John P. Bradford papers. 1862-1864, 1928-1978.

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John P. Bradford papers. 1862-1864, 1928-1978.

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Personal files of a St. Paul (Minn.) man documenting his successive careers as an independent filmmaker (1928-1934); film editor for the (1935-1941); film editor for the U.S. Army (1941-1944); a member of the Allied military government in Germany (1944-1952); and a United Nations field worker in Korea (1952-1956), Palestine (1956-1964), India (1965-1969), and a Peace Corps woker in Liberia (1970-1972). The papers also include Civil War letters (1862-1864) of Bradford's grandfather and grandmother, John and Elizabeth Bradford. March of Time

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