World War, 1914-1918

Scope and Contents The collection consists of papers of Alfred E. Bradley from 1885-1935. The papers consist of correspondence, a scrapbook of photographs, clippings and invitations, and personal documents. Topics include medicine in the military and World War I.The bulk of the correspondence is from Bradley to his wife before and after their marriage. The first group of correspondence (1884) was written during Bradley's studies at Jefferson Medical College. This group includes one letter to him...

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Certificate signed by President John F. Kennedy honoring Frank M. Cleveland for service in World War I, 1963; TLS by Bessie Cleveland, Ardsley, Pa., 21 May 1964, to Mrs. Joseph J. Mulone, Ex. Secretary of the Jefferson Alumni Giving Fund, mentioning transmittal of certificate to Jefferson.

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Letters concerning the training of military officers in the armed forces in electrocardiograph and polygraph at Jefferson Medical College. Correspondents include Patterson, H. A. Hare and Theodore Janeway.

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TLS, Providence, W. W. Keen James to Betty Pilling, 23 July 1994, transmitting photocopies of two letters exchanged between Major W.W. Keen and Charles J. Pilling (president of George P. Pilling & Sons, makers of surgical instruments). The letters dated 3 January and 11 Feb. 1919 pertain to Keen's efforts to raise support for Belgian and French doctors during World War I by arranging for shipments of medical instruments.

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Military commissions, 1918; certificate of membership in the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 1910; other records of military service and honors; and biographical information.

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Sophomore pharmacy laboratory manual, Jefferson Medical College, by Leighton F. Appleman, M.D., 1924; published writings by Ogden, 1950-51; newspaper clipping concerning Pres. Woodrow Wilson's plea for unity in World War I, [1916?]; and two childhood school books, Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1907 ed.) and Lickley's The Nervous System (1916 ed.).