MTGMss291.xml Guide to the Bradley Family Papers 1892-1968 Bradley Family Papers Finding aid prepared by Jon Heidt (2000) and Donna McCrea (2007) Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula © 2000
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Finding aid encoded by Donna McCrea 2007 Finding aid written in English. University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
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Mss 291 Bradley Family Bradley Family Papers 1892-1968 3 folders and 170 images Copies of autobiographical, biographical, and genealogical information related to Alfred E. Bradley, his wife Letitia, and their daughter Harriett. Included are copies of images taken during Bradley's service at Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming (1895-1898) and the U. S. Army 1st Division Hospital, Manila, Philippines (1910-1913) Materials are in English

Materials were copied from originals in the possession of Mrs. Alfred B. Fitt, 1972.

 Biographical Note

Alfred E. Bradley was born on November 25, 1864 in Jamestown, New York. In 1887, he married Letitia May Follett and in 1888 he Bradley was appointed an assistant surgeon in the army. He served at Fort Sully, South Dakota (1892-1893); Fort Custer, Montana (1894-1895); Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming (1895-1898); and the U. S. Army 1st Division Hospital in Manila, Philippines (1910-1913), New York, and San Francisco. In 1917, the first World War started and Bradley was appointed Chief Surgeon of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Shortly into his tour, Bradley fell very ill from influenza from which he later died from on December 22, 1922.

Letitia May Follett was born in 1867 in Indiana. She worked as a teacher and a secretary before marrying Alfred. She died in 1946. They had two children - a daughter, Harriett and a son, Follett.

The collection contains 35mm black and white copies of scrapbooks containing photographs from Ft. Sully, Ft. Custer, Ft. Yellowstone, Manila, and other places the Bradley family lived during Alfred E. Bradley's service with the U. S. Army. Also included are photocopies of the memoirs of Letitia M. Bradley and her biographical writings about her husband's life and work, as well as the reminiscences of Harriett Bradley Fitt.

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

Originals remain in the possession of the Bradley / Fitt family.

Original materials were loaned by Mrs. Alfred B. Fitt to the Archives for copying in 1972. Photocopies were made of textual materials and black/white 35mm photographic negatives were made of images in Bradley Family scrapbooks.

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.

