| Description |
25 items (1 folder) |
| Note |
One photograph of an auction of Bradley's private collection of rare books, artifacts and prints has been transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division. |
| Summary |
Correspondence, writings and printed matter documenting Henry Thorpe Bradley's activities as an African-American book collector and self-published author, during the first half of the twentieth century. Includes letters to the editors of several New York daily newspapers on racial biases in media reporting and the invasion of Ethiopia by Mussolini's Italian troops, typescripts of poems, short stories and essays, and a radioscript entitled "In Defense." |
| Biography |
Afro-American book collector and writer of verses and short stories. Bradley was born in Enfield, N.C. and moved to Brooklyn (N.Y.) during the 1920s. His published and unpublished works include: "Love and Mystery, a Tale in Rhyme" (1907), "A Printer's Dream" (n.d.), "Effusions of the Soul" (1917), "Marching to Berlin" (1918), "Ethiopian Women's Society of the Moon" (1926), "Out of the Depths" (1928), "In Defense, a Sketch for Broadcasting" (n.d.) and "A Catalog of Books of Modern First Editions and Old, Rare Editions" 1936. |
| Subject |
Bradley, Henry Thorpe.
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Book collecting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936.
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Short stories, American -- African American authors.
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American literature -- African American authors.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
Bradley, Henry Thorpe.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
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| Call No. |
Sc MG 85
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| Research Call Number |
Sc MG 85
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