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Bradley, Martin, and Haegler family documents, 1826-1978
Manuscript Collection 963
INFORMATION ABOUT HERBERT BRADLEY MARTIN
Herbert Bradley Martin (December 11, 1888-August 5, 1918) was a 1911 graduate of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and the first United States serviceman from Bradley County, Arkansas, who was killed in action during World War I. His parents were descendents of early Arkansas pioneer families. Herbert's father, Dr. Charles N. Martin (1854-1944) was the son of Dr. John Wilson Martin, a Virginia native who followed his brother to southeast Arkansas in 1845. Herbert's mother was Sarah Eunice Bradley (1862-1935) granddaughter of the founder of Bradley County, Hugh Bradley (1783-1854). Herbert was raised in Warren and attended the public schools. When he attended college at Fayetteville, he majored in chemistry and a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Before the entry of the United States into the European war, Herbert lived in Dallas, Texas, where he worked for the Western Union office and courted a local girl, Maybelle Stiener. He enlisted in Company I, 30th Engineers, United States Army, in December, 1917, and sailed for France the following March. On August 5, 1918, while standing guard duty near the town of Chery-Chartreuve, Herbert Martin was killed by an artillery shell.
Aside from his parents, only Herbert's sisters survived him. Dorthea "Dot" Martin (1896-1981) never married and became principal of the Warren Primary School, retiring in 1962. Alma Martin married Arthur E. Haegler, a civil engineer originally from Alton, Illinois, and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He may have served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War I and during World War II he worked for the Corps out of the Galveston, Texas, office. During this period he was active in flood control construction projects along the Arkansas River. Their daughter, Shirley Ann Heagler, was the mother of Jim and Mark Griggs, the donors of this collection.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION
The Herbert Bradley Martin family papers have been arranged by document type in series of letters, legal documents, financial papers, printed materials, scrapbooks, and photographs. Generally speaking, the earliest records pertain to the Bradley family, including relatives living in Texas and Kentucky. Materials dating from near the turn of the century pertain to the Martins, specifically Herbert, his parents and siblings. The latest materials deal with the Heaglers. To facilitate the understanding of the relationships between people mentioned in the documents, a family tree is presented below.
Letters, legal documents, financial papers, scrapbook materials, and photographs pertaining to the Bradley, Martin, and Haegler families of Warren, Bradley County, Arkansas, were donated to Special Collections by Mark and Jim Griggs of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on June 17, 1989.
Processed by Kim Allen Scott, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in August, 1989.
Hugh Bradley (1783-1854); married
Martha Hunter (1792-1856); their eldest son:
1. James Bradley (1813-1879); married
Sarah Mosely (1827-1897); their children:
a. Oregon "Orrie" Bradley (1863-1943); married
Louis Charles Craig (1859-1935)
b. John R. Bradley (1858-1894)
c. Samuel H. Bradley
d. Martha Laura Bradley
e. Sara Eunice Bradley (1862-1935); married
Charles Nicklin Martin (1854-1944); their children:
Herbert Bradley Martin (1888-1918)
Charles Wilson Martin (1904-1918)
Kimball Martin (1894-1894)
Dorthea Martin (1896-1981)
Marion Alma Martin (1890-1982?); married
Arthur E. Heagler (1898-1973)
CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
2 linear feet
Series 1. Letters,
1859-1978 (Box 1)
Series
2. Diaries and memoranda books, 1862-1945 (Boxes 1 and 2)
Series 3. Legal documents,
1859-1972 (Box 2, Folders 3-9)
Series 4.
Financial Papers, 1838-ca. 1940s (Box 2, Folders 10-15)
Series 5.
Scrapbooks and memorabilia, 1962-1981 (Box 3)
Series 6. Printed
material, 1960s-1981 (Box 4, Folders 1-11)
Series 7. Miscellaneous,
ca. 1820s-1918 (Box 4)
Series 8. Photographs,
ca. 1880s-1970s (Box 5)
Series 1. Letters,
1859-1978 (Box 1)
Letters written by various members of the Bradley, Martin, and Heagler family, or written to them from friends, business associates, and distant relatives. Almost all of the nineteenth-century letters concern the Bradley family. Samuel H. Bradley, brother to Sara Eunice Bradley Martin, wrote to his mother and sisters from locations in Kentucky and Missouri while working for different railroad companies. Mary P. Green was a niece of James Bradley who wrote to him and her other Bradley cousins from Pennington, Texas. Letters from the turn of the century through the 1920s are mostly from the Herbert Bradley Martin family, including those written by him after his entry into the army and up to the week before his death in France. Maybelle Stiener, Herbert's girlfriend, also wrote to the family from her home in Dallas. The most recent letters in this series generally pertain to the Arthur Heagler family, including many letters of recommendation written in Arthur's behalf by former employers. Other contemporary letters concern Dorthea "Dot" Martin, who lived with her sister, Alma Martin Heagler, after her husband Arthur's death in 1973.
