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MSS 0161
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Creator:
Bradfield Family
Title: Bradfield Family Scrapbooks,
Date (inclusive): 1932 - 1938
Extent:
1.00 linear feet
(2 archives boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Abstract: Four scrapbooks, probably kept by Mr. and Mrs. Vergil F. Bradfield, parents of Robert Bradfield. Vergil Bradfield lived in
China from 1919 to 1938. He was associated with the Peking Union Medical College. Robert Bradfield was born in China.
The scrapbooks date from ca. 1932 to 1938. Two of the volumes contain photographs of China, including many images of Peking
and environs. One of the scrapbooks contains memorabilia, probably collected by Mrs. Vergil Bradfield, including newspaper
accounts of Japanese military activities, invitations, and Chinese ephemera. The remaining scrapbook contains photostatic
copies of illustrated Chinese medical texts dealing primarily with unusual or abnormal conditions. The texts include English
translations.
Repository:
University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
La Jolla, California 92093-0175
Collection number: MSS 0161
Language of Material:
Collection materials in English
Collection is open for research.
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Bradfield Family Scrapbooks, MSS 0161. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
The family of Vergil F. Bradfield lived in China (probably in Peking) during the 1920s and 1930s. Bradfield went to China
in 1919 and was associated with the Peking Union Medical College. He left the country in 1938. Vergil's son Robert was born
in China around 1926.
Scope and Content of Collection
Two of the scrapbooks contain photographs, probably taken in the late 1930s. Most of the images appear to be snapshots, probably
taken by the Bradfield family. Included are images of Peking and its environs, including street scenes, the Foreign Compound,
the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace. Also included are images of the Bradfield residences in
China, family friends, family servants, and Japanese military activities.
One scrapbook contains memorabilia, probably collected by Mrs. Vergil Bradfield. Included are invitations, calling cards,
advertisements, and newspaper clippings relating to the Japanese advance into China.
The last scrapbook contains photostatic copies of illustrated Chinese medical texts. Most of the texts deal with abnormal
or unusual medical conditions. Some of the texts are provided with English translations in typescript.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bradfield family -- Archives
Medicine, Chinese -- Manuscripts
China -- Description and travel -- Photographs
Beijing (China) -- Description and travel -- Photographs
China -- History -- 1928-1937 -- Manuscripts
Photographs.
Bradfield, Vergil F
Bradfield, Robert