Collection 246 Bradshaw, James H. (1944- ). Papers, 1920-2019, n.d. 17.5 feet; 1 volume Jim Bradshaw is a journalist with an abiding interest in local history. He was raised in Lake Charles, LA., where he created his first neighborhood newspaper at age 10. He graduated from J.A. Landry Memorial High School and then the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), where he majored in English and journalism with a minor in history. While at USL, Bradshaw was a member of the Student Government Association and the Student Union Board of Directors, and edited the Vermilion, the student newspaper. He received the Southwestern Award of Achievement at graduation in 1967. In 1998, Bradshaw received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the Department of Communication. In 2006, he became an honorary member of Epsilon-Xi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (International History Honor Society). Bradshaw has spent most of his career engaged in journalism in Lafayette. He has been Associate Director of the Department of Communications and Managing Editor of The Morning Star for the Diocese of Lafayette. He was editor and general manager of Acadiana Profile for three years. Most of his work has been at the Lafayette Daily Advertiser, where he has served at different times as City Editor, Metro Editor, Acting Managing Editor, and senior writer. He has also served on the editorial board and written editorials for the Opelousas Daily World. While holding these responsibilities, Bradshaw has also usually been involved in writing a weekly column, which usually focused on local history. He has won numerous awards for his journalism and his writing about local history. The collection reflects Bradshaw’s work in journalism and his interest in local history. There are texts for columns he wrote for The Morning Star and the Daily Advertiser, and editorials for the Daily World. The subject files contain material he has gathered or that was sent to him regarding local history. [Brochures were generally removed and sent to the Louisiana Room for the Vertical File. Photocopies of publications held in the Special Collections Department were also removed.] Jim Bradshaw donated this collection. Series: I. Writings A. Columns “Barbs & Gems” [The Morning Star] 1-01 to 1-14 “Acadiana Diary” [Daily Advertiser] 1-15 to 3-04 “C’est Vrais” [Daily Advertiser] 3-05 to 3-07 “Acadiana Life” 3-08 CODOFIL [Daily Advertiser] 3-09 to 3-12 Weather 3-13 to 4-08 Helicopter 4-09 1 Opelousas Daily World editorials 4-10 to 5-02 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper 5-03 to 5-13 Parish Columns 5-13a to 5-13c; 5a B. “History of Acadiana” [tabloid for Daily Advertiser] 5-14 to 7-14 C. Other 7-15 to 9-23a II. Personal and Professional 9-24 to 10-21, Box 10A III. Subject Files 10-22 to 15-05 and Vol. 1 IV. Vernon Behrhorst Materials 15-06 to 15-13 V. Media Box 15 #1 to #9 Inventory I. Writings A. Columns [Evidently, columns were prepared for publication in book, which was never completed.] Box 1 1-01 Barbs & Gems [Morning Star / Acadiana Catholic] Sept. 9 - Jan. 20: pp. 1 - 77 Pages numbered in pencil; no year given 1-02 Barbs & Gems: Jan. 27 - July 21: 70 - 162 1-03 Barbs & Gems: July 28 - April 20: 165 - 284 1-04 Barbs & Gems: April 26 - Nov. 9: 285 - 361 1-05 Barbs & Gems: index, pp. 1 - 143; n.d. (Each entry titled) 1-06 Barbs & Gems: 177 - 303 1-07 Barbs & Gems: 304 - 343 1-08 Barbs & Gems: 4 - 95; n.d. 2 Pages numbered in pencil 1-09 Barbs & Gems: 96 - 199 1-10 Barbs & Gems: 200 - 300 (some entries dated on last page) 1-11 Barbs & Gems: 301 - 384 (incomplete) 1-12 Barbs & Gems: titles; n.d.; n.p. 1-13 Barbs & Gems: same 1-14 Barbs & Gems: dates; n.p. Includes print out of column, and may include correspondence, research notes, and Personal items [mainly publicity items] all copies or computer printouts 1-15 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser) 31 October 1993 - 25 December 1994 1-16 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1995: January - December 1-17 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1996: January - December also includes other articles by Jim Bradshaw 1-18 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1997: January - December Includes some personal items; research notes 1-19 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1998: January - June 1-20 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1998: July - December 1-21 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1999: January - June 1-22 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 1999: July - December 1-23 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2000: January - June 1-24 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2000: July – December Box 2 2-01 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2001: January - June includes articles as Project 2000 Editor 3 2-02 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2001: July - September 2-03 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2001: October - December 2-04 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2002: January - April 2-05 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2002: May - August 2-06 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2002: September - December 2-07 