Box 1
1. Letters, 1859-1883.
2. Letters, 1890-1895.
3. Letters, 1896-1899.
4. Letters, ca. 1890s.
5. Letters, 1902-1916.
6. Letters, 1917.
7. Letters, January-April, 1918.
8. Letters, June-August, 1918.
9. Letters, September, 1918.
10. Letters, October-December, 1918.
11. Letters, 1919-1920.
12. Letters, 1921-1940.
13. Letters, 1941-1949.
14. Letters, 1951-1978.
Series 2. Diaries and memoranda books, 1862-1945 (Boxes 1 and 2)
Diaries and memoranda books kept by James Bradley, Samuel H. Bradley, Sara Eunice Bradley Martin, and Arthur Heagler. The first five memoranda books, placed in folders 15 and 16, were probably kept by James Bradley. In addition to the daily weather and farming activity entries there are expense notations and other financial records. The diary of Samuel H. Bradley covers only a few weeks in the spring of 1883 and is also primarily a weather journal with additional ledger-type notations. The diaries of Sarah Eunice Bradley Martin are more in the style of conventional diaries with daily activity entries. The last diary, kept by Arthur Heagler, is a small memorandum book of appointments and expenses during the spring of 1945.
Box 1 (cont'd)
15. James Bradley, ca. 1862-1866, 1867-1868.
16. James Bradley, ca. 1870-1872, 1872-1873, 1875.
17. Samuel H. Bradley, 1883.
Box 2
1. Sarah Martin, March-May, 1896; January 11, 1925-May 12, 1945;
January-October, 1933.
2. Arthur Heagler, April-May, 1945.
Series 3. Legal documents, 1859-1972 (Box 2, Folders 3-9)
Real estate and poll tax receipts; land deeds, mortgages, plat maps, and titles; will, contract, and estray notice, all pertaining to the Bradley, Martin, and Heagler families. Of particular interest in this series is an 1854 will made out by Hugh Bradley, the father of James Bradley, itemizing the distribution of his property. Oversize materials from this series have been removed to Manuscript Collections Oversize Box 11.
Box 2 (cont'd)
3. Tax receipts, 1859-1877.
4. Tax receipts, 1880-1889.
5. Tax receipts, 1890-1899.
6. Tax receipts, 1900-1906.
7. Tax receipts, 1912-1972, n.d.
8. Land documents, 1850-1934.
9. Legal documents, 1854-1884.
Series
4. Financial Papers, 1838-ca. 1940s (Box 2, Folders 10-15)
Promissory notes, ledger sheets, bank account statements, cancelled checks, and civilian ration coupon books from World War II issued to Dorthea Martin, Shirley Ann Heagler, and Arthur Heagler. The promissory notes and ledger sheets from the nineteenth-century almost all pertain to the Bradley family. Twentieth-century materials concern the Martins and Heaglers.
Box 2 (cont'd)
10. Financial papers, 1838-1867.
11. Financial papers, 1870-1887.
12. Financial papers, 1890-1897.
13. Financial papers, 1900-1932.
14. Cancelled checks, 1902-1933.
15. War ration coupon books.
Series 5. Scrapbooks and memorabilia, 1962-1981 (Box 3)
Scrapbook, labeled "Our Miss Dot," to commemorate the 1962 retirement of Dorthea Martin, principal of Warren Primary School, including floral cards, congratulatory messages, and student letters; 1952 datebook with inspirational magazine and newspaper clippings taped and laid-in, maintained by Dorthea Martin; funeral guest register for Dorthea Martin, 1981; funeral guest register for Arthur Heagler, 1973; floral cards from the funeral of Arthur Heagler, 1973.
