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Archive of Edith Bradley

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The archive covers mainly the years 1894-1950 and comprises correspondence, photographs, certificates and programmes of events.

Dates

  • Creation: 1872-1967, 2010

Extent

2.6 Linear metres (15 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 6588/1].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. 6588/1-15

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 6588

Abstract

Archive of Edith Bradley, 1872-1967, 2010.

Biographical / Historical

Edith Bradley (c 1859-1943) was a campaigner for women. She was the first Warden of the Women's College for Agriculture and Horticulture at Studley Castle founded by Daisy, Countess of Warwick. A contributor and later editor of the journal Woman's Agricultural Times, she also authored -- with others -- The Lighter Branches of Agriculture (1903) and The Book of Fruit Bottling (1907), the latter with a forward by the William Wilks, Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society. She was on the advising committee for the Victorian Era Exhibition that was on display in Earl's Court in 1897.

Bradley advocated women's war effort, especially in the area of agriculture. She was a member of the West Kent Women's Agricultural Committee, later becoming active in the Women's National Land Service Training Corps and acting secretary to the joint committee of the Agriculture War Service for Women in West Kent and other counties. Between the wars she was involved in the Conservative and Unionist movement, but remained a keen agriculturalist based in Horsham, Sussex.

Further details of Edith Bradley's work can be found in a blog entitled 'A Novel Club for Country Loving Girls' written by David Marsh and posted in 2018 in The Garden History Blog.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Stride & Son, 10 January 2011.

Title
Catalogue of the archive of Edith Bradley
Status
Published
Author
Frieda Hall Hickman and Margaret Czepiel
Date
2026
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Edition statement
First edition

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom