Secondary Sources

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Primary Sources

The major part of my research has been in the archives of the Betty Smith Papers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Novels

Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943.

Smith, Betty. Tomorrow Will Be Better. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948.

Smith, Betty. Maggie-Now. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958.

Smith, Betty. Joy in the Morning. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.

Dramatic Compliations and Publications

Koch, Frederich H., ed. Plays for School and Little Theatres. (By Betty Smith and Robert Finch). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Extension Bulletin. Vol. XVI, no. 4, 1937.

Smith, Betty, ed. 25 Non-Royalty One-Act Plays for All-Girl Casts. New York: Greenberg Publishing, 1942.

Smith, Betty, ed. 20 Prize-Winning Non-Royalty One-Act Plays. New York: Greenberg Publishing, 1943.

Smith Betty, and George Abbott. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Musical Play. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951.

Plays, Screenplays and Radio Scripts

"And Never Yield" unpublished, copyrighted manuscript, material deposited 1943, 1944, 1945; "First in Heart" in 1946.

"Bayou Harlequinade" with Clemon White. In Margaret Mayorga, ed. Twenty Short Plays on a Royalty Holiday. vol. II. (1940-1943). New York: Samuel French, 1940; New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1940.

"Becomes a Woman" by E. W. Smith, copyrighted material deposited 1930.

"The Boy Abe." In One Act Play Magazine (Mar-April 1941).

"The Candy Farm" by E.W. Smith, copyrighted material deposited 1931.

"Common Ground" with Jay Sigmund. In ***Sixth Yearbook of Plays. Evanston, IL: Row-Peterson & Co., 1940; Row-Peterson & Co. Pamphlet, 1940;

"Copper Braclet" with Robert Finch. Syracuse, NY: Willie N. Bugbee Pamphlet, undated.

"Darkness at the Window" with Jay Sigmund. Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Co. Pamphlet, undated.

"The Day's Work." In Kenneth Thorpe Rowe, ed. University of Michigan Plays. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1930.

"The Desert Shall Rejoice" with Robert Finch. In ***Book of Radio Plays. New York: Samuel French, 1941. Also a Warner Brothers Moving Picture, 1941.*** (copyrighted under Finch's name, 1940)

"Divorce Lawyer" by E.W. Smith, copyrighted material deposited 1936.

"Doors That Slam" with Wieder Sievers. In ***Book of Radio Plays. New York: Samuel French, 1941.

"Durham Station"

"Earthquake" with Jack Woodford, copyrighted material deposited 1937.

"The Far Distant Shore" with Robert Finch. In The Best One-Act Plays of 1945. New York: Samuel French, 1946; Twenty Short Plays on a Royalty Holiday Vol. III (1947-1950) edited by Margaret Gardner Mayorga. New York: Samuel French, 1947.

"Folk Stuff" with Jay Sigmund. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1937.

"Freedom's Bird"

"Fun After Supper." In M. G. Mayorga, ed. Twenty Short Plays on a Royalty Holiday. vol. II. (1940-1943). New York: Samuel French, 1940***; New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1940.

"Gander Sauce"

"Good Night, Uncle George" by Betty Roberts. Franklin, OH: Eldridge Entertainment House Pamphlet, 1939.

"Heroes Just Happen" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, undated.

"His Last Skirmish" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1937.

"Jonica Starrs" by E.W. Smith, copyrighted material deposited 1930.

"Lawyer Lincoln" with Chase Webb. New York: Dramatists Play Service Pamphlet, 1939.

"Lights are Still Burning" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1942.

"Made in Heaven" by E.W. Smith, copyrighted material deposited 1933.

"Mannequin's Maid." Chicago: T.S. Denison Pamphlet, 1938.

"Manana Bandits" with Chase Webb. In ***Best One-Act Plays of 1938. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1939; Betty Smith, ed. 20 Prize Winning Non-Royalty One-Act Plays. New York: Greenberg, 1943; One Act Play Magazine (Dec-Jan 1941-42).

"Montana Night" with Robert Finch. In Frederick H. Koch, ed. American Folk Plays. New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1939.

"Murder in the Snow" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1938.

"Naked Angel" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1937.

"Near Closing Time" with Robert Finch. Chicago: T.S. Denison Pamphlet, 1938.

"Night in the Country" with Robert Finch. Evanston, IL: Row-Peterson & Co. Pamphlet, 1940;

"Once There was a Man" by E.W. Smith, copyrighted material deposited 1938.

"On to Oregon." New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1942.

"Out of the Prairie." In One Act Play Magazine (1942).

"The Package for Ponsonby." In One Act Play Magazine (Jan-Feb 1939).

"A Penny Saved" by Betty Roberts. Kansas City: Midwest Play Bureau, undated.

"Popecastle Inn" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1937.

"Prairie Boy." In ***Plays of Democracy. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1942.

"The Professor Roars" with Robert Finch. Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Co. Pamphlet, undated.

"Room for a King." Franklin, OH: Eldridge Entertainment House Pamphlet, 1940.

"The Saints Get Together" with Jay Sigmund. Chicago: T.S. Denison Pamphlet, 1938.

"School Bus." Copyrited material deposited 1947.

"Silvered Rope" with Jay Sigmund. Chicago: T.S. Denison Pamphlet, 1938.

"So Gracious is the Time." In One Act Play Magazine (June-July 1938).

"Story Told in Indiana." Copyrited material deposited 1939, 1944.

"Summer Comes to Diamond O" with Robert Finch. In ***Best One-Act Plays of 1940. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1941; New York: Dramatists Play Service Pamphlet, 1939. made into a motion picture "The Grass is Always Greener," a Warner Bros. short subject, 1949.

"They Released Barabbas" with Jay Sigmund. Franklin, OH: Eldridge Entertainment House Pamphlet, 1939.

"To Jenny with Love" with Robert Finch. Franklin, OH: Eldridge Entertainment House Pamphlet, 1941.

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" with George Abbott. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951.

"Trees of His Father" with Jay Sigmund. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1937.

"Vine Leaves" with Jay Sigmund. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1937.

"Western Ghost Town" with Robert Finch. Chicago: T.S. Denison Pamphlet, 1938.

"Western Night" with Robert Finch. In Betty Smith, ed. 20 Prize Winning Non-Royalty One-Act Plays. New York: Greenberg, 1943; New York: Dramatists Play Service Pamphlet, 1939.

"West from the Panhandle" with Clemon White. In Frederick H. Koch, ed. American Folk Plays. New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1939; One Act Play Magazine (Feb 1939).

"Wives-in-Law." In Kenneth Thorpe Rowe, ed. University of Michigan Plays. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1930.

"Youth Takes Over; or, When a Man's Sixteen" with Robert Finch. New York: Samuel French Pamphlet, 1939.