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Bradfield Family Scrapbooks
MSS 0161  
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SCRAPBOOKS

Box 1, Folder 1

Photograph album ca. 1932-1938

General

Large album of photographs, probably most taken in the late 1930s. Most of the images are snapshots, probably taken by Bradfield. Included are images of Peking and its environs, including street scenes, people at markets and processions, 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.
Box 1, Folder 2

Photograph album ca. 1932-1938

General

Large album of photographs, probably most taken in the late 1930s. Most of the images are snapshots, though some are prints probably mass-produced for the tourist trade. This album includes more rural and temple scenes, taken on Bradfield family travel excusions, than the previous album.
Box 1, Folder 3

Loose photographic prints ca. 1932-1938

General

Small selection of loose scenic prints, primarily from the tourist trade.
Box 2, Folder 1

Scrapbook of memorabilia ca. 1932-1938

General

Memorabilia and ephemera, probably collected by Mrs. Vergil Bradfield. Includes invitations, calling cards, advertisements, and newspaper clippings relating to the Japanese advance into China.
Oversize FB-126, Folder 2

Scrapbook of Chinese medical texts

General note

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 accompanied with typewritten English translations.