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2003: January - May 2-08 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2003: June - August 2-09 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2003: September - December 2-10 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2004: January - July includes “C’est Vrais”: March - July 2-11 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2004: August - December includes “C’est Vrais” Box 3 3-01 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2005: January-December 3-02 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2007: January- March includes “C’est Vrais” 3-03 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2007: March- May includes “C’est Vrais” 3-04 “Acadiana Diary” (Advertiser): 2008: March - October includes “C’est Vrais” 3-05 “C’est Vrais” (Advertiser): 2006 and 2007: November 3-06 “C’est Vrais” (Advertiser): 2007: June-August 3-07 “C’est Vrais” (Advertiser): 2008: October and November 3-08 “Acadiana Life” (Advertiser): 1991-1992 4 3-08a “National Day of the Acadians” (Advertiser): Various articles, 2007 3-09 CODOFIL column (Advertiser): 1994: February-December 3-10 CODOFIL column (Advertiser): 1995: January-December 3-11 CODOFIL column (Advertiser): 1996: January- December 3-12 CODOFIL column (Advertiser): 1997: January- September 3-13 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1869-2002: January includes research materials and data/statistics 3-14 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1894-2006: February includes research materials and data/statistics 3-15 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1867-2002 March includes research materials and data/statistics 3-16 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1890-2000 April includes research materials and data/statistics 3-17 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1888-2002 May includes research materials and data/statistics 3-18 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1889-2001 June includes research materials and data/statistics 3-19 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1888-2001: July includes research materials and data/statistics Box 4 4-01 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1888-2002 August includes research materials and data/statistics 4-02 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1888-2001 September includes research materials and data/statistics 4-03 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1888-2001 October includes research materials and data/statistics 5 4-04 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1887-2002 November includes research materials and data/statistics 4-05 Weather columns (Advertiser): 1888-2002 December includes research materials and data/statistics 4-06 Weather columns: Hurricane Season (Advertiser): 2007: August includes research materials 4-07 Weather columns: Hurricane Audrey 50th Anniversary (Advertiser): 2007: June includes research materials and news clippings 4-08 Weather columns: Storm Tracking (Advertiser): 2008: June includes research materials and news clippings 4-09 Helicopter (Advertiser): 2001 includes research 4-10 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2004: October – December 4-11 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2005: January – February 4-12 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2005: March – April 4-13 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2005: May – August 4-14 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2005: August – December 4-15 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2006: January – May 4-16 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2006: June – December 4-17 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2007: January – June Box 5 5-01 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2007: July – December 5-02 Opelousas Daily World editorials: 2008: January – July 5-03 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2009: January – June 5-04 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2009: June – December 6 5-05 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2010: January – June 5-06 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2010: July – December 5-07 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2011: January – May 5-08 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2011: June – December 5-09 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2012: January – May 5-10 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2012: June – December 5-11 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2013: January – December 5-12 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2014: January – May 5-13 Teche News and Louisiana State Newspaper: 2014: May – December 5-13a St. Landry/Acadia/Evangeline/Vermilion/Lafayette/St. Martin/St. Mary Columns: 2015 5-13b St. Landry/Acadia/Evangeline/Vermilion/Lafayette/St. Martin/St. Mary Columns: 2016 5-13c St. Landry/Acadia/Evangeline/Vermilion/Lafayette/St. Martin/St. Mary Columns: 2017 Box 5a 5a-01 St. Landry/Acadia/Evangeline/Vermilion/Lafayette/St. Martin/St. Mary Columns: 2018 5a-02 St. Landry/Acadia/Evangeline/Vermilion/Lafayette/St. Martin/St. Mary Columns: 2019 B. “History of Acadiana” Series 5-14 Vermilion Parish: June 1997