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    <unittitle>William Aspenwall Bradley papers</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50042937" source="naf">Bradley, William Aspenwall, 1878-1939</persname>
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      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">2 linear feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">4 manuscript boxes</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1900/1966" type="inclusive">1900-1966</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_64726bc8687205c15d8642791265af0f">This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, clippings, periodicals, and books of William Aspenwall Bradley, 1878-1939.</abstract>
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<p>Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. This collection is arranged in one series.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>The following boxes are located off-site: Box 2-4. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection has no restrictions.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Summary</head>
<p>Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, clippings, periodicals, and books including Bradley's writings while at Columbia University, his poetry and short stories about the Kentucky mountains, his translations of various French authors, his writings on printing history, art, and health, and his other contributions to periodicals. Correspondents include John Kendrick Bangs and William Goddell Frost.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Aspenwall Bradley papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Terms Governing Use and Reproduction</head>
<p>Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Source of acquisition--Bradley, Mrs. William A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981. Accession number--M-81.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Author, editor, translator, literary agent in Paris. Columbia University B.A. 1899, M.A. 1900.</p>  </bioghist>
  <custodhist id="aspace_6a11d844791b19cb6b5cb55c258e2b6e">
    <head>Ownership and Custodial History</head>
<p>Gift of Mrs William A. Bradley, 1981.</p>  </custodhist>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/89.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Accruals</head>
<p>Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.</p>  </accruals>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004336" source="lcsh">American literature</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051865" source="lcsh">French literature</subject>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300026451" source="aat">Poems</genreform>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136974" source="lcsh">Translators</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009808" source="lcsh">Authors, American</subject>
    <occupation authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040976" source="lcsh">Editors</occupation>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077484" source="lcsh">Literary agents</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022000" source="naf">Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922</persname>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93006184" source="naf">Frost, William G. (William Goodell), 1854-1938</persname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81024714" source="naf">Columbia University -- Students</corpname>
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