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1 No online items Sara Gunasekara Department of Special Collections General Library University of California, Davis Davis, CA Phone: (530) Fax: (530) The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. D-517 1

2 Creator: Bradford, G. E. (Gordon Eric), Title: G.E. Bradford Date (inclusive): Extent: 14 linear feet Abstract: G. Eric Bradford served as Professor of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis from His contain records for the sheep flocks at UC Davis and the Hopland Field Station, his publications, travel diaries, and subject files relating to his research on sheep breeding and genetics. Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite. Repository: University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Davis, California Collection number: D-517 Language of Material: Collection materials in English. Biography Gordon Eric Bradford was born in Kingsey, Quebec on November 2, He received a BSc degree in Agriculture (1951) from MacDonald College of McGill University, and an MS (1952) and PhD (1956) in Genetics and Animal Husbandry at the University of Wisconsin. Bradford joined the faculty of the Department of Animal Husbandry at UC Davis in His research focused on sheep breeding and genetics. He helped establish and served as a principal investigator in the International Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Program from 1978 through 1996 and led the initiative that culminated in the 2006 establishment of the UC Davis Agriculture Sustainability Institute. He retired in Eric Bradford paased away on July 29, Source: Famula, Thomas R., Medrano, Juan F., and Adams, Thomas E. "G. Eric Bradford" In Memoriam. Academic Senate, "G. Eric Bradford" In Memoriam. Academic Senate, Accessed February 5, Scope and Content The collection contain records for the sheep flocks at the UC Davis and the Hopland Field Station, Bradford's publications, talks, subject files, and travel diaries Arrangement of the Collection The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Sheep Records, 2. Writings by Bradford, 3. Subject Files. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Bradford, G. E. (Gordon Eric), Archives. University of California, Davis -- Faculty -- Archives. Hopland Field Station (Hopland, Calif.) Sheep -- Breeding. Animal scientists -- California -- Davis. Access Collection is open for research. Processing Information Sara Gunasekara processed this collection with assistance from student employee Michele Ko. Acquisition Information Gift of Elizabeth Bradford in Preferred Citation [Identification of item], G.E. Bradford, D-517, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis. Publication Rights Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical D-517 2

