Abstract
The J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence (1927-1928) consists of correspondence between J. K. W. Bracken as buyer for the Bruce M. Barnard Co. and seller Bingham Mercantile Company for the purchase of Native American (Navajo) rugs and blankets. It also contains invoices and descriptions of the design significance of the individual rugs. J. K. W. Bracken was the brother of Walter Bracken and they both worked for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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The J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence (1927-1928) consists of correspondence between J. K. W. Bracken as buyer for the Bruce M. Barnard Co., located in Shiprock, New Mexico, and seller Bingham Mercantile Company, located in Bingham, Utah, for the purchase of Native American (Navajo) rugs and blankets. It also contains invoices and descriptions of the design significance of the individual rugs. J. K. W. Bracken was the brother of Walter Bracken and both worked for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Collection is open for research.
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Material remains in original order.
Preferred Citation
J. K. W. Bracken Correspondence, 1927-1928. MS-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Accession number: 1015.
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In 2018, as part of a backlog elimination project, Joyce Moore wrote a finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.