Papers of Lou Blachly, 1827-1965 (bulk 1920-1965).

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Papers of Lou Blachly, 1827-1965 (bulk 1920-1965).

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General family history includes typescripts of biographical notes, correspondence, and remembrances by various members of both the Bradley and Blachly families. Photocopied materials of Dan Beach Bradley's mission work in Siam include a typescript of his journal describing medical practices. Correspondence is both between missions and with the King of Siam. Photographs depict the family, their house, village scenes, temples, and the royalty. Lou Blachly's government service files relate to provisioning of food, farm machinery, and other supplies to North Africa; and economic issues of German reconstruction. Ephemera encompasses various foreign currencies, U.S. War Dept. pamphlets, and Nazi materials. Typescripts of Blachly's published and unpublished writings include his diaries from 1920 to 1965; poems; musical compositions; the story about his mother, Mary Adelle Blachly, and her pioneer life in Colorado; versions of his book Naming Birds at a Glance, and articles on bird and wild flower identification. His work with the Pioneers Foundation resulted in records, correspondence, and transcripts. Reel-to-reel tapes of oral histories relate to New Mexico settlers and pioneers, including Montague Stevens; Blachly reading his diary and poetry; music with copies of the tapes on CD-ROM's.

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Blachly, Mary Adelle Bradley, 1854-1926.

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Stevens, Montague, 1859-1953

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Montague Stevens was born in 1859 in India. In 1881, he moved to the West having been drawn to this region of the United States after a hunting expedition during vacation from law school. Stevens later resided in New Mexico where he pursued the hunting of grizzly bears and sheep ranching with the help and teachings of local employees. He also served as ranch manager for General Wood. The hunting of grizzly bears is perhaps his most noted accomplishment and is of central importance to his book, M...

Bradley, Dan Beach, 1804-1873

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Physician and missionary. Obtained support of the King of Siam to pursue smallpox and cowpox vaccination programs in Siam, 1835-1873. Vaccinated several members of the royal family, but failed to win the support of the people for a general vaccination program. From the description of Extracts concerning smallpox from the diary of the Rev. Dan Beach Bradley, M.D., 1830-1873, Congregational missionary to Siam, 1835-1873. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). WorldCat record id...

Blakely family.

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United States. Foreign Economic Administration

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Blachly, Lou

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Louis Bradley Blachly (1890-1965) was an employee of the U.S. War Dept. and Foreign Economic Administration, 1941- 1949, working in Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C., North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; later author of natural history books and articles, and local historian with the Pioneers Foundation, New Mexico. His maternal grandfather, Dan Beach Bradley, was a medical missionary to Bangkok, Siam, from 1835 to 1846 From the guide to the Papers of Lou Blachly, 1827-1965, (Un...

Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico)

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The Pioneer's Foundation was founded 1951 in Silver City, New Mexico to secure reminiscences of older residents of Grant County and other areas of New Mexico and Colorado. Initiated by Lou Blachly, the Foundation was supported by private donations. Blachly conducted the interviews, many of which were transcribed by his assistant, Joan (Hotchkiss) Strachanowski. From the guide to the Pioneers Foundation (New Mexico) Oral History Collection, 1952-1960, (University of New Mexico. Center...

Bradley family.

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