Jake C. Bracker Collection, 1916-1983 (bulk 1916-1927).

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Jake C. Bracker Collection, 1916-1983 (bulk 1916-1927).

NAU.MS.331
NAU.PH.82.7


Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Bracker, Jake
Collection Name	Jake C. Bracker Collection,
Inclusive Dates:	1916-1983 (1916-1927).
Physical Description	1 linear foot
Abstract	The Jake C. Bracker Collection consists of documents and photographs related to his association with Northern Arizona University, both as a student and as an Alum.
Collection Number	NAU.MS.331 NAU.PH.82.7
Language	English.
Repository	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department. Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 523 3770 Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu

Biographical Note

Jake C. Bracker attended Northern Arizona Normal School (NANS) - Northern Arizona State Teachers College (NASTC), now Northern Arizona University, from March, 1922, to June, 1927. During his student years at these two schools he earned a high school diploma, a two-year teaching certificate and a four year bachelor of Education degree. Jake Bracker was the first student in the history of the NASTC to receive a Bachelor of Education degree. He majored in commerce. He was the NASTC's premier student leader nad promotional genius during those critical years when NASTC was emerging from its Normal School status. He edited the school newspaper the The Pine, now the Lumberjack, managed the athletic teams, and wrote school publicity. He received many honors while attending NANS-NASTC, including the President's Prize in 1923. He also served on the planning committee for the new student union building in 1946. He was a strong supporter of the institution through the good times and the bad. He received the Alumni Service Award in 1969. Jake C. Bracker passed away January 3, 1991 in Phoenix.

Scope and Content Note

The Jake C. Bracker Collection consists of documents related to his association with Northern Arizona University, both as a student and as an Alum. The correspondence relates to Bracker's 1928 marriage, his career as a salesman, and his Alumni Service award. Bracker also kept a series of articles about NAU and NAU alums. Finally, there are a group of diplomas, certificates, and NAU memorabilia.

Organization

Organized in 4 series.

I. Correspondence, 1928-1969.
II. Articles and newspaper clippings relating to Bracker's association with Northern Arizona University.
III. Personal documents -- diplomas, athletic awards, and civic organizations.
IV. Photographs.

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

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Related Material

Jake Bracker Photograph Collection, NAU.PH.82.7

Access Points

Personal Name(s)

Bracker, Jake C.

Corporate Name(s)

Northern Arizona Normal School--History.

Northern Arizona State Teachers College--History.

Geographic Name(s)

Flagstaff (Ariz.)

Subject(s)

College buildings--Arizona--Flagstaff.

College sports--Arizona--Flagstaff.

College students--Arizona--Flagstaff.

Teachers colleges--Arizona--Flagstaff.

Genre Form(s)

Correspodence.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Container List


Series one, box 1, correspondence , 1928-1983.


Box-folder
1.1			Correspondence and documents concerning Bracker's receipt of the 1969 Alumni Service Award, 1969.
Box-folder
1.2			Correspondence about Bracker's wedding, 1928.
Box-folder
1.3			Correspondence concerning Bracker's career, 1942-1983.


Series two, box 1, articles about Bracker's involvement with Northern Arizona Univeristy , 1953-1971.


Box-folder
1.4			Newspaper Clippings about Phi Kappa Phi, 1963.
Box-folder
1.5			Bracker gift to NAU's South Academic Center Library, 1971.
Box-folder
1.6			Dedication of South Academic Center, 1971.
Box-folder
1.7			Articles about Rudy Lavik, early NAU football coach, 1965.
Box-folder
1.8			Newspaper clippings about the Brackers, 1953, 1961.
Box-folder
1.9			The Pine, 1923.
Box-folder
1.10			The Northern Arizona Normal School Annual Announcement, 1916.


Series three, box 1, personal documents belonging to Bracker, 1953-1971.
Box-folder
1.11			Northern Arizona Normal School High School Diploma(NANS), 1923.
Box-folder
1.12			Northern Arizona State Teachers College Football Letter, 1925.
Box-folder
1.13			Northern Arizona State Teachers College two year Teacher Training diploma, 1925.
Box-folder
1.14			Northern Arizona State Teachers College diploma holder.
Box-folder
1.15			Northern Arizona State Teachers Collge first degree graduate diploma, 1927.
Box-folder
1.16			Northern Arizona State Teachers College commencement program, June 10-15, 1927.
Box-folder
1.17			Arizona Teaching Certificates, elementary and secondary, 1925-1931.
Box-folder
1.18			Teacher's certificate in Penmanship, April 21, 1924.
Box-folder
1.19			Certificate of membership in the "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine," , May 10, 1929.
Box-folder
1.20			Order of Gregg Artists,
Box-folder
1.21			Certificate of membership in the Scottish Rite, October 16, 1928.


Photographs NAU.PH.82.7, 1912-1970.
	Thirty-eight black-and-white photographs collected by Jacob "Jake" Bracker. Most of them were taken in the early 1920s while Bracker was a student at the Normal Arizona Normal School--Northern Arizona State Teachers College (now Northern Arizona University). Many of the photographs document buildings, students, and activities at Northern Arizona Normal School in the early 1920s during Bracker's years as a student. They include images of the Main Building (now Old Main), Ashurst, the Training School Building (now the Blome Building), Taylor Hall, Bury Hall, the presidential residence, McMullen Field, football games and players, the track team, the womens' basketball team, a group of women students dressed in football uniforms, student portraits and group shots, training school students, the training school orchestra, and the wood shop. Also included are one photograph of the 1970s NAU hockey team, images of downtown Flagstaff in the 1920s, logs on lumber railroad cars, the Forester's Cabin at Walnut Canyon, the San Francisco Peaks, and Chief Indian Miller's daughter, Umaybensen.
	Digital versions of these images are available here.

		NAU.PH.82.7.9: McMullen Field [during football game], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1922. Black-and-White Photograph, 10.5 x 25.
		NAU.PH.82.7.12: [Northern Arizona Normal School football team. Coach R.H. Drake in back, wearing suit and tie.], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Carson Studio, ca. 1923. Black-and-White Photograph, 12 x 17.
		NAU.PH.82.7.16: Hodey Stevens, Pratt [members of Northern Arizona Normal School track team], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1923. Black-and-White Photograph, 13.5 x 8.
		NAU.PH.82.7.23: Colored boy is Benny ? [Creator's original title], Roland Hamblin, Egrin, mother was in charge of Bury Hall, Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1922. Black-and-White Photograph, 11.5 x 17.
		NAU.PH.82.7.30: [Northern Arizona University hockey team], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1970s. Black-and-White Photograph, 19.5 x 24.