3 items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher. Series 1. Sheep Records Physical Description: 7 linear feet Contains records for the sheep flocks at the University of California, Davis and the Hopland Field Station. Arranged chronologically. Box 1:1 Original Lambing Box 1:2 Duplicate Lambing Record Box 1:3 Lambing Book Box 1:4 Original Hopland Ewe Book 1951 Box 1:5 Hopland Lambing Reports 1952 Box 1:6-7 Hopland Lambs 1953 Box 1:8 Weight & Wool Records 1953 November-1955 July Box 1:9 Hopland Lambing 1954 Box 1:10 Ewe Lambs 1955 Box 1:11 Record 1955 Box 1:12 Hopland Lambing Box 1:13 Weight & Wool Record 1955 September August Box 1:14 Lambing 1956 Box 1:15 Weight & Wool Record 1956 December December Box 1:16 Hopland Lambing 1957 Box 1:17 Hopland Ewe Book 1958 Box 1:18 Hopland Lambing 1958 Box 1:19 Hopland Records 1958 Box 1:20 Lambing & Shearing 1958 Box 1:21 Sheep Flock Records 1958 Box 1:22 Weights 1958 Box 1:23-24 Sheep Book Box 1:25 WW Selection Inbreeding Box 1:26 Davis Sheep Records 1959 Box 1:27 Hopland 1959 Box 1:28 Hopland Breeding Plan 1959 Box 1:29 Hopland Lambs 1959 Box 1:30 Hopland Records 1959 Box 1:31 Sheep Notes 1959 Box 1:32 Hopland Ewes Box 1:33 Sheep Breeding Project Notes Box 2:1 Davis Sheep Records 1960 Box 2:2 Hopland Breeding Plan 1960 Box 2:3 Hopland Lamb 1960 Box 2:4 Hopland Records 1960 Box 2:5 Davis Sheep Records Box 2:6 Hopland Ewes Box 2:7 Sheep Flock Records Box 2:8 Davis Selection Experiment Results Box 2:9 Hopland Breeding List 1961 Box 2:10 Hopland Lamb 1961 Box 2:11 Hopland Records 1961 Box 2:12-13 Davis Sheep Records Box 2:14 Hopland Ewe Box 2:15 Selection Experiment Box 2:16 Davis Sheep Records 1962 D-517 3

4 Series 1.Sheep Records Box 2:17 Hopland Breeding List 1962 Box 2:28 Hopland Lamb Book 1962 Box 2:19 Hopland Records 1962 Box 2:20 Davis Sheep Records Box 2:21 Hopland Lambs Box 2:22 Davis Sheep Records 1963 Box 2:23 Hopland Breeding List 1963 Box 2:24 Hopland Lamb Book 1963 Box 2:25 Hopland Records 1963 Box 2:26 Davis Sheep Records Box 2:27 Hopland Ewe Book Box 2:28 Hopland Records Box 2:29 Sheep Box 2:30 Breeding Lists & Work Sheets 1964 Box 2:31 Hopland Lamb Book 1964 Box 2:32 Davis Breeding List Box 2:33 Davis Sheep Book Box 2:34 Hopland Ewe Book Box 2:35 Sheep Records Box 2:36 Hopland Breeding List 1965 Box 3:1 Hopland Lamb Book 1965 Box 3:2 Hopland Records 1965 Box 3:3 Davis Breeding List Box 3:4 Davis Sheep Book Box 3:5 Davis Sheep Records Box 3:6 Hopland Ewe Book Box 3:7 Mult Birth Selection Results Box 3:8 Suff WF Mult Birth Line Ewes Box 3:9 Hopland Breeding List 1966 Box 3:10 Hopland Lamb Book 1966 Box 3:11 Davis Sheep Book Box 3:12 Hopland Ewe Book Box 3:13 Hopland Breeding List 1967 Box 3:14 Hopland Lambs 1967 Box 3:15 Hopland Records 1967 Box 3:16 Davis Sheep Records Box 3:17 Breeding List 1968 Box 3:18 Ewe Book 1968 Box 3:19 Hopland 1968 Box 3:20 Hopland Data 1968 Box 3:21 Hopland Lambs 1968 Box 3:22 Hopland Records-Lambs, Ewes, Yearlings 1968 Box 3:23-24 Davis Sheep Records Box 3:25 Ewe Book Box 3:26 Hopland Exp. T's Box 3:27 Lamb Book 1969 Box 3:28 Davis Sheep Records Box 3:29 Hopland Box 3:30 Hopland Ewe Book Box 3:31 Lamb Book 1970 Box 4:1 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:2 Hopland Ewe Book Box 4:3 Lamb & Ewe Records Box 4:4 Lamb Book 1971 Box 4:5 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:6 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:7 Hopland Ewe Book Box 4:8 Hopland Sheep Records D-517 4

