Contents


Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Search Terms

Biographical information and photographs 1968, n.d.

News of the U.N. (edited by Gladys Bradley), vol. 1-7 1957-1963

Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association (PPSEAWA): written statements and oral interventions to United Nations bodies 1956, 1962-76

Reports to PPSEAWA 1963-75, 1978-83

Gladys M. Bradley Papers, 1957-1981

Finding Aid

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Collection Overview

Creator: Bradley, Gladys M., 1897-1983
Title:Gladys M. Bradley Papers
Dates:1957-1981
Abstract: United Nations representative; Teacher. The Gladys Bradley Papers include biographical material and material related to her work for the United Nations and the Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association. It includes photos, printed material, conference material, and reports made by Bradley to United Nations meetings and groups.
Extent: 1 box(.5 linear ft.)
Language: English
Identification: MS 257

Administrative Information

Gladys Bradley donated her papers to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1983. Additional materials were donated in 1987 by her husband, Mr. A. Day Bradley. These were added to the Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association Records.

Associated material in the Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association Records, Sophia Smith Collection

Processed by Maida Goodwin, 2008

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Gladys M. Bradley Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

The copyright holder for this collection is unknown. Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

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Biographical Note

Gladys Bradley (sixth from the left) with delegates at Honolulu, 1968

Gladys M. Bradley was born in Ostego, Michigan, in 1897. She received a B.A. in English, from the University of Michigan in 1923 and an M.A. in Speech Therapy at Columbia Teacher's College in 1929. She taught high school English and History in Michigan and New York. In 1929, she married A. Day Bradley; they had one daughter. Bradley served as Alternate Representative and Program Chairman for the United Nations Friends General Conference, from 1956 to 1958. She was active in Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association from 1958 to 1982. She served as Vice-chair of the Committee on UNICEF, from 1963 to 1981 and on the Steering Committee of the Commission on Status of Women, from 1980 to 1982. Bradley died in Newtown, Pennsylvania in 1983.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Gladys Bradley Papers include biographical material and material related to her work for the United Nations and the Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association. It includes photos, printed material, conference material, and reports made by Bradley to United Nations meetings and groups.

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Search Terms

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Biographical information and photographs 1968, n.d.

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News of the U.N. (edited by Gladys Bradley), vol. 1-7 1957-1963

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Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association (PPSEAWA): written statements and oral interventions to United Nations bodies 1956, 1962-76

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Reports to PPSEAWA 1963-75, 1978-83