"A knowledge of regional literature is important to librarians in the South both as an aid to selection and as a support for interpretation. Perhaps no one state in the Southeast has contributed more richly to recent Southern literature than has Mississippi, and among Mississippi writers of recent years, few have received more widespread recognition than James Street. Because of this and because the writer of this paper is a native Mississipian, James Street was chosen as the subject for a bio-bibliography"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1958." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Louis Shores, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references.