mnsss252 Julia Collier Harris Papers, 1921-1955 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Northampton, MA
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 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English 2009-07-30 Finding aid revised after further processing by Annie-Sage Whitehurst, July 2009 Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Julia Collier Harris Papers, 1921-1955 Finding Aid MS 74 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Harris, Julia Collier, b. 1875 Julia Collier Harris Papers1921-1955 MS 74 2 boxes (.5 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Journalist; Civic leader; Editor. Papers consist primarily of correspondence from well known people, including Sherwood Anderson, Louis Bromfield, George Washington Carver, Geraldine Farrar, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and H. L. Mencken. Also manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Biographical Note

Sherwood Anderson, Julia Collier Harris, and J. LaRose Harris in Columbus, Ga., February 1929

Julia Florida Collier was born to Charles Augustus and Susie Rawson Collier in Atlanta, Georgia in 1875. After finishing Miss Chamberlayne's School in Boston, Harris graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia where she studied illustration with Henry Sandham. She went on to attend Cowles Art School and the University of Chicago. In 1897 she married Julian LaRose Harris, managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and business manager of Uncle Remus's Magazine. In 1913, the Harrises moved to New York, where Julian began work as the Sunday editor of the New York Herald, then as editor and general manager of the Paris Herald. Julia contributed articles and columns to both of these papers. Following Julian's service in World War I, the Harrises became owners of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun in Georgia (1922-29). Julia was associate editor and vice president; wrote articles, editorials and reviewed books; and was a music critic. She also wrote a number of travel and art essays for leading periodicals. Additionally, she was a strong voice in local and national social and civic issues. In 1926, Julia and Julian Harris received the Pulitzer Prize. She also published two biographies of her father-in-law: Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris (1918) and Joel Chandler Harris: Editor and Essayist (1931). Julia Collier Harris died in 1967.

[For more biographical information see "Julian and Julia Collier Harris (1874-1963; 1875-1967)" in the New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2459 ]

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Julia Collier Harris Papers consist primarily of received correspondence related to the journalistic work of Julia Harris and her husband in support of social and civic improvement, and their work for the Columbus Enquirer- Sun. Among the more than 300 letters are those of Sherwood Anderson, Gamaliel Bradford and George Washington Carver, as well as 137 letters from Geraldine Farrar (after her retirement from Metropolitan Opera to civic and war service). Sixty-seven letters from H.L. Menken and letters from Louis Bromfield, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Cora Wilson Stewart and numerous other persons of importance are also included. Other materials such as clippings, manuscripts, and photographs are interfiled among some of the correspondence.

This collection also includes typescripts of unpublished papers by Julia Harris for the Atlanta "History Club," Harris' published articles for the Columbus Enquirer-Sun and the Chattanooga Sunday Times, manuscripts of her review of the George Washington Carver biography and impressions of Europe written for the New York Herald Magazine Supplement as well as a memorabilia and a photograph of the Harrises with Sherwood Anderson (1929).

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Copyright ownership of Julia Collier Harris' writings is unknown. Copyright to materials authored by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

 Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Julia Collier Harris Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Julia Collier Harris donated her Papers to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1955. The Papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.

Preliminary Processing done by Annie-Sage Whitehurst, Fraenkel intern, 2009.

 Search Terms Journalism--United States--History--20th century--Sources Southern States--Social conditions--20th century--Sources Women journalists--United States--Biography--Sources Harris, Julia Collier, b. 1875 Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967 Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1 1 Contents SERIES I. CORRESPONDENCE 1 2 Anderson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Sherwood) 1925-1926 1 Anderson, Sherwood 1 3 Clippings and photographs,n.d. 1 4-5 Letters to Julian and Julia C. Harris 1925-1936, n.d. 1 6 Bennet, James O'Donnell 1928 1 7 Boyd, Julian 1942 1 8 Berndt, Aaron 1924-29 1 9 Bradford, Gamaliel 1927 1 10 Bradford, Helen F. 1932, 1947 1 11 Bromfield, Louis 1927, 1930 1 12 Brooks, Van Wyck 1933 1 13 Buxton, Frank 1926 1 Carver, George Washington 1 14 "A Brief Sketch of My Life": edited manuscript, booklet and clippings 1929, 1930, n.d. 1 15 Correspondence 1926-39 1 16 Collier, John 1935 1 17 Couch, W.T. 1927 1 18 Dabney, Virginius 1941 1 Farrar, Geraldine 1 19 Related clippings, programs, and photograph 1944, n.d. 1 20 Autographed photographn.d. 1 21-27 Correspondence 1925-55 1 28 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield 1921-27 1 29 Glenn, Isa 1930 1 30 Harris, Julia Collier and R. T. Bond 1929 1 31 Harris, Julian La Rose: obituary 1963 1 32 Hubert, Benjamin F 1929 1 33 Huebson, B.W 1925 1 34 Irwin, Inez Haynes 1929, 1940 1 35 Johnson, Nunnaly, circa 1920 1 36 Krutch, Joseph Wood 1925 1 37 Liveright, Horace 1926 1 Menken, H.L 1 38 Descriptive list of his collections, compiled by Betty Adler n.d. 1 39-40 Correspondence and clippings 1925-29 1 41 Morton, Robert R. 1926, 1928 2 42 Nock, Albert Jay 1923 2 43 Odum, Howard W. 1925-26 2 44 Peabody, George Foster: correspondence and photographs 1927, 1928 2 45 Stewart, Cora Wilson (includes letter from Calvin Coolidge) 1922-27 2 46 Villard, Oswald: invitation to Julian and Julia C. Harris 2 47 White, William Allen 1927-28 2 Miscellaneous letters to Julia C. Harris 2 48 Business n.d. 2 49 Personal n.d. SERIES II: WRITINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS 2 50 History papers: unpublished typescripts n.d. 2 51 Articles by Julia C. Harris (published)1925-35, n.d. 2 52 Miscellaneous: photographs, biographical sketches, clippings and memorabilia n.d.