SC18692
8 Boxes (0.3 cu. ft.)
Open to research
Estate of James T. and Rita G. Brady
Honor Conklin, Archivist, Manuscripts and Special Collections, August 1990
Biographical Note:
James T. Brady was born in Brooklyn, New York. He served in the infantry during World War II and after the war was employed with the military government. He was a judge in the Occupation Courts in Germany until 1951. Rita G. Brady, also born in Brooklyn, joined her husband in Germany in 1950. Mrs. Brady had been a teacher in the New York City area and later taught children's literature in the Albany area where her husband was a lawyer in the public service commission. Both Bradys wrote and published juvenile short stories and novels. They had no children.
Scope and Content Note:
This collection is primarily the manuscripts and related publishing correspondence of the juvenile literature of James T. and Rita G. Brady. There are a few journals, photographs, and printed material for both. James T. Brady's papers contain some material on the military government of Germany and his experiences living there.
Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|
James T. Brady | ||
1 | 1 | Biographies |
Correspondence: | ||
2 | The Balloon Seller, 1953 | |
3 | The Blue Goat, 1952 | |
4 | The Broken Sword, 1951-54 | |
5 | Chris Uses His Head, 1952 | |
6 | Comeback, 1965, n.d. | |
7 | Hitchhiker, 1953 | |
8 | Life in This World, n.d. | |
9 | [Military Government for Germany], ca 1946-51 | |
10 | Mr. Groundhog Turns Around, 1950-54, 1971 | |
11 | Night in Heckinpshaw County, n.d. | |
12 | A Peak at the Russian Mind | |
13 | The Rajah's Secret, 1954-57, 1959-60, 1977 | |
14 | Joe Rock Productions, 1959 | |
15 | The Secret Ladder, 1964-67 | |
16 | Sing Danger, 1953-54 | |
17 | Smart Business, 1952-54 | |
18 | The Two Friends, 1954 | |
19 | The Two Gifts, 1959 | |
Journals: | ||
20 | [Military Government in Germany], 1948-49, n.d. | |
21 | [On WWII, Germany], 1945 | |
22 | [On WWII, Germany], 1954-57 | |
23-26 | Photographs | |
2 | 27-31 | Printed Material |
Writings: | ||
32 | Government For the People | |
33 | [Miscellaneous] | |
34 | No Scepters, No Crowns | |
35A | Not as Liberators, pp. 1-252 | |
3 | 35B | Not as Liberators, pp. 253-473 |
36 | [Paris] | |
37 | The Rajah's Secret | |
38 | The Riddle of Kunnersreuth | |
39A | The Secret Ladder, pp. 1-174 | |
39B | The Secret Ladder, pp. 175-320 | |
39C | The Secret Ladder, pp. 321-480 | |
4 | 40 | The Secret Ladder |
41-46 | [The Stigmatic] | |
47 | [WWII, Germany] | |
5 | 48 | [Unidentified Youth Novel] |
Rita G. Brady | ||
49 | Biographies | |
Correspondence: | ||
50 | Ali | |
51 | Alfred Bernard Nobel: Explosives for Peace | |
52 | Christine Bennett, Chemist | |
53 | Cricket, The Magazine for Children | |
54 | Thomas Y. Crowell Co. | |
55 | Educational Developmental Laboratories | |
56 | The Image of Marcia | |
57 | Jane Cameron, Schoolmarm | |
58 | Joy Family | |
59 | [Juvenile Text Books] | |
60 | Life is an April Day | |
61 | Lois Thornton, Librarian | |
62 | Marcia Kendrick, Public Relations | |
63 | [Miscellaneous] | |
64 | Mott Adult Reading Center | |
6 | 65 | The Phoenix |
66 | Pyramid Publications | |
67 | Scholastic Editor | |
68 | Speaking Engagements | |
69 | Story House Corp. | |
70 | Vida Prescott | |
71 | Journals, 1956, 1962 | |
72 | Lecture Notes, Children's Lectures, 1954-59 | |
73 | Notes, Citizen's Planning Committee for Greater Albany | |
74-76 | Printed Material | |
77 | Publications, 1954, 1966, 1972 | |
7 | 78 | Review, of Publications |
Writings: | ||
79 | Adventure in the Tropics: The Life of William Beebe | |
80-83 | Ali, Boy of Bakhtiari | |
8 | 84 | Ann Holden, Psychologist |
85-86 | The Image of Marcia | |
87 | Life is an April Day | |
88 | [Miscellaneous] | |
89 | Not Yet, Kathy | |
90-93 | Yet Freedom (formerly The Green Arrow) |