Correspondence of Margaretta Childs, 1979

Holds letters regarding the legal case, with a report on its status; letters to and from Amnesty International, various branches of the NAACP; and letters from Childs to Marjorie C. Amos, Charles Morgan, Jr., Sister Margaret of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Henry Steele Commager, and others requesting permission to use their names as supporters of a Robert Lee Smith Defense Fund. With Commager's positive reply, a list of other possible supporters to include a fact sheet and letters from attorneys. Includes various handwritten notes, drafts and finished copies of Childs' letters.