MTGMss681.xml Guide to the Harold C. Bradley Photographs circa 1901 Bradley (Harold C.) Photographs Finding aid prepared by Catherine Moore Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula © 2007

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Finding aid encoded by Donna McCrea 2008 Finding aid written in English. University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections

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Mss 681 Bradley, H. C (Harold Cornelius)., 1878-1976 Harold C. Bradley photographs circa 1901 0.1 linear feet 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. Materials are in English Biographical Note

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.

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.

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.

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.

[Name of document or photograph number], Harold C. Bradley Photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

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.

The photographs were donated to the Archives by Steve Arno in 2007.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Bitterroot River Valley (Mont.)--Photographs 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 Photographs Montana 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