Papers, 1849-1980.

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Papers, 1849-1980.

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Correspondence, clippings, a memo book, a journal, lithographs, photographs, and miscellany which document Bradley's activities as a nurse at several U.S. Sanitary Commission convalescent camps during the Civil War, and her work related to establishing free schools in the Wilmington, N.C. area. Much of the correspondence is from soldiers and their relatives, thanking her for her service. A memo book for 1862-1863 gives daily details on camp life, numbers of soldiers treated, lists of supplies used, and medical treatments. Another journal and letter book centers around her work with in relief camps for the 3rd and 5th Maine Regiments. An 1865 petition from her soldier patients to the Secretary of War asks that she be commissioned to major in the U.S. Army for her service. The collection includes photographs of Bradley, Union Army hospitals, a Maine residence, and Tileston Normal School, founded by Bradley. Two 1863 color lithographs are of Federal hospitals near Alexandria. Clippings are chiefly related to Tileston Normal School, though some are also about Mary Hemenway, a benefactress of Tileston. Later correspondence comes from parents of students in Wilmington and from former students. A short biographical text by David Sellers deals with her work to foster free education in Wilmington. Miscellany includes programs of events at Tileston, and Bradley's autograph.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States Sanitary Commission

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Hemenway, Mary.

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United States. Army

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Bradley, Amy Morris, 1823-1904

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Sellers, David

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