Guide to the Richard F. Brady papers M2446
Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
June 2019
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Richard F. Brady papers
Identifier/Call Number: M2446
Physical Description:
2.21 Linear Feet
(3 MB, 2 flat box, 1 map folder)
Date (bulk): 1933-1949
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift; 2018. Accession 2018-579.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Richard F. Brady was a doctor and missionary who was in Nanjing during the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of a small group
of Western missionaries who were in Nanjing when it as invaded by the Japanese, and he stayed behind to provide medical treatment
at the Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in the safety zone. Dr. Brady was awarded the Order of Jade medal by the Republican Chinese
government for his service during that time.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Richard F. Brady papers (M2446). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Content Description
Materials in the collection include the Order of Jade medal that Brady was given by the Republican Chinese government for
his service during the Japanese occupation as well a a number of journals and ledgers, missionary pamphlets, photographs,
handwritten correspondence and notes (some transcribed by family members), documents and ephemera, both from Nanjing and from
his missionary organization. The journals relate to Dr. Brady's experiences during the Japanese occupation (also known as
"The Rape of Nanjing." Also included are materials collected by descendants of Dr. Brady such as newspaper clippings and contemporary
printouts of website articles, including Wikipedia.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History.
box 1, folder 1
Biography and family history
box 1, folder 2
Typed and handwritten manuscripts about Nanking
box 1, folder 3
Partial transcriptions of journals and manuscripts
box 1, folder 4
Richard Brady journals [per information on envelope] and inventory of Brady house in Nanking
1934
box 1, folder 5
Accounting book, January 1940 - September [1941]
box 1, folder 6
Notes observing medical procedures
box 1, folder 7
Manuscript of missionary hospital work
box 1, folder 8
Nanking University Hospital
box 2, folder 2
Nanying Massacre documentary
box 2, folder 4
Gleanings from the manuscripts of M. Searle Bates, the Protestant Endeavor in Chinese Society, 1890 - 1950; Missions in War
by M. Searle Bates, Missionary to China
box 2, folder 5
United Christian Missionary Society Publications including Biography Set, Series seven, Our Workers in China
box 2, folder 6
World Call 1941 - 1949, selected articles
box 2, folder 6
Front Rank and others, selected articles
box 2, folder 7
Christian Church publications
box 2, folder 7
The China Colleges, December 1942, Resources for the Study of China
box 2, folder 8
Celebration of Life and obituaries
box 2, folder 9
Pamphlets; China Records Project 1988 Update; ephemera including Dr. Brady's business card and a sheet from his prescription
pad
box 3, Folder 1
My Eighty Years in China, revised edition, by George A. Fitch, privately printed for the author, photocopy
box 3, folder 1
War-time China by Maxwell S. Stewart
1944
box 3, folder 1
China Speaks to Our Time, CMF/CWF group studies for 1978-79
box 3, folder 3
Guide to Peking 1931 published by "The Leader"
box 3, folder 4
War Damage in the Nanking Area December 1937 to March 1938, Urban and Rural Surveys by Dr. Lewis S. C. Smythe
box 3, folder 6
Report Nantungchow Christian Hospital 1917-1936
1933
box 3, folder 6
The Rise and Fall of Nanking by Julius Eigner in National Geographic Magazine, February 1938
1933
Box 3, Folder 7
The Splendours of Historic Nanking by K. W. Kwok
Box 3, Folder 8
Correspondence, primarily 1945-1946; China Conferences statements 1939-1949
flat-box 4
Photographs: 2 albums and 2 folders
Box 5
Order of the Jade bestowed on Dr. Richard F. Brady by the Chinese National Government, 1938, housed in a silk box
Box 5
Artifacts: Chinese bank note, series 7E, 500 yuan bank note; Commemorative tie clip,
City of Lexington, Kentucky, n.d.
map-folder 6
Map of China showing mission stations except the Roman Catholic 1924; Map of Nanking n.d.; Map of China National Geographic
Society, Washington D. C. July 1991; AAF Cloth Chart Shen-Yang (Mulkden) China
map-folder 6
Certificates: Dr. Richard Freman Brady Lifetime Certificate of Chinese Medical Association; certificate in Chinese with Dr.
Brady's photograph, Erie, Pennsylvania
map-folder 6
Narcotics in Nanking by Dr. M.S. Bates, clipping reprinted from the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, November 25-27, 1939