Bradley, Alfred E. (Alfred Eugene), 1864-1922 Bradley, Letitia M. (Letitia May Follett), 1867-1946 Fitt, Harriett Bradley, b. 1892 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. United States. Army. Medical Corps. United States. Army Officers. Fort Yellowstone--Photographs Yellowstone National Park--Photographs Physicians--United States Medicine, Military Photographs Medicine and Health Military 1/1 Alfred Eugene Bradley, Biographical, Genealogical and Obituaries 1900-1927 1/2 Letitia Follett Bradley, Memoirs 1968 1/3 "I Thought as a Child," Reminiscenses of Harriett Bradley Fitt undated 72-0022 Hoodoos, rock formation in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0023 Group at the summit of Mt. Washburn, in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0024 Mountain in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0025 Glimpse of Zaboody Cap in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0026 View of Castle Geyser Cone Pool in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0027 Picture of canons at Fort Custer, Montana, a military post established on the right bank of the Big Horn River about a half a mile above its junction with the Little Big Horn 1894-1895 72-0028 Small herd of antelope in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0029 Tent camp on Park train trip, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0030 Bradley Family quarters at Fort Sully, South Dakota from December 1892 to November 1894 when the post was abandoned. 1892-1894 72-0031 View of Upper Falls, East Gardiner, Montana, in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0032 View of Golden Gate Canyon in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0033 View of the road winding through Golden Gate Canyon in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0034 The Bradley children on a tricycle in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0035 View of the falls at the head of Golden Gate Canyon in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0036 Winter view of Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming 1896-1897 72-0037 Entrance to Devil's Kitchen, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0038 Caption on photo says, "(Bradley family) quarters at Fort Slocum, then 'David's Island,' in Long Island Sound. Our first Army post, 1888-89." 1888-1889 72-0039 Caption on photo says, "Fort Slocum, 1888-89, Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, off New Rochelle, New York.": Off shore view. 1888-1889 72-0040 Hospital at David's Island, Fort Slocum, Long Island Sound, New York 1888-1889 72-0041 Frigate, war vessel, off Long Island Sound, Fort Slocum, New York 1888-1889 72-0042 View of mountain sky line in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0043 View of Middle Gardiner Falls in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0044 Army camp near Cooke City, Montana, Yellowstone National Park. Several tents on right with senic view of park. 1896-1897 72-0045 Lone Star Geyser Cone, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0046 Gardiner Canyon, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0046 Bee Hive Terrace, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0048 McCartney's Cabin, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0049 Hot Springs Terrace, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0050 Caption on photo, "U. S. Army 1st Division Hospital, Manila in the Philippines, 1910-1913." 1910-1913 72-0051 Casual Barracks (?), Manila in the Philippines 1910-1913 72-0052 Mt. Sheridan and Heart Lake, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0053 Liberty Cap, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0054 View of Jackson's Lake and the Teton Mountains in Wyoming 1896-1897 72-0055 Hospital at Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0056 Great Falls and Canyon on Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0057 Eagle Rock, Gardiner Canyon, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0058 View of water tower at Fort Custer, Montana. The fort was established on the right bank of the Big Horn River about a mile and half above its junction with the Little Big Horn. 1894-1895 72-0059 Old Hospital at Fort Custer, Montana, March, 1893 1893 72-0060 Canyon on the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0061 Lucy (servant girl) on cross-country skis in front of the Hotel at Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0062 Bradley party on the rim of the Middle Gardiner Canyon, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0063 Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0064 Caption on photo, "Canyon of Yellowstone River, looking down from the Falls 1897 72-0065 Winter view of a herd of buffalo in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0066 Bradley party in Yellowstone National Park, location unknown 1896-1897 72-0067 Lewis Lake, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0068 Gibbon Falls, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0069 Hoodoo Rock, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0070 Hot Springs Formation Mass, Sheridan, Montana, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0071 Elephant Back, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0072 The Formation Hotel, Inspiration Terrace, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0073 Twin Geysers, Shoshone Basin, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0074 Mammoth Terrace, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0075 Harriet Bradley (Fitt) on horse (Baldy) when she was a small girl, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0076 Mountain sheep on mountain side in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0077 Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0078 Palisades, Mt. Evans, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0079 Orange Geyser Cave, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0080 Great Falls and Canyon on Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0081 Gardiner River in Winter, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0082 View of elk calves in the winter, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0083 Bear up a tree in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0084 Petrified tree stump near Yancey's, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0085 Lone Star Geyser Cone, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0086 Caption on photo says, "Kids under 'Battleship Tree'," Yellowstone National Park, 1896-97. Notation on picture suggests that one or more of the children are members of the Bradley family. 1896-1897 72-0087 Alice Bradley on horse (Baldy), in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0088 Water Falls, East Gardiner, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0089 Lone Star geyser, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0090 Herd of antelope below Mt. Ewarts, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0091 Caption on photo says, "Mountain wagon, McCoy driving on Park fishing trip, 1896-97." Picture taken in Yellowstone National Park. Good view of horse-drawn wagon. 1896-1897 72-0092 Caption on photo says, "Canyon of Falls, 1897," Yellowstone National Park. 1897 72-0093 Great Falls of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0094 Porch of the hospital's new women's ward, Manila in the Philippines 1910-1913 72-0095 Manila Bontanical Gardens opposite the hospital, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0096 A. E. Gradley and Major Hutton at Gettysburg, Pennyslvania 1913 72-0097 Hospital, Ward #6, Manila in the Philippines. 