5 Series 1.Sheep Records Box 4:9 Hopland T Group Ewes Box 4:10 Lamb Book Box 4:11 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:12 Ewe Book Box 4:13 Lamb Book Box 4:14 Hopland Records 1973 Box 4:15 Lamb 1973 Box 4:16 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:17 Ewe Book Box 4:18 Lamb Book Box 4:19 Sheep Records Box 4:20 Sheep Hock Box 4:21 Hopland Breeding List 1974 Box 4:22 Hopland Records 1974 Box 4:23 Lambs 1974 Box 4:24 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:25 Ewe Book Box 4:26 Lamb Book Box 4:27-28 Davis Sheep Records Box 4:29 Ewe Book Box 4:30 Hopland Box 5:1 Hopland RAC-Historical Box 5:2 Lamb Book 1976 Box 5:3 Davis Sheep Records Box 5:4 Ewe Book Box 5:5 Lamb Book Box 5:6 Sheep Hock Records Box 5:7 Hopland Data 1977 Box 5:8 Davis Sheep Records Box 5:9 Ewe Book Box 5:10 Lamb Book Box 5:11 Davis Sheep Records 1978 Box 5:12 Davis Ewes 1978 April 1-December 31 Box 5:13 Hopland Records 1978 Box 5:14 Ewe Book Box 5:15 Lamb Book Box 5:16 Sheep Barn Inventory & Sales 1979 Box 5:17 Davis Sheep Records 1979 Box 5:18 Davis Sheep 1979 January- June Box 5:19 Davis Sheep 1979 July July Box 5:20 Ewe Book Box 5:21 Hopland Box 5:22 Lamb Hopland Box 5:23 Hopland Records 1980 Box 5:24 Sheep Inventory & Sales 1980 Box 5:25 Davis Sheep Records Box 5:26 Hopland Records 1981 Box 5:27 Lamb/Ewe Book 1981 Box 5:28 Sheep Records 1981 Box 6:1 Davis Sheep Records 1981 March-1982 March Box 6:2-3 Hopland Records 1982 Box 6:4 Lamb/Ewe Book 1982 Box 6:5 Sheep Records 1982 Box 6:6 Davis Sheep Records-Estrus Check Box 6:7 Davis Sheep Hock 1983 Box 6:8 Hopland Records 1983 Box 6:9 Lamb/Ewe Book 1983 Box 6:10 Davis Sheep Records D-517 5

6 Series 1.Sheep Records Box 6:11 Davis Sheep Hock 1984 Box 6:12 Hopland Records 1984 Box 6:13 Lamb/Ewe Book 1984 Box 6:14 Davis Sheep Records Box 6:15 Lamb/Ewe Book Box 6:16 Davis Sheep Records 1985 Box 6:17 Estrus Check 1985 Box 6:18-19 Hopland 1985 Box 6:20 Davis Sheep Flock Box 6:21 Lamb & Ewe Books Box 6:22 Breeding Records Spring 1986 Box 6:23 Estrus Check 1986 Box 6:24 Hopland 1986 Box 6:25 Davis Flock Box 6:26-27 Ewe & Lamb Duplicate Box 6:28 Hopland Ewe & Lamb Books Box 6:29 Davis Sheep Records 1987 Box 6:30 Hopland 1987 Box 6:31 Davis Sheep Records Box 7:1 Ewe & Lamb Box 7:2 Davis Ram Effect Estrus Check Data 1988 Box 7:3 Hopland 1988 Box 7:4 Hopland Ram Effect Estrus Check Data 1988 Box 7:5 Davis Sheep Records Box 7:6 Ewe & Lamb Box 7:7 Selection Experiment Box 7:8 Hopland 1989 Box 7:9 Davis Sheep Records Box 7:10 Ewe & Lamb Box 7:11 Ewe & Lamb Partial Linex Expt Box 7:12 Davis Sheep Flock 1990 Box 7:13 Hopland Selection Experiment 1990 Box 7:14 Davis Sheep Records Box 7:15 Hopland Ewe & Lamb Book Box 7:16 Davis Data 1991 Box 7:17-19 Davis Flock-Lambing Box 7:20 Davis Sheep Records Box 7:21 Hopland Ewe & Lamb Book Box 7:22 Ewe & Lamb Book Box 7:23 Hopland 1993 Box 7:24 Ewe & Lamb Book Box 7:25 Sheep Box 7:26-27 Hopland 1994 Box 7:28 Hopland 1995 Box 7:29 UCD Animal List 1995 Series 2. Writings by Bradford Physical Description: 0.75 linear feet Arranged in two subseries: 1. Articles and Reports and 2. Personal journals. Subseries 2.1 Articles and reports Physical Description: Arranged chronologically. D-517 6

