Bracklin, Edward

Student file of Minnie Black Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906 and ultimately departed on June 4, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains an outing record, applications for enrollment, student information cards, medical/physical records,…

Student information card of Minnie Black Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906 and ultimately departed on June 4, 1914.

Note: Black Hawk married fellow student Edward Bracklin.

Note: Although this card shows Gros Ventre, a member of the Fort Berthold community has indicated that this…

Progress card of Edward Bracklin, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1909.

Student file of Edward Bracklin, a member of the Chippewa nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1909 and ultimately graduated in 1914, departing on April 8, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, news clippings, medical/…

Student information card of Edward Bracklin, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1909. The card indicates that Bracklin was living in Van Hook, North Dakota in 1915. 

Note: Bracklin married fellow student Minnie Black Hawk. Other records indicate he graduated in 1914 and departed the school on…

The handwritten notes on the reverse side reads: BRACKLIN Bracklin [illegible] half

This image is of Edward Bracklin, a member of the football team, in football uniform standing on an athletic field.

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Portrait of Edward Bracklin in football uniform standing on an athletic field. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: BRACKLIN  CALAC  GUYON  WELCH  VETTERNACK

The individuals in this photograph are Edward Bracklin, Peter Calac, Joseph Guyon, Gus Welch, and George Vetternack.

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.…

Studio portrait of Edward Bracklin wearing an athletic uniform and holding a lacrosse stick.

This image was scanned from The Red Man, Vol. III, No. 7, 1911/03.

Four football players. identified in handwritten captions as, from left to right, as Pratt, Bracklin, Garlow, and Wallette. 

Portrait of Edward Bracklin in football uniform standing on an athletic field. 

A typed transcript of Edward Bracklin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Bracklin was a student at Carlisle.

Bracklin first discusses the tension between the student body and Superintendent Friedman then testifies to the poor health and safety conditions of the school (lack of towels, lack…

Edward Bracklin's affidavit discusses athletics at Carlisle. A student at the time, Bracklin critiques athletic director Glenn Warner's conduct and character.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit  L.

A student at Carlisle at the time, Joseph Guyon's affidavit discusses the flaws of athletic director Glenn S. Warner.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit M.

These materials relate to tension between Superintendent Moses Friedman and mathematics teacher Roy L. Mann. There is a clipping from The Carlisle Arrow vol. 10, no. 3 (September 19, 1913) about Mann being made advisor of YMCA, an affidavit from Mann where he answers questions posed by Inspector Linnen, and correspondence written by…

Addressed to Commissioner Sells and signed by 55 student athletes, this petition asks that school athletic director Glenn Warner be removed for his position due to his poor moral character and conduct. The petition includes nine different critiques ranging from Warner's use of "profane and abusive language" to his practice of suppressing…