Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932

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Gamaliel Bradford (1863-1932) was an American biographical essayist, poet, dramatist, and critic of Wellesley, Mass. He was the sixth of seven Gamaliel Bradfords in unbroken succession, of whom the first was a great-grandson of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. He entered Harvard College with the Class of 1886, but withdrew after a few weeks due to fragile health, a problem that was to plague him his entire life. He married Helen Hubbard Ford. Bradford attempted virtually every type of creative writing known in his time though his published writings were mostly unsuccessful until the publication of Lee the American (1912). He is best known for his development of the "psychograph," a type of biography that focuses on analyzing personality rather than providing a chronological account of a subject's life. He produced 13 biographical-sketch volumes between 1917 and 1932, as well as numerous single-person biographies. In his later years, Bradford had a habit of typing one page per day of about 350 words in a personal journal. About one-seventh of these journal entries and much of his correspondence was published in the volumes: The journal of Gamaliel Bradford, 1883-1932, edited by Van Wyck Brooks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933; and The letters of Gamaliel Bradford, 1918-1931, edited by Van Wyck Brooks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, 1934.

From the guide to the Papers, 1796-1933 (inclusive), 1878-1932 (bulk), (Houghton Library, Harvard University)
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referencedIn Arthur Crew Inman Papers, Inman (Arthur Crew) Papers, 1856-1963 John Hay Library, Special Collections
referencedIn Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982 Houghton Library
referencedIn Literary autograph collection [manuscript], 1852-1937. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to Miss Bates March 24, 1918. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates July 24, 1925. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Linda Frobisher Wildman memorial scrapbook, 1930. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Autograph letter signed Gamaliel Bradford Jr. to: Miss Bates May 31, [s.d.]. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G.B. to: Miss Bates November 21, 1923. Wellesley College
referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates April 22, 1922. Wellesley College
referencedIn Manny, Frank Addison, 1868-1954. Papers, 1890-1955 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Gamaliel Bradford correspondence, 1903-1914. Houghton Library
creatorOf Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Werner, M. R. (Morris Robert), 1897-1981. Morris Werner papers, 1920-1981, bulk(1940-1950) New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates May 6, 1925. Wellesley College
referencedIn Jay B. Hubbell Papers, 1816-1998 and undated, bulk 1920-1979 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter [manuscript] : Wellesley Hills, Mass., to Mr. Langfeld, 1928 April 11. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Letters from various correspondents, 1869-1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: ? Wellesley College
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referencedIn Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning publication of the poetry of the American poet, Emily Dickinson:, 1881-1943 (inclusive), 1925-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G.B. to: Miss Bates October 19, 1921. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Autograph letter signed Gamaliel Bradford Jr. to: Miss Bates May 6, 1912. Wellesley College
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates December 16, 1926. Wellesley College
referencedIn Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963. Autograph letter signed Van Wyck Brooks to: "Sirs" September 2, 1933. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates January 12, 1917. Wellesley College
referencedIn Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters and documents. Hollins University, Wyndham Robertson Library
referencedIn Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. H.L. Mencken letters, 1914 ca.-1946. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. [Letters] / Gamaliel Bradford, Jr. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf McCormick, Virginia Taylor, 1873-1957. Papers, 1887-1953. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Papers of Gamaliel Bradford [manuscript] 1876-1930. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Mrs. Guild March 29, 1930. Wellesley College
referencedIn Ames family. Ames family papers, 1782-1927. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Correspondence to Lewis George Sterner, 1927. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Hoffman, Frederick L. (Frederick Ludwig), 1865-1946. Frederick L. Hoffman papers, 1881-1989. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Branch, Anna Hempstead, 1875-1937. Autograph letter signed Ann Branch to: Miss Bates October 15, 1922. Wellesley College
referencedIn Foerster, Norman, 1887-1972. Norman Foerster papers, 1907-1965. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950. Papers of Louis I. Jaffe, 1866-1986, (bulk 1924-1950). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates June 5, 1920. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates December 10, 1917. Wellesley College
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter to Miss Carson [manuscript], 1930 October 29. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates October 30, 1920. Wellesley College
referencedIn Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963. Autograph letters signed (4) : Westport, Connecticut, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1933 and 1936. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates April 29, 1921. Wellesley College
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter to the editor of "The nation" [manuscript], 1876 March 14. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Chambers, Will Grant, 1867-1949. W.G. Chambers correspondence concerning Pennsylvania State College Institute of English Education, 1924-1929 (bulk 1926-1928). Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter : Wellesley Hills, Mass[achusetts], to Francis P. Ide, Springfield, Illinois, 1924 Sept. 19. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Norton family. Letters received by the Norton family, 1830-1920 Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Correspondence with H. L. Mencken, 1916. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Davidson Sommers autograph collection, 1904-1921. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter, 1924 Sept. 13, Wellesley, to Mr. Moorhead. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Immigration Restriction League (U.S.) records, 1893-1921 Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1922-1933. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924,. Papers of Marvin Banks Perry [manuscript] 1920-59. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Autograph letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates. Wellesley College
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Miss Bates October 4, 1912. Wellesley College
creatorOf Meade, Julian R. (Julian Rutherfoord), 1909-1940. Papers of Julian Meade Rutherfoord, 1928-1940. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
referencedIn Miscellaneous papers of the Virginia Quarterly Review, ca. 1910-1947. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Sam Schaefler historical and literary letters and documents, 1674-1970s Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn White, Stephen Mallory. Papers, 1871-1901 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Lee Chapel papers [manuscript] 1923-1924. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn American authors collection, 1832-1956. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G.B. to: Miss Bates April 19, 1924. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G.B. to: Miss Bates January 12, 1922. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letters signed (140) : Wellesley, Massachusetts, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1923-1932. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Correspondence, 1903-1914. Houghton Library
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creatorOf Powell, John, 1882-1963. Papers : of John Powell, 1888-1979. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter : Wellsley Hills, Mass., to "Thayer," 1917 Sept. 24. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Papers, 1796-1933 (inclusive), 1878-1932 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Autograph letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates January 6, [s.d.]. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter to E. F. Edgett [manuscript], 1908 August 9. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford to: Hugh Fullerton August 12, 1925. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates. May 17,1917. Wellesley College
creatorOf Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. Papers pertaining to "The Enchanted Years" [manuscript], 1919-1922. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Martha Dickinson Bianchi papers, 1847-1944 (inclusive), 1923-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Dinwiddie, Joseph, fl. 1845. Dinwiddie family letters and slave bill of sale [manuscript], 1845-1928. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G.B. to: Miss Bates May 28, 1928. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed Gamaliel Bradford Jr. to: Miss Bates July 26, 1911. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Typed letter signed G. Bradford to: Miss Bates November 22, 1917. Wellesley College
creatorOf Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. Papers of the Virginia quarterly review [manuscript] 1925-1942. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bradford, Gamaliel, 1863-1932. Letter to Ernest Peter Kuhl. Wellesley Hills, MA. 1926 Feb. 23. University of Iowa Libraries
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associatedWith Woodward?, Fred Eugene, 1850-1930, person
associatedWith W. T. Price person
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Birth 1863-10-09

Death 1932-04-11

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