William S. Bradshaw professional papers, 1967-2014

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 6947 Series 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains published articles, speeches, presentations, and letters mainly pertaining to the professional career of William Bradshaw in his role as a professor of biology at Brigham Young University. Also contains one packet of speeches, essays, and articles by William, arranged in chronological order, that includes material on biology, teaching in academia, religion, translating Chinese materials, and topics related to homosexuality, especially within the Latter-day Saint community. Dated 1967 to 2014.

Dates

Creation: 1967-2014

Creator

Bradshaw, William S. (William Seely), 1937- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Box 12 is restricted until 2037 for personally identifiable information.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

William S., or Bill, Bradshaw was born in 1937 to William W. and Lucia Seely Bradshaw. He studied biology at Harvard University and received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Illinois. He has done research in the microbiology field as well as regarding analytical thinking in students. He met his wife Marjorie while they were both serving as Latter-day Saint missionaries in Hong Kong. He later served as a mission president in the Hong Kong Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1971 to 1947. He taught microbiology at Brigham Young University, retiring in 2008. He and his wife are former chairs of LDS Family Fellowship. They have five children.