Annick Smith
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Annick Smith, a filmmaker and writer, has lived in Montana most of her adult life. Smith was executive producer for the prize-winning independent film, Heartland (1981) based on the frontier diaries of Wyoming pioneer, Elinore Randall Stewart. She was co-producer, with William Kittredge, for Robert Redford’s film adaptation of Norman MacLean’s novel, A River Runs Through It (1982). Smith’s collection of essays, Homestead, was published by Milkweed Editions in 1995. Her book, Big Bluestem, Journey into the Tall Grass, which won the Oklahoma Book Award for nonfiction and the Denver Public Library's Bancroft prize for western history, was published by Council Oak Books (Tulsa) and The Nature Conservancy in 1996. About the collections: Papers, 1940-2000 and undated (29 boxes) includes manuscripts of draft copies of published works, short stories and poems, final copies, revisions, research materials to Smith's works, film proposals, photocopied news clippings, business and literary correspondence, reviews, film projects, computer files and audio recordings. The collection also has files on Big Bluestem: Journey into the Tall Grass, In This We are Native and Homestead. There is also material on the Sundance Institute, where Smith was a founding member. Papers, 1968-2007 and undated (17 boxes) contains a variety of materials pertaining to the literary and film works of Annick Smith. Included are manuscripts of draft copies of published works, final copies, revisions, research materials to Smith's works, photocopied news clippings, business and literary correspondence, reviews, film projects, computer files and audio recordings. Papers, 1970-2018 (9 boxes) contains correspondence, literary drafts and manuscripts, ephemera from conferences, festivals, workshops, and readings, photographs, and media. It includes drafts and edits for Crossing the Plains with Bruno and Hearth, an anthology. Bibliography:
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