ELINA GARDèRE CHeRBONNIER COLLECTION

(Mss 116)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

June 2006

Contents

Summary

Biographical Note

Container List

Index Terms

Procedures for Requesting Special Collections Materials

Summary

Size: 6 items

Geographic

locations: New Orleans, Louisiana

Inclusive dates: n.d., June 1912

Summary: Photographs of Robert Emmet Kennedy (1877 - 1941).

Source: Gift, ca. 1964

Access: No restrictions

Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

Citation: Elina Gardère Cherbonnier Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans

Biographical Note

Born in Gretna, Louisiana, Robert Emmet Kennedy is primarily remembered as the author of several volumes on black folklore and folk music--among them, Black Cameos (1924), Gritny People (1927), and More Mellows (1931). In addition, he was a painter and pianist and on occasion had reviewed books for the New York Times. For most of the last twenty years of his life, Kennedy lived in New York and operated an antique shop. He died in 1941 while visiting New Orleans.

Container List

116-1 Photographs of Robert Emmet Kennedy, n.d.; June, 1912.

Index Terms

Kennedy, Robert Emmet