Descriptive Summary
Creator(s)
Collection open for research
Biographical Note / Administrative History
Homer Vernon Bradshaw was appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions as a medical missionary to the South China Mission in 1928. His entire career was spent at Linhsien Station where he headed the medical staff of the Van Norden Memorial Hospital for Men and the Brooks Memorial Hospital for Women. He later taught surgery in the Hackett Medical College in Canton. From 1942-1945, he served in the U.S. Air Force as a flight surgeon with Chennault's Flying Tigers in China. Following the war, he returned to missionary service in China in his former capacity. In 1951, he and his wife, Wilda Hockenberry Bradshaw, were arrested by the Chinese Communists and incarcerated until there release in 1955. Dr. Bradshaw retired from mission work in 1964.
Collection Overview
Record Group 188 consists primarily of Homer Vernon Bradshaw's correspondence, 1937-1957, though the bulk of this collection dates from 1948-1950. Sermons about his experiences while in prison and his feelings about communism are also included in the collection.
Organization and Arrangement
SERIES I: Correspondence, 1937-1951
SERIES II: Sermons, 1956-1982
SERIES III: Newspaper Clippings, 1953-1957
SERIES IV: Miscellany, 1942-195
Administrative Information
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Frederick J. Heuser, Archivist
Revised: 1988
Susan W. Miller, Processing Archivist
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 188 | |
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| SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1937-1951 | |
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1 | 2 | 1937-1947 | |
| 3 | 1948 | |
| 4 | 1949 | |
| 5 | 1950 | |
| 6 | 1948-1951 (Associate Mission Treasurer) | |
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| SERIES II: SERMONS, 1956-1982 | |
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1 | 7 | 1956-1982 | |
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| SERIES III: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1953-1957 | |
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1 | 8 | 1953-1957 | |
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| SERIES IV: MISCELLANY, 1942-1951 | |
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1 | 9 | 1942-1951 |