James E. Bradford scrapbooks, 1889-1952 (bulk 1911-1918).

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Bradford, James E., 1868-1958. James E. Bradford scrapbooks, 1889-1952 (bulk 1911-1918).

James E. Bradford scrapbooks, 1889-1952 (bulk 1911-1918).

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The James E. Bradford scrapbooks cover his tenure as Seattle Corporation Counsel, his campaigns for office, and parts of his retirement. The two scrapbooks are largely comprised of newspaper clippings and election ephemera from 1911 to 1918 that relate to his campaigns for, and activities as, Corporation Counsel. His opponents in the 1916 election, Hugh M. Caldwell, E.H. Guie, and Thomas Murphie, also figure prominently in his collection of clippings. Some materials belonged to Bradford's wife, Lavena Bradford. The first scrapbook volume contains materials relating to Bradford's 1916 campaign for Corporation Counsel, predominantly clippings from Seattle area newspapers, but also advertisements, flyers, and a sample ballot. These clippings are organized and indexed by newspaper. The second scrapbook documents Bradford's elections as Corporation Counsel in 1911 and 1912, and his activities while in office. Also included is a box of clippings, ephemera, photographs and some published material. These clippings are mainly from Seattle and Bainbridge Island papers dating from 1912 to 1951. Most relate to his campaigns for office, and his activities while Corporation Counsel. There are also clippings of obituaries, recipes, horticulture columns, poems, notices, and news items about utility rates, the minimum wage, local politics, and voting machines. The ephemera includes a receipt, a couple of poems, a birth notice, membership cards belonging to Bradford and his wife, the menu from a 1929 Chamber of Commerce dinner on Bainbridge Island, and a 1930 program from the Franklin High School commencement. Eight photographs, printed on paper from 1907 to (roughly) the 1930s, are unidentified and mostly undated.

2 v. and 1 box ; sizes vary.

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