Jake Bracker Collection

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Volume:: 38 black-and-white photographs.
Views Include:: Buildings, students, and activities at Northern Arizona Normal School in the early 1920s, such as: 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.

Biographic Notes:: Jacob 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 NANS-NASTC he earned a high school diploma, a two-year teaching certificate, and a four-year Bachelor of Education degree (he was the first student in the history of the institution to receive the latter). He majored in commerce. As a student, he was a leader and promoter, serving as editor of the student newspaper The Pine, managing athletic teams, and writing school publicity. In 1923 he was awarded the President's Prize for his contributions. Throughout his life, he remained a strong supperter of his alma mater, ultimately receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1969. Mr. Bracker passed away on January 3, 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Cline Library
Special Collections and Archives Department
Northern Arizona University