7 Series 2.Writings by Bradford Subseries 2.1Articles and reports Box 8:1 Publication List 1999 Includes resume. Box 8:2-4 Reprints Box 8:5-7 Limited Distribution Publications Box 8:8 Abstracts Box 8:9 Actual and Potential Level of Performance of Indonesian Sheep and Goats Under Traditional Management Systems, Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program 1988 Box 8:10 "Selection for Growth and Reproduction in Targhee Sheep," in Summary of Reports 1981 Sheep & Wool Days 1981 Box 8:11 Sheep Research Provides Alternatives to Improve Production 1994 Box 8:12 FAO Book, Ch. 2 & Box 8:13 Animal Science Encyclopedia Box 8:14 Science Article 2003 Box 8:15 CAST Talks 2003 Box 8:16 Production Practices for California Sheep undated Box 8:17 Sheep Production undated Subseries 2.2 Personal Journals Contains Bradford's personal journals, many of which detail his travels. Arranged chronologically. Box 8: Box 8: Box 8:20 New Zealand. Indonesia 1980 November Box 8:21 Egypt, Morocco, Kenya 1981 October-1981 November Box 8:22 Indonesia 1982 November Box 8: Summer Box 8:24 Indonesia August 1984-September 1984 Box 8:25 Madrid, Morocco 1984 Box 8: Box 8: Box 8: Series 3. Subject Files Physical Description: 6.25 linear feet Arranged alphabetically. Box 8:30 Adjustments of Fluid Balance During Pregnancy & Lactation in Small Ruminants 1984 Box 8:31 Agriculture & Coastal Water Quality Public Policy Education Program for San Diego County, CA 1992 Box 8:32 AMBC/Rare Breeds 1993 Box 8:33 Animal Agriculture: Impacts on Water Quality in California 1994 Box 8:34-35 Animal Agriculture References: Ecology & Land Use Box 8:36 Animal Agriculture References: Water Energy 1998 Box 8:37 Animal Biotechnology 1994 Box 9:1 Animal GRCP Task Force 1989 Box 11:41; 12:20 Animal Science Department Box 9:2 Animal Science Sustainability Position 2006 Box 9:3 Annual Report, Small Ruminant CRSP 1993 Box 9:4 Annual Report, Small Ruminant CRSP 1995 Box 9:5 Annual Report, Small Ruminant CRSP 1996 Box 9:6 Artifical Rearing Lambs 1980 D-517 7

8 Series 3.Subject Files Box 9:7 American Society of Animal Science 1973 Box 9:8 American Society of Animal Science 2003 Box 9:9 American Society of Animal Science, FASFAS Box 9:10 American Society of Animal Science Foundation Box 9:11 American Society of Animal Science Meetings- Main, San Antonio Box 9:12 ASI Scrapie 2003 Box 9:13 Assessment of Animal Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa 1992 Box 9:14 Association of Sire Dystocia Transmitting Ability with Progeny Linear Type Traits in Holsteins 1984 Box 9:15 Award of Distinction 1992 Box 9:16 Award of Distinction Box 13:5 Beilharz, Rolf 1990 Box 12:15 Biographical Information Box 9:17 Biography of Reuben Albaugh 1992 Box 9:18 Bogor Sheep 1993 Box 9:19 British Society of Animal Science 1996 Box 9:20 California Agriculture featuring Hopland at Box 9:21 California Red Sheep Registry 1992 Box 9:22 California Sheep Registry 1989 Box 9:23 Cassman, Kenneth Box 9:24 CAST, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology 1993 Box 9:25 CAST. