Bradford
Bradford names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Bradford a municipal and parliamentary borough and important manufacturing town in the W
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a municipal and parliamentary borough and important manufacturing town in the W. Riding of Yorkshire, England. The more modern portion has well built streets, and since 1861, most extensive street improvements have been carried out at a cost of about $5,- 000,000. There is a large number of scientific, educational, and charitable institutions, among which are the new technical college, the free grammar school endowed by Charles II., the fever hospital, built at a great cost, and the almshouses of the Tradesmen's Beneyolent Society. There are several public parks, and an extensive system of waterworks which afford a supply of about 10,000,000 gallons a day. Bradford is the chief seat in England of the spinning and weaving of worsted yarn and woolens. Pop. (1917) 206,338.
Bradford WILLIAM, an American colonial governor and author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM, an American colonial governor and author, born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, in March, 1588. He was one of the signers of the celebrated compact on the Mayflower; and, in 1621, on the death of the first governor, John Carver, was elected to the same office, which he continued to fill (with the exception of a brief period) until his death. His administration was remarkably efficient and successful, especially in dealing with the Indians. His "Diary of Occurrences," covering the first year of the colony, was published in 1622. He left a number of religious compositions in verse; and historical prose writings of great value, the most important being his "History of the Plymouth Plantation." He died in Plymouth, Mass., May 9, 1657.
Bradford a city in McKean co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in McKean co., Pa., on several railroads; 15 miles N. W. of Smethport, the county-seat. It is in an extensive coal, oil, and natural gas region, and is principally engaged in industries connected therewith, besides having machinery, chemical, boiler, and brick and tile works. The city has electric street railroads, daily and weekly newspapers, National banks, large hospital, and several libraries. Pop. (1910) 14,- 544; (1920) 15,525.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 Bradford was "the chief seat in England of the spinning and weaving of worsted yarn" with 206,338 people; the worsted trade collapsed after the 1950s, and the surviving mills have become flats and offices — Lister's Manningham Mills is now apartments, and the Wool Exchange houses a bookshop. The district's population is now well over half a million, reshaped by post-war migration from Pakistan and elsewhere, and Bradford held the UK City of Culture title in 2025. The account of Governor William Bradford still stands, though the 1622 "Diary of Occurrences" (Mourt's Relation) is now credited largely to Edward Winslow, and the manuscript of "Of Plymouth Plantation" — lost in England until it was found at Fulham Palace in the 1850s — is kept in the Massachusetts State Library. Bradford, Pennsylvania went the other way: the oil boom faded and the population fell from 15,525 to under 8,000, its best-known product now the Zippo lighter, made there since the 1930s.
Written for this edition, 2026.