William Bradford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bradford, William, 1823-1892
topic: label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Marine painting, American -- Northeastern States
label: Topic
content: Marine painting -- 19th century -- Northeastern States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reel 2674 lent 1982 by Mrs. William Hovey, a distant relative of Bradford. Materials on reel 3605 lent by the Kendall Whaling Museum, 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bradford, William, 1823-1892
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marine and arctic painter, photographer, and lecturer; Fairhaven, Mass. Studied under Van Beest. Made annual trips to Labrador to paint. Was an associate of the National Academy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Volumes ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1860-1893
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bradwilp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2674 and 3605 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lenders after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sketchbooks and a scrapbook.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2674: Five sketchbooks, primarily seascapes from Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3605: One annotated sketchbook, undated, containing mostly pencil sketches of seascapes; and a scrapbook, containing a letter, a program, a photograph, and clippings of stories, poetry, articles about Bradford's work and obituaries of family members.