Roark Bradford Collection

    This collection contains writings of author Roark Bradford. Bradford was born in Tennessee in 1896 and moved to New Orleans in 1924 where he wrote for the Times-Picayune. By 1926 he devoted his career to writing entirely fiction. His work of fiction and folklore was based on his childhood experiences with African-American preachers, musicians and storytellers on his father's plantation. Included are his stories in two editions of Collier's (1935, 1948), and one edition of Saturday Evening Post (1948). Bradford died in 1948 in New Orleans.

    The collection also contains a typescript copy of Christmas at the Bradford Home by Mary B. Alexander, sister of Roark Bradford. It is a recollection of childhood Christmas memories.