Box 1

Scope and Contents Two diaries and an album are chronologically arranged. The album was kept by Emilie at the age of sixteen during her teaching at the Clinton Female Seminary in Clinton, New York. The diary (1831-33), available in photocopy, discusses her spiritual struggles prior to her marriage in 1834. (See Series 2 for the transcript of a later diary.) The Bangkok diary for 1840-42 contains information to be transmitted to her daughters in case of her death and an account of the death of her...

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Extremely fragile. Contains verses by friends and Emilie Royce's French prose exercises.

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Includes originals and photocopies of letters from Sophia (Mrs. Dan McGilvary) in Chiangmai, Laos to her stepmother, Sarah B. Bradley, to "Annie," to her sister Irene, and to her daughter, Cornelia. Letters are chronologically arranged.

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Bound transcript, "Ledger and Diary of Emilie Royce Bradley, June 22, 1834-January 8, 1836," prepared by W.M. Orr, Jr., a great-great grandson of Emilie R. Bradley. This is not a scholarly edition. While the original diary is not in the possession of the archives, the archives holds a microfilm copy and digital copy (on DVD) of the original. (It should be noted that Emeritus Librarian Julian S. Fowler believed that there existed a second volume of the diary.)

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Typed and bound transcript of column one of the diaries, by W.M. Orr, Jr. Microfilm and digital copies are also available.

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Bradley's journal describes his journey to the United States in 1864 to attend Oberlin College, where he studied from 1864-70, in the preparatory, college, and theological departments. He traveled via Ceylon, Bombay, Africa, Italy, France, and England.

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Fragile. Use photocopy provided.

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Fragile

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Originals and photocopies.

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Consists of five original letters, photographs and photocopies of letters between Mongkut, King of Siam, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beach Bradley. Includes a listing, "Notes on Mongkut-Bradley Papers", supplied by the donor.