Smedley to A. Taylor, June 11, 1944; for clippings from the tour, see Smedley papers, file VI-73D-5,12,13,14,16,18, 65, 67, 68, 70, and 73E-5; Smedley's account in letters to A. Taylor, February 4, May 8, 15, 1944
She wrote to Aino Taylor on September 8, 1943: »I'm working on my play. Buried in the pines, in a little wooden bungalow; all but two guests have gone, and we alone inhabit the great mansion. A snake got into the huge reception room and made its home under a statue - we chased it out. It was a poor garter snake living on mosquitoes and flies and bugs. Poor things!... I dread going on lecture tour«
Louisville Courier-Journal, October 10; Kansas City Star, September 11; Saturday Review of Literature, September 18; Nation, October 2; New Yorker, September 11; Christian Register (February 1944)