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Harold C. Bradley photographs, circa 1901
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bradley, H. C (Harold Cornelius)., 1878-1976
- Title
- Harold C. Bradley photographs
- Dates
- circa
1901 (inclusive)19011901
- Quantity
- 0.1 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Mss 681
- Summary
- This collection contains photographs taken by Harold C. Bradley circa 1901 that show forest scenes of northwestern Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, including hunters and their game, men with pack horses, and the aftermath of forest fires.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Harold Cornelius Bradley was born in 1878 in California, the grandson of medical missionary Dan Beach Bradley. He received his doctorate in Physiological Chemistry from Yale and was hired as a junior professor in the Biochemistry and Physiology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1906, where he stayed until his retirement in 1949. He went on from his junior professor status to found and chair the university’s Physiological Chemistry Department. He met and married his wife, Mary Josephine Crane (1908-1976), daughter of Chicago industrialist Charles Crane, at the University of Wisconsin, where she was an undergraduate. They had nine children.
Bradley took a great interest in student life on campus and sponsored programs that promoted “integrated education,” which entwined extracurricular life with academic pursuits. One of Bradley’s most significant contributions to student life grew from his love of skiing and the outdoors. In 1926, he founded the university’s recreation club, the Hoofers. Bradley was a founding member and director of the Sierra Club.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains forty photographs—both prints and negatives—taken by Harold Bradley circa 1901 of the Bitterroot Valley area in northwestern Montana. Subjects represented include hunting and dressing methods for fish and large game; forest fire aftermath; pack horse trains and trail riding; and log structures.
Bradley's son Charles (1911-2002) was Montana State University’s first professional geologist and a founder of the Montana Wilderness Association. One biography of Charles mentions summers spent outdoors on a Montana ranch. This connection between the Bradley family and Montana could have given rise the photographs in this collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Harold C. Bradley Photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
Robert Ruff, a collector and a professor at the University of Wisconsin who worked in the same department as Aldo Leopold, gave the photographs to The University of Montana's Steve Arno. Aldo Leopold's daughter, Nina, was married to Charles Bradley, son of Harold C. Bradley.
Acquisition Information
The photographs were donated to the Archives by Steve Arno in 2007.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| photo_number | ||
| 681-001 | Men with pack horses in a stand of dead trees | circa 1901 |
| 681-002 | Cabin | circa 1901 |
| 681-003 | Man getting a haircut in the woods | circa 1901 |
| 681-004 | Tents and clothesline | circa 1901 |
| 681-005 | Men cooking over a fire with mountains | circa 1901 |
| 681-006 | Men with pack horses by a river and wood building | circa 1901 |
| 681-007 | Men with pack horses by log building | circa 1901 |
| 681-008 | Men with horses surrounded by dead and downed trees | circa 1901 |
| 681-009 | Fire; dead trees and mountains | circa 1901 |
| 681-010 | Fire with fall off density(?) | circa 1901 |
| 681-011 | Naked man logging across water | circa 1901 |
| 681-012 | Buck in velvet hanging | circa 1901 |
| 681-013 | Pack horses in the snow | circa 1901 |
| 681-014 | Man seated next to hanging deer | circa 1901 |
| 681-015 | Log and peat structure | circa 1901 |
| 681-016 | Man with gun and elk | circa 1901 |
| 681-017 | Hunter with gun over game (very thin negative) | circa 1901 |
| 681-018 | Man with sauna or drying fish hut | circa 1901 |
| 681-019 | Pack horse along trail with river | circa 1901 |
| 681-020 | Tree/lake scene (underexposed) | circa 1901 |
| 681-021 | Forest fire with two trees silhouette | circa 1901 |
| 681-022 | Man carrying hind-quarters (slightly overexposed) | circa 1901 |
| 681-023 | Man standing over game | circa 1901 |
| 681-024 | Man standing by horses | circa 1901 |
| 681-025 | Downed trees by water with snow | circa 1901 |
| 681-026 | Winter river scene | circa 1901 |
| 681-027 | Man tending large campfire | circa 1901 |
| 681-028 | River ferry | circa 1901 |
| 681-029 | Fish smoking/drying rack | circa 1901 |
| 681-030 | Men with pack horses lined up | circa 1901 |
| 681-031 | Trail riding in snow | circa 1901 |
| 681-032 | Trees along waterline with snow | circa 1901 |
| 681-033 | Horse by itself | circa 1901 |
| 681-034 | Silhouette of trees | circa 1901 |
| 681-035 | Men by smoky tent | circa 1901 |
| 681-036 | Side slope mountain scene; man with pack horse on mountainside | circa 1901 |
| 681-037 | Bare tree amongst healthy ones | circa 1901 |
| 681-038 | Mountain winter scene | circa 1901 |
| 681-039 | Bare trees in sunlight by water | circa 1901 |
| 681-040 | Ships at sea | circa 1901 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Fishing--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley--Photographs
- Forest fires--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley
- Hunting--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley--Photographs
- Pack animals (Transportation)--Montana--Bitterroot River Valley--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Bitterroot River Valley (Mont.)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Catherine
Moore
2007
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