bMS 338

Bradley, Asa Mayo. Papers, ca. 1878-1933.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 338
• Title: Asa Mayo Bradley. Papers, ca. 1878-1933.
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 1 box

Administrative Information:

• Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection. 
• Acquisition Information: Gift of Universalist Historical Society, 1976.

Biographical Note:

Asa Mayo Bradley (1856-1937) was born in Brewster, Massachusetts. He entered the ministry after having worked in cabinet-making for over 20 years, and was ordained in the Universalist Church by the California State Convention in 1895. Bradley held mission pastorates in Spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, from 1895 to 1897 and then served congregations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Bradley was the secretary for the New Hampshire Universalist Convention from 1921 to 1936 and was made state superintendent of New Hampshire in 1928, a position he held until his retirement in 1936 as superintendent emeritus. In 1934, he received an honorary doctor of divinity from Tufts University. Bradley died in 1937 in Kingston, New Hampshire.

Scope and Content: 

The bulk of the collection consists of materials relating to Universalism on Cape Cod, including Bradley's own "My Cape Cod Story" and a collection of notes entitled "Notes on Societies in New Hampshire." There is also a series of addresses, "Universalism on Cape Cod," by Cyrus A. Bradley, a Universalist minister in Cape Cod for over 40 years, and the father of Asa Mayo Bradley. These addresses originally span the years 1878 to 1903, but were edited and annotated by A. M. Bradley ca. 1933.  

Container List:

• bMS 338/1 (1) Asa M. Bradley, "My Cape Cod Story," ca. 1933: reminiscences and history of Universalism on Cape Cod. Folder 1: pp. 1-26, including picture of Bradley.
• bMS 338/1 (2) Asa M. Bradley, "My Cape Cod Story," ca. 1933: reminiscences and history of Universalism on Cape Cod. Folder 2: pp. 27-51.
• bMS 338/1 (3) Cyrus A. Bradley (1822-1906), "Universalism on Cape Cod": a series of addresses, 1878-1903, edited, with introduction and notes, by Asa M. Bradley, ca. 1933. Folder 1: Introduction and "Organized Universalism in Barnstable County," 1889.
• bMS 338/1 (4) Cyrus A. Bradley (1822-1906), "Universalism on Cape Cod": a series of addresses, 1878-1903, edited, with introduction and notes, by Asa M. Bradley, ca. 1933. Folder 2: "Universalism on Cape Cod," 1878; "Brewster Anniversary," 1881.
• bMS 338/1 (5) Cyrus A. Bradley (1822-1906), "Universalism on Cape Cod": a series of addresses, 1878-1903, edited, with introduction and notes, by Asa M. Bradley, ca. 1933. Folder 3: "Religion in Brewster," 1903; "Yarmouthport Semi-Centennial," 1886; Brewster Profession of Faith and excerpts from Constitution, 1838; notes on Provincetown.
• bMS 338/1 (6) Photocopy of typed collection of notes entitled "Notes on Societies in New Hampshire," undated.