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology: Animal Agriculture Delgado Paper 2003 Box 9:26 Centenial Book, American Society of Animal Science, William Drafts 2006 Box 9:27 Chapman, Lush 1986 Box 9:28 Chios, CW Fox 1976 Box 9:29-30 Cicadas Flock Data Box 9:31 Comparison between the DS Synthetic Breed And Its Parental Breeds undated Box 9:32-33 Composites: Albaugh/Extension Box 9:34 Confined Animal Facilities 1993 Box 9:35 Consultancies 1995 Box 12:7 Correspondence Box 9:36 Correspondence Box 9:37-38 Correspondence Box 9:39 Correspondence & Notes 2007 Box 9:40 CWGA, California Wool Growers Association 2006 Box 9:41 CWGA/Asia 1995 Box 9:42 CRSP Box 9:43 CRSP Budget Box 9:44 CRSP Budget Box 9:45-46 CRSP Correspondence March 1994 Box 10:1-3 CRSP Correspondence 1995 Box 10:4 CRSP Evaluation Spring 1994 Box 10:5 CRSP Inventory 1995 Box 12:16 Damron, W. Stephen, Agricultural Animals of the World 2004 Box 10:6 Davis, CAST TF- Baldwin, Fadel Box 10:7 Davis Sheep Barn 1989 Box 10:8 Davis Sheep Barn, Negatives & Prints 1989 Box 10:9 Dairy Sheep Symposium August Box 10:11 Derqaoui 1992 Box 10:12 Development Board Presentation, AAAS Box 10:13 Directory of California Water Resources Personnel 1997 Box 10:14 An Evaluation of Range Condition Assessment on California Annual Grassland 1990 Box 10:15 Extractions From Thesis Given to Bradford by Students 1991 Box 14:7 Future of Land Grant Universities Box 13:6 Gatenby, Ruth M. Paper 1995 Box 10:17-18 Genetic Resources Conservation Box 10:19 Germplasm Conference D-517 8

9 Series 3.Subject Files Box 10:20 Global Research for Sustainable Food Production 1991 Box 10:21 Goats 1992 Box 14:8 Goh, Victor 1991 Box 10:22-33 Grazing Impacts Box 10:34 Group C-1 & C-2 undated Box 10:35 Guelph Congress 1994 Box 11:1 Hair Sheep Conference 2005 Box 11:2 Hakan, Sakul Box 11:3 Harlan Symposium II Box 10:16 Hart, George H. undated Includes negative of Hart Hall. Box 12:17 Hart Hall image undated Box 13:32 The historical trek of the Land Grant College of Agriculture: past, present and future by James H. Meyer 1998 Box 11:4 Hopland Computer 1982 Box 11:5 Hopland Facility Forms undated Box 11:6 Hopland Project # Box 11:7 Hopland Project Outlines September 1982 Box 11:8 Hopland Wool Project 2003 Box 11:9 Increased Efficiency of Lamb Production, Bradford, G.E. and Toreill, D.T Box 11:10 Increased Efficiency of Sheep Production 1993 January Box 11:11 Increased Efficiency of Sheep Production 1994 June Box 11:12 Increased Efficiency of Sheep Production 1995 May Box 11:13 Increased Efficiency in Sheep and Its Impact on Nutritional Needs 1991 June Box 11:14 Increased Efficiency in Sheep and Its Impact on Nutritional Needs 1992 June Box 11:15 Indart, Terminal Sire Project 2003 Box 11:16 India Report 1992 Box 11:17 Indonesia July-August 1995 Box 11:18 Indonesia Importation, Hetzel Box 11:19 Indonesia Meeting 1988 Box 11:20 Indonesia, Merkens & Soemirat 1992 Box 11:21 International Programs Advisory Committee 2005 Box 11:22 Inounu, Ismeth 1995 Box 11:23 Jacob Sheep 2005 Box 11:25 Jarvis, Lovell 1988 Box 11:26 Journal of Animal Science, Reviews of Bradford's articles 1998 Box 11:28 Kenya- Weaving With Tradition 1991 Box 12:5 King, Paula 1965 Box 11:29 