Bradley, Orlando Charnock, 1871-1937 (lecturer, University of Edinburgh and principal, Royal Dick Veterinary College)

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: - c.100 photographic negatives showing animals and farmyard themes - undated news clipping about the death of Principal O. Charnock Bradley, head of the then Royal (Dick) Veterinary College - report of the visit to Kenya undetaken by Elmslie and Brennan in 1960 - memorandum from the Colonial Office, 1930, relating to...

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Professor O.C. Bradley was a prolific diary writer in his lifetime. Within the archive of the R(D)SVS are a number of diaries which he kept between 1895 and 1937. They contain details of his day to day life and give an insight into his work at the veterinary college.

These are split across 10 volumes

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bound volume containing the diary of O.C. Bradley, 1923-1926. The entries are brief and contain details on the work Bradley was doing, who he met and where he went.

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In 1919, O.C. Bradley published his book, Topographical Anatomy of the Dog, which contained 60 illustrations detailing the anatomy of the dog. These are the original drawings which contain additional colouring and stuck down labels.

Scope and Contents Notes on Pathology on lectures delivered by William Williams, 1892. These notes were taken down by O.C. Bradley, who would become chair of anatomy at the R(D)SVS in 1900 and Principal in 1911, when he attended William Williams' New Veterinary College.The notes are handwritten with minimal sketches besides the title page. William William's, a Principal of the R(D)SVS between 1867-1873, founded a new veterinary college in Edinburgh after ongoing dissagreements with the...

Scope and Contents A notebook of Physiology lecture notes, taken down by future Principal of the R(D)SVS O.C. Bradley in 1890 at the New Veterinary College, Edinburgh. The lectures were given by Professor Hunter. The text includes sketches relating to the written content. William William's, a Principal of the R(D)SVS between 1867-1873, founded a new veterinary college in Edinburgh after ongoing dissagreements with the board of trustees. The college was firstly based in Gayfield square before moving...

Scope and Contents Hayes writes that she is glad that Professor Bradley will complete the translation of her husband's work, and that Professor Ridgeway has sent her a copy of his book The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse (Cambridge, 1905). She observes that Professor Axe is bringing out a nine volume history of the horse (The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management), but that she...

Scope and Contents Cockerell states that the New Mexico Normal University will be employing Professor Bradley's horse skull measurements, although he has reservations about them. Cockerell points to the importance of the length of the muzzle anterior to the premolars, and that of the molar-premolar series. In order to continue his experiments he states it will be necessary to go out on the plains to gather horse skulls and to visit museums to measure the skulls there. He wonders whether it might be possible to...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous documents that may have belonged to O. C. Bradley. A few are directly related to him: letter from D. Walter to o. C. Bradley, 9 January 1937, requesting information about his career before a toast by Dr Broadfoot Dingwall at a dinner; letters between J. Houston and A. C. Doull, Royal (Dick) Veterinary College Secretary, dated 1928, about information Boradley's career; a letter from F. P. Milligan to Professor Linton abut Broadley's death and his "promised subscription to the...

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Reprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Session 1937-1938, Vol. LVIII-Part III, Obituary Notice for Orlando Charnock Bradley who died 21st November 1937. Written by Dr J. Russell Greig. Published in 1939 in Edinburgh.