The papers document the radio astronomy career and research of Ronald N. Bracewell, including with his doctoral work at University of Cambridge in the late 1940s, his work at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization, Australia, and his career at Stanford University. The papers include professional correspondence and papers, notes and papers on antenna design, drafts of books and professional publications, photographs, and other materials covering a period from 1938 until Bracewell's death in 2007.