1910-1913 72-0098 Bridge over a river in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0099 The post surgeon's residence or quarters at Fort Snelling, Minnesota 1900-1902 72-0100 The post hospital at Fort Snelling, Minnesota 1900-1902 72-0101 Caption on photo says, "Old Tower - built for defense against the Indians," located at Fort Snelling, Minnesota 1900-1902 72-0102 Old log cabin near Gardiner, Montana, Yellowstone National Park. undated 72-0103 Small herd of white tail deer in winter, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0104 Headquarters building at Yellowstone National Park, August, 1922. Old staage coach on display in front of building 1922 72-0105 View of Teton Mountains in Wyoming, 1922. From left to right, Grand Teton Mountain, 14,797 feet, Jackson Lake, and Mt. Moran, 12,000 feet. 1922 72-0106 Photographic portrait of A. J. Bowley undated 72-0107 Photographic portrait of Alice Baldwin undated 72-0108 Island Harbor House on Hague Lake, Georgia. Man boarding canoe in foreground. 1914 72-0109 Home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bradley, Jamestown, New York 1915-1923 72-0110 Falls, East Gardiner, Yellowstone National Park. 1896-1897 72-0111 Heart Lake, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0112 Hot Springs in a river, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0113 Cleft in Mt. Sepulcure, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0114 Old Mendota Bridge at Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota 1900-1902 72-0115 View of old Mendota Bridge at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, with steamboat underneath. 1900-1902 72-0116 Hospital grounds at Manila in the Philippines 1910-1913 72-0117 Hospital Post Exchange, recreation and reading room for patients, at Manila, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0118 Mountain sheep, Gardiner Canyon, Yellostone National Park 1896-1897 72-0119 Mountain sheep, Gardiner Canyon, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0120 Someone floating in a canoe on Harry's Lake, Yellostone National Park 1896-1897 72-0121 Fish cone in lake at West Thumb, Yellowstone National Park. Steamboat docked on shore. 1896-1897 72-0122 Winter view of hotel at Mammoth Hot Springs. Yellowstone National Park. 1896-1897 72-0123 Falls, East Gardiner, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0124 Liberty Cap, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0125 Inspiration Terrace, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0126 Hoodoo Rocks, Summit of Mt. Sepulcure, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0127 Barracks at Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0128 Waterfalls, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0129 Yellowstone Canyon above Great Falls in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0130 Waterfall at East Gardiner in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0131 Waterfall at East Gardiner in Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0132 Mammouth Springs Hotel with herd of elk in foreground, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0133 Photographic portrait of Major A. E. Bradley 1896-1897 72-0134 Bridge over Gardiner River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0135 Yellowstone River above Upper Falls, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0136 Part of the wall around Old Manila, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0137 Bradley residence in Manila, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0138 Letitia Bradley in their Manila residence, Manila, Phillippines 1910-1913 72-0138 Caption on photo says, "Navy launch taking us from Manila to Cavite for a week-end, 1910-1913." U. S. Navy launch in Manila Bay, Philippines. 1910-1913 72-0140 Army officers posing at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1913 72-0141 Army officers posed on horseback, Fort Sheridan, Illinois 1907 72-0142 Group picture of Army officers posing at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1913 72-0143 Army officers posed in front of tent at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1913 72-0144 Hotel garden overlooking the city of Yokohama, Japan 1912 72-0145 Caption on photo says, "Yellowstone Park Chapel built 1913." 1913 72-0146 Elk in government preserve being fed hay in winter, Yellowstone National Park. 1896-1897 72-0147 View of Eagle Rock with mountain sheep in foreground on Gardiner Road, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0148 Brink of Great Falls on the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0149 Bradley family on horseback at the summit of Mt. Sepulcure, Yellowstone National Park, 1896-1897 72-0150 Caption on photo says, "Officers on duty in Manila," Philippines 1914-1915 72-0151 Hospital grounds in Manila, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0152 Another view of the hospital grounds in Manila, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0153 View of the hospital grounds in Manila, Philippines 1910-1913 72-0154 Hospital, Ward #6, Manila in the Philippines 1910-1913 72-0155 Sepulcure Rock on Mt. Sepulcure, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0156 Bradley quarters of Fort Yellowston, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0157 Hot Springs in winter near Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0158 Army camp on route to Cooke City, Montana, Yellowstone National Park. Several tents and horses grazing in the foreground. 1896-1897 72-0159 Hospital at Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0160 View of Jackson's Lake with the Teton Mountains, Wyoming, in the background 1896-1897 72-0161 Bradley party resting on the shores of Jackson's Lake with Teton Mountains, Wyoming, in background 1896 72-0162 Approach road to Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, in winter, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0163 Approach road to Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, in winter, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0164 Photographic Portrait of Sitting Bull taken at Fort Sully, South Dakota 1892 72-0165 Picture of two Indians on horseback taken near Fort Custer, Montana, March 1893 72-0166 Caption on photo says, "Water tower, Fort Slocum, then David's Island, New York Harbor." View from out in Long Island Sound 1888-1889 72-0167 Clipper ship in bay off Long Island Sound, Fort Slocum, New York (blurred image on negative) 1888-1889 72-0168 Bradley quarters at Fort Custer, Montana 1892-1893 72-0169 Angel Terrace in winter, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0170 Pallisades at Mt. Evarts, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0171 Pulpit Terrace, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0172 Hoodoo Rocks, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0173 Bath Lake, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0174 Mound Terrace, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0175 Remarkable spire in Yellowstone canyon near Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0176 Another view of Bath Lake, Mammouth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0177 Mt. Thunderer in distance with cabin in foreground. Picture taken near Cooke City, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0178 Hoodoo Mountains, Yellowstone National Park 1896 72-0179 Mt. Sepulcure and sky-line, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0180 Large boulder near Yellowstone Canyon, Yellowstone National Park. Horse-drawn carriage on road to left. 1897 72-0181 Hoodoo Mountains, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0182 Harry's Lake, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0183 Reservoir, water supply for Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0184 Glimpse of Upper Falls on Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0185 Photographic portrait of Major A. E. Bradley 1899 72-0186 Newspaper photograph of Major A. E. Bradley, on board Hospital Ship Relief near Manila, Philippines 1899 72-0187 Army camp near Cooke City, Montana, Yellowstone National Park. Several tents on right with scenic view of park. 1896-1897 72-0188 Interior of Bradley Family's residence at Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, 1896-1897 72-0189 Grotto geyser cone, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0190 Bridge over river, Yellowstone National Park 1896-1897 72-0191 Party in horse-drawn carriage on hunting trip to Harry's Lake, Yellowstone National Park. Carriage nearing bridge. undated