La Grande Conference 1994 Box 11:30 Letter from the Netherlands, from the New Yorker 1991 Box 11:31 Livestock Men of the Year Box 11:32 Managing Hardwood Rangelands to Maintain and Enhance Water Quality 1995 Box 11:35 McOmie Box 11:36 Medrano/Cushwa/Tetzel, Bogor Sheep Box 11:37 Medvitz, Albert 1993 Box 11:38 Memorial Book, Animal Science 2003 Box 11:39 Mendocino Co. Wool Growers 1983 Box 11:40 Meyer, James 2002 Box 11:27 Meyer, J.H., Blaxter, Abplanalp, Kinghorn 1991 Box 11:46 Morocco 1992 Box 12:1-2 Morocco Linkage 1993 Box 12:3 Morocco Trip May 1993 Box 12:4 Mouse Data 1995 Box 12:6 Multiplication Flocks Box 12:8-10 NC-111 California Box 12:11 Negatives and prints of sheep and people undated D-517 9

10 Series 3.Subject Files Box 12:12; 12:26 Neria, Roberto Box 12:13 Notter, Sheep Hair Proposal 1996 Box 12:14 Osman, Sex, TB & AD Means for Hopland & Davis Lambs undated Box 14:12 Pond, Wilson Book: Food Supply Box 12:18 Print of sheep undated Box 12:19 Pittroff Courses Box 12:21-22 Private Rangelands Water Quality Plan 1994 Box 12:23-25 Prolific Sheep, Bogor Box 12:27 Puerto Rico Meeting- Participants 1993 Box 12:28 Quirke Reprints 1979 Box 12:29 Ram Sale Committee Meeting 2005 Box 12:30-31 Raw Carcass Data 1980 Box 12:32 Re-Engineering the Land Grant College of Agriculture 1997 Box 12:33-36 References, source material on human nutrition and food policy Box 13:1 Replacement Ewe Program 1996 Box 13:2 Replacement Ewe Program Negatives & Prints 1996 Box 13:33 Report of the EPA/State Feedlot Workgroup 1993 Box 13:3 Resources Agency/UCD MOU 1995 Box 13:4 Rethinking the Outlook of Colleges Whose Roots Have Been in Agriculture 1992 Box 11:42-45 Reprints on cattle, mice, and sheep Box 14:1 Reynolds, Laura Lynn, thesis 1985 Box 13:7 S & DH group undated Box 13:8 Santa Cruz Island Sheep 1988 Box 13:9 Senepol Cattle 1981 Box 13:10 Sei Putih Sheep Box 11:33-34 Schwartz, Maura Box 13:11 Sheep Man: Time Remembered, Wesley Wooden 2005 Box 13:12 Sheep Barn 1988 Box 13:13 Sheep Embryo Collection Fall 1988 Box 13:14 Sheep Embryo Collection 1990 Box 13:15 Sheep Embryo Inventory 2000 Box 13:16-17 Southeast Asia Workshop Paper Box 13:18 SR-CRSP Cicadas Lambing 1983 September-October Box 13:19 Stormont, Clyde 1994 Box 13:20-26 Sustainable Agriculture Box 13:27 Sustaining Rangeland Ecosystems Symposium 1994 Box 13:28 Synthesis of Discussions Meeting, SR-CRSP May Box 13:29 T Group undated Box 13:30 Tadia Data undated Box 13:31 Tail Docking 2000 Box 14:3 Transforming the Land Grant College of Agriculture for the 21st Century, by James Meyer 1995 Box 10:10 Transparencies undated Box 14:4 Travel Approvals Box 14:5 UCD/CSU Collaborative Box 14:6 UC Davis Magazine article on James Meyer Summer 1987 Box 14:2 University of California Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center, Beef, Range and History Field Day 2002 Box 14:9 Water Quality-Correspondence 1995 Box 14:10 Water Quality References 1994 Box 14:11 Western Sheep Task Force Report 1988 Box 11:24 Wilson, James F.,The Oral Reminiscenes of an Old Sheepherder 1951 Box 14:13-14 WSASAS: Bogeman References D

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