Robert Fiske Bradford papers, 1909-1971.

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Robert Fiske Bradford papers, 1909-1971.

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Papers of Boston lawyer and governor of Mass. (1947-48) Robert F. Bradford, who also served as Middlesex Co. (Mass.) district attorney (1938-45) and Lieut. Gov. of Mass. (1945-46). The bulk of the collection concerns his political campaigns of 1944, 1946, and 1948. There are also general papers related to his three public offices, and 30 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings documenting the political career of Maurice J. Tobin (vols. 1-4) and of Bradford (vols. 5-30). The personal papers include Bradford, Chamberlain, and Browne family correspondence, personal papers of Rebecca C. (Browne) Bradford, school papers of R.F. Bradford produced at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School; genealogical matter on the Bradford and Browne families; line-a-day diaries by Bradford for 1957-64 and 1966; a 1943 diary of Arthur H. Williams as director of the Army and Navy Recreation Center (Boston); and travel records of R.F. and Rebecca Bradford from 1949-71.

40 record cartons (stored offsite); 1 oversize box, and 2 extra tall boxes of phonograph records (stored onsite). Unprocessed material.

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Bradford, Robert Fiske, 1902-1983

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Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor (1945-1946 : Bradford)

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Williams, Arthur H.

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Tobin, Maurice J.

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Politician. Born in Roxbury, Mass. in 1901, Tobin served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Boston School Committee before being elected Mayor of Boston in 1937. In 1944 he became governor and in 1948 was appointed Secretary of Labor. He died in 1953. From the description of Maurice Tobin Collection, 1928-1953. (bulk 1937-1953). (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33347251 ...

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