Dan Freeman Bradley Papers, 1865-1937

Consists of original letters and photocopies; an issue of the Bangkok calendar (1864), printed by Dan Beach Bradley; the will (1893) of Sarah Blachly Bradley; writings and addresses (1892-1937, n.d.); and a photograph album showing scenes of Bangkok (c.1889). Most of the letters were written between 1877 and 1892 by Dan F. Bradley to his mother and siblings in Bangkok, Thailand. They describe Bradley's student days from 1877 to 1885 at Oberlin College and Oberlin Theological Seminary and pastorates he later held in Ohio, South Dakota, and Michigan.  Writings, sermons, and addresses discuss topics such as fellowship and the role of women in evangelization.

Note: Based on entry taken from William E. Bigglestone's unpublished "[preliminary] Guide to the Oberlin College Archives," which was prepared as individual entry sheets in a three-ring binder during the early 1980s.

INVENTORY

Box 1

          Accession 1979/21:

                  Correspondence, 1871-78, 1880-92, n.d.  (8f) (Originals and photocopies; use

                              photocopies only)

                  "Simo, A Romance of Siam," n.d. by Dan Freeman Bradley, carbon draft  (57 pp.)

Box 2

          Accession 1992/29:

                  Correspondence, 1870-73, 1901

                  Deed of property to Sarah Blachly Bradley, 1875

                  Will of Sarah Blachly Bradley, 1893

                  "Bangkok Calender," 1865  (printed at the press of the American Missionary Association

                              by Dan Beach Bradley)

                  Siamese Documents, 1898, n.d.

          Accession 2001/94:

                  Writings and Addresses

                  "Adelia Antoinette Field Johnston: an Appreciation," reprint from Oberlin Alumni Magazine,

                              October 1936

                  "College Women in Winning the West," address to the College Club of Cleveland, Ohio, n.d.

                  "The Development of Fellowship in the Congregational Churches," address to the Minnesota

                              Congregational Club, 1902

                  "The Discoverer," sermon preached at Park Congregational Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan,

                              October 23, 1892

                  "The Faith of Our Lord Jesus Christ," sermon preached at Pilgrim Congregational Church,

                            Cleveland, Ohio, n.d.

                  "Fiftieth Anniversary of the Lamson & Sessions Company, manufacturers of bolts, nuts,

                              rivets, wrenches and wire rope clips," (address by D. F. Bradley, D.D.) Hotel

                              Cleveland, December 27, 1919

                  "In the Fullness of Time," sermon preached at the 105th annual meeting of the American

                              Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Detroit, Michigan, October 13, 1914

                  "The Lord's Prayer," sermons preached at Pilgrim Congregational Church, Cleveland, Ohio,

                              1908-09 (published March 1909) inscribed to Oberlin President Henry C. King,

                              "Accept this from [your] friend and admirer, Dan F. Bradley, [illegible] 1909"

                  "Selections from Park Church Pulpit ," Park Congregational Church, Grand Rapids,

                              Michigan, n.d.

                  "Two Sermons," 1937

                  "Woman's Work in Evangelization," Park Congregational Church, Grand Rapids,

                            Michigan, n.d.

          Transferred from RG 28 Alumni Files

                  Writings and Addresses (cont.)

                  "Fifty Years in the Congregational Ministry," Commencement Address, Oberlin Graduate

                            School of Theology, 1935

Box 3

          Accession 1993/10:

                  Photograph album (scenes of Bangkok, Thailand), c.1889