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- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18106", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18106", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1862-1906", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1862/1906"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1862
- date_inclusive_end
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1906
- keydate
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1862
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Walter H. Bradish papers, 1862-1906"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Walter H. Bradish (1848-1906) was an executive of the Springfield (Illinois) Woolen Mills. His papers chiefly of family correspondence, 1862-1906, and his genealogical research files on the Bradish, Coventry, and related families. Included is a typescript copy of the diary, ca. 1785-1830, of his ancestor, Alexander Coventry, a Scot who emigrated to America in 1785, which includes a description of his trip."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Walter H. Bradish Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bradish, Walter H", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Walter Horace Bradish was born on April 24, 1848, in New York, the son of Horace Clark Bradish and Elizabeth Coventry (Wade) Bradish. His two siblings were a younger brother Charles and a sister Mary Libbie. His mother died when he was quite young, and his father remarried and had two daughters from his second marriage, Nellie and Ella.</p> <p>By 1875, Bradish had moved to Springfield, Illinois, the place that would become his permanent home. On May 3, 1876, he married Mary Alice Hill (1854--) of Orleans, Ill. and had several children. He enjoyed a measure of financial success and stability for much of his adult career in manufacturing as Vice President of Springfield Woolen Mills until the mill closed in 1912. However, he found it necessary to be a financial support to his father and half-sisters. In his immediate family, he had serious problems with his one of his sons. Around 1900, Walter T. Bradish (1886-1961) was sent to the John Worthy School, a juvenile reform school in Chicago.</p> <p>Bradish became deeply interested in the genealogy of the Bradish and Coventry families. He corresponded with relatives and strangers with the surnames of Coventry and Bradish sharing information about family history. He also served as an officer of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Ethelwyn Bradish Call, 1958 and 1964.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers consist chiefly of family correspondence, 1862-1906, and his genealogical research files on the Bradish, Coventry, and related families. The files contain a typescript copy of the diary, ca. 1785-1830, of his ancestor, Alexander Coventry, a Scot who emigrated to America in 1785, which includes a description of his trip. Also included are original and copies of letters and other 18th and 19th century family documents, portrait photographs, ephemera, receipts, and clippings.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Walter H. Bradish papers, 1862-1906 is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/18106#c64779'>Series I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1862-1906</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/18106#c64797'>Series II. Genealogical research files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1900</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/18106#c64815'>Series III. Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>c1875-1900</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Walter H. Bradish Papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I. Correspondence, 1862-1906</li> <li>Series II. Genealogical research files, circa 1900</li> <li>Series III. Photographs, c1875-1900</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>None</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Valerie Wingfield.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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4.5 linear feet (10 boxes)
- date_start
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1862
- date_end
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1906