (unbound) re: "misc literature;" contains handwritten notes by Barbara Herrnstein Smith 6 3 n.d. Various materials re: National Organization of Women (1 of 2) 1 13 1970-1986 Various materials re: National Organization of Women (2 of 2) 1 14 1970-1972 Writings and Related Series 7 1973-2000 "Belief and Resistance:" includes correspondence, draft announcement, and review 6 4 1995-1996 "Contingencies of Value:" book reviews; includes correspondence (1 of 2) 6 5 1988-1990 "Contingencies of Value:" book reviews; includes correspondence (2 of 2) 6 6 1989-1992 "Contingencies of Value:" correspondence, proofs, permissions, and published article 6 7 1988-1989 "Contingencies of Value:" correspondence and publicity booklets 6 8 1988-1990 "Contingencies of Value:" correspondence, reviewer reports, cover drafts, author questionnaire, and publicity booklet 6 9 1987-1988 "Contingencies of Value:" correspondence re: Martin Mueller, and "Endurance and Contingency: Reflections on Barbara Herrnstein Smith's Contingencies of Value" by Mueller 6 10 1989-1993 "Fictive Discourse:" publication agreement 6 11 February 14, 1973 "On the Margins of Discourse:" spanish language review by Davio Villanueva; contains article and correspondence 6 12 1993 "The Politics of Liberal Education:" book review 6 13 1993 Social Studies of Science: includes correspondence and response by Barbara Herrnstein Smith 6 14 1997 South Atlantic Quarterly: includes correspondence and "Arcadia Denied: Reassessing Sade's Retreat" manuscript by William Engel 6 15 1987-1995 South Atlantic Quarterly: style guide, editor's guide, and contact sheet 6 16 1995 "Value as Term and Concept: An Exorcism:" draft 6 17 n.d. "Versions, Variants, and Narrative Transactions:" draft 6 18 n.d. "Women Artists: Some Muted Notes:" article by Barbara Herrnstein Smith 6 19 1974 Various: publishing and royalty receipts 6 20 1999-2000 Various: publishing correspondence 7 1 1985-1998 Various: publishing correspondence re: solicitations approved by Barbara Herrnstein Smith (1 of 2) 7 2 1970-1986 Various: publishing correspondence re: solicitations approved by Barbara Herrnstein Smith (2 of 2) 7 3 1986-1998 Various: publishing correspondence re: solicitations denied by Barbara Herrnstein Smith; includes articles for review 7 4 1986-1994 Various: publishing correspondence re: solicitations to Barbara Herrnstein Smith 7 5 1987-1993 Various: publishing correspondence with Harvard University Press 7 6 1984-1992 Various: publishing correspondence with Poetics Today 7 7 1988-1989 Various: publishing correspondence with the University of Chicago Press 7 8 1988-1995 Restricted Series 8 1981-2000 Duke University Advisory Committee on Distinguished Professorship re: Professor Valentin-Yves Mudimbe 8 1 1990 Duke University: search committee for the Kimberly J. Jenkins Chair in New Technologies and Society; includes correspondence and candidate statements 8 2 1999-2000 Duke University: search committee for the Kimberly J. Jenkins Chair in New Technologies and Society; includes correspondence and itineraries 8 3 2000 Duke University: search committee for a senior position in Spanish; includes correspondence 8 4 1989-1991 Duke University: student correspondence and related material re: History of Literary Theory 8 5 1987 Duke University: Thomas Lahusen Review Committee; includes general correspondence, recommendation letters, and Thomas Lahusen resume 8 6 1997-1998 University of Manchester re: referal for Susan Mary Brook 8 7 1999 Various: Student correspondence and related material 8 8 1981-1991 Electronic Records Series 9 1997 Scope and Contents

Audio tapes were reformatted in 2019 and are accessible in the Brown Digital Repository hyperlinked below.

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LIT 281 audio cassette, January 23, 1997 7 January 23,1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, January 23 - February 13, 1997 7 January 23 - February 13,1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, February 13, 1997 7 February 13, 1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, February 20, 1997 7 February 20, 1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, February 20 - 27, 1997 7 February 20 - 27, 1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, February 27, 1997 7 February 27,1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, March 13, 1997 7 March 13,1997

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LIT 281 audio cassette, March 13 -27, 1997 7 March 13 -27, 1997

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