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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1937-

Biography

William S. (Bill) Bradshaw (1937-) is a retired microbiology professor in Utah.

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.

Citation:
William S. and Marge Bradshaw mission papers, 1971-1984 (William S. Bradshaw)

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Sept. 1, 2009 (William S. Bradshaw; Bill Bradshaw; professor of microbiology at Brigham Young University; mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hong Kong)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2009 (William S. Bradshaw)

OCLC, Sept. 1, 2009 (hdg: Bradshaw, William S.; Bradshaw, William Seely, 1937-; usage: William S. Bradshaw)

Family Fellowship, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2009 (Bill Bradshaw)

Affirmation website, via WWW, August 24, 2016 (professor at BYU, met his wife on their missions in Hong Kong)

No More Strangers website, via WWW, August 24, 2016 (graduate in biology from Harvard, received Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Illinois, research interests are in microbiology and analytical thinking in students; he and his wife are former chairs of LDS Family Fellowship; together they have five children)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Sept. 19, 2016 (William S. Bradshaw; b. 1937 in Utah to William W. and Lucia Seely Bradshaw)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6947
Scope and Contents Collection contains handbooks, publications, and letters relating to William S. and Marge Bradshaw's mission to Hong Kong from 1971 to 1974, including Cantonese Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price translation material, and some Vietnamese gospel teaching and Book of Mormon language material. Also contains documents relating to Bradshaw family properties in Star Valley, Wyoming, their 2019 family history, academic papers of William S. Bradshaw, and emails,...
Dates: 1889-2021

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw family history papers, 1889-2019

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6947 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains papers relating to the Bradshaw family properties in Snow Valley, Wyoming. Contains deeds, receipts, legal certificates, and other property papers. Also contains a family history on the Bradshaws from 2019. Materials dated 1889 to 2019.

Dates: 1889-2019

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw mission papers, 1960-1994, bulk: 1971-1974

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6947 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains letters and other papers relating to the Bradshaw's service as mission presidents for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1974. Contains letters, handbooks, mission newsletters, an oral history and a family history focused on the Bradshaw's mission years, and gospel teaching material in both Cantonese and Vietnamese. Also contains translation material for the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price in Cantonese, and the Book of Mormon in...
Dates: 1960-1994; Majority of material found within 1971-1974

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw on LGBTQ Latter-day Saint community, 1995-2021

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6947 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains email printouts, notes, brochures, newsletters, and other papers, mainly related to the Bradshaw's involvement in Family Fellowship and Affirmation, and their conversations within the Latter-day Saint community on LGBTQ issues. Dated 1995 to 2021.

Dates: 1995-2021

William S. Bradshaw professional papers, 1967-2014

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6947 Series 3
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...
Dates: 1967-2014