Douglas Bradbury Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Mss-0324

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains oral history and written material related to work done for a history class project completed at Clemson University by graduate student Laura Benjamin. Benjamin interviewed Dr. Douglas W. Bradbury, Clemson Class of 1940 and a member of the engineering faculty at Clemson University. There are two audiocassettes of an interview with Professor Bradbury in which he discusses his time at Clemson as a student and an instructor, the differences in the engineering departments, some of Professor Bradbury's own research and experiences, and historical events like the Soviet launch of Sputnik I and their impact on research. There is also a page of hand-written notes from Ms. Benjamin's course instructor assessing her conducting of the interview, a brief biographical sketch of Professor Bradbury, a list of potential interview questions, and a detailed abstract of the interview itself with corresponding time cues.

Dates

1988 - 1988

Creator

Bradbury, Douglas W. (Interviewee, Person)

Biographical Note

Douglas Bradbury was born May 9, 1919 in Seneca, South Carolina. He graduated from Clemson College in 1940 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He remained at Clemson as an instructor of engineering graphics until February 1942, when he entered military service as an infantry officer during the Second World War. He returned to Clemson in 1946 as an instructor, and later earned a Masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959. He returned once more to Clemson to head the Engineering Graphics department, became a professor of mechanical engineering in 1965, and was named Alumni Professor in Engineering in 1969. He retired from Clemson in 1985.