Personal notes (Frances Newman), undated.

The bulk of this collection is comprised of research materials that Dr. Smith collected on Frances Newman, including correspondence, notes, reviews, critical essays, and biographies. Included with the biographies of Newman are bibliographies; the most notable of the biographies is a typed 36-page account left unsigned and undated. The first folder of correspondence contains letters to and from Newman, mostly written in longhand. Much of the stationery bears her initials or the insignia of the New York City hotels in which she stayed. A 1921 rejection letter from a publisher regarding her manuscript, The Goldfish Bowl, spells out the problems the publisher found with the book. Of special note is a letter dated 1920 from James Branch Cabell, an author Newman greatly admired, praising her book reviews.

Correspondence to and from Dr. Smith includes requests from universities all over the country for information on Newman. Dr. Smith also made several appeals to various publishers for his biography/criticism collection of Newman, most of which were rejected. Christmas cards from Hansell Baugh, Newman's publisher, to Dr. Smith round out this folder.

The last folder of correspondence contains letters mostly from Rick Rykken of the John Colet Press. Discussions with Dr. Elizabeth Evans of the Georgia Tech English Department centered on publishing faculty papers within their English Literature series. A very significant letter, dated November 1972 from E. G. Roberts, then Director of the Georgia Tech Libraries, thanks Mrs. Margaret Patterson Ruddock, niece of Frances Newman, for donating the original typescripts of Newman's two books, Hard-Boiled Virgin and Dead Lovers are Faithful Lovers.

The critical essays are of authors who interested Dr. Smith and the press catalogs advertise Newman's books. The last three folders contain works and personal notes by Newman, including newspaper articles, criticisms, and book reviews.