Roark Bradford papers, 1927-1949

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Roark Bradford papers, 1927-1949

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317411922

This collection contains handwritten and typed correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, telegrams, teaching notes, printed material, clippings and other papers of Roark Bradford, a New Orleans author specializing in African-American folk dialect. Also includes artwork, such as woodcuts by J. J. Lankes, and drawings by Lucian Dent and others.

2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7324702

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Bradford, Roark, 1896-1948

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc0kdj (person)

Roark Bradford, novelist, short story writer, and journalist, was born in Lauderdale County, Tenn., where he was raised on a cotton plantation in the Nankipoo-Knob Creek area. In 1924 Bradford moved to New Orleans, La. to take a position at the New Orleans Times-Picayune and in 1926 he devoted himself entirely to writing African-American fiction. From the description of Roark Bradford letter, 1927. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70696868 Roark Bradford was...

Dent, Lucian.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf7f48 (person)

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg1qkj (person)

Woodcut artist; Durham, North Carolina. From the description of Letter : Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539131 Julius J. Lankes was a maker of woodcuts whose work was represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser admired his work and promoted his career. As with many American artists of his generation, Lankes' career was never financially stable, and he also worked as an illustrator, an art educator and as a technical artist for the F...