Box 3
1. Our Miss Dot, student letters.
2. Our Miss Dot, student letters.
3. Our Miss Dot, student letters.
4. Our Miss Dot, clippings, cards, congratulations.
5. Dorthea Martin, 1952 date book.
6. Funeral register, Dorthea Mart, 1981.
7. Funeral register, Arthur Heagler, 1973.
8. Floral cards, Arthur Heagler, 1973.
Newspaper clippings pertaining to the Martin family; newspaper clippings collected by Arthur Heagler, mostly columns dealing with the topic of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer activities in Arkansas; calling and business cards for Alma Martin Heagler and acquaintances; funeral announcements and bereavement cards for Herbert Bradley Martin, Kimball Martin, John R. Bradley and others; church programs, Warren Chamber of Commerce and other civic club brochures, and a 1940 yearbook of the Delta Beta Sigma sorority; two publications from the Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois; licenses and membership cards issued to Arthur Heagler; certificates, awards, and diplomas issued to various members of the Bradley, Martin, and Heagler families; printed ephemera including a small broadside announcing James Bradley's candidacy for Bradley County Judge, 1878, and an advertising card for the Warren Hotel, ca. 1860s. Oversize materials in this series have been placed in the Manuscript Collections Oversize Box 11.
Box 4
1. Clippings, 1910-1981.
2. Clippings, ca. 1940s-1950s.
3. Calling and business cards, ca. 1890s-1940s.
4. Funeral announcements, 1894-1918.
5. Booklets and brochures, ca. 1910s-1940
6. Booklets and brochures, 1945-1983.
7. Rugby ‘09, WMA yearbook.
8. WMA catalog, 1909-1910.
9. Licenses and cards, Heagler.
10. Certificates and awards, 1872-1961.
11. Ephemera, ca. 1860s-1890s.
Series 7. Miscellaneous, ca. 1820s-1918 (Box 4)
Pages from a family Bible with dates of birth given for members of a Franklin family; handwritten invitation to an open house at the Bradley home; 1883; handwritten memorial poem for Herbert Bradley Martin, 1918; typewritten memorial resolution for Charles Wilson Martin, 1918; recipe for laxative, n.d.
Box 4 (cont'd)
15. Miscellaneous.
Series 8. Photographs,
ca. 1880s-1970s (Box 5)
Formal and informal portraits of various members of the Bradley, Martin, and Heagler families, scenic views of the Martin family home and other locations around Warren, Arkansas, and aerial views of engineering projects along the Arkansas River during the flood of 1943. Unless otherwise indicated, photographs 1-44 are all portraits. Photographs 45-48 are group portraits which include Arthur Heagler. Photographs 50-54 are outdoor scenes of engineering projects which may or may not be in Arkansas. Photographs 55-110 are 8" x 10" aerial and ground views of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction sites of flood control works along the Arkansas River at locations including Rob Roy, Reydel, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Troops shown in these photographs include the 75th Engineers Light Ponton Company and the 95th Engineers General Service Regiment, a black regiment. All of these photographs have typed captions on the reverse. Photographs 45 and 48 have been placed with over-oversize photographs in the Special Collections Department. Other oversize photographs, indicated "OV," are placed in Manuscript Collections Oversize Box 11.
Box 5
Folder 1. Photographs 1-10.
1. John Wilson Martin, ca. 1880s.
2. John Wilson Martin, ca. 1880s.
3. John Wilson Martin and Sarah M. Martin, ca. 1880s. Informal
outdoor view of the couple on the front porch of the Martin home in Warren.
4. "Major Martin".
5. "Mr. Lewis, Mr. Wilson, Papa [Charles Nicklin Martin]" ca
1890s. Informal outdoor snapshot of three men standing on a Warren
street.
6. Charles Nicklin Martin, 1904.
7. Charles Wilson Martin, 1904.
8. [Charles Wilson Martin], ca. 1908.
9. Charles Wilson Martin, ca. 1914.
10. Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1910.
Folder 2. Photographs 11-20.
11. Dorthea Martin, ca. 1900.
12. Marion Alma, Dorthea, and Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1900.
13. Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1916.
14. Herbert Bradley Martin, 1918.
15. Herbert Bradley Martin, 1918.
16. Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, University of Arkansas, 1908.
OV.
17. Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, University of Arkansas, 1912.
OV.
18. Herbert Bradley Martin gravesite, C-C, France, 1918.
Poetry on verso, probably written by Maybelle Stiener.
19. Churchyard, C-C, France, 1918. Probably the location
of Martin's grave.
20. Close-up of view of photograph 18.
Folder 3. Photographs 21-30.
21. Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1910.
22. Sarah Eunice Bradley Martin, Dorthea Martin, and "Mrs. McClure,"
San Francisco, California, 1920.
23. Alma Shelton, Dorthea Martin, Earl Ballard, ca. 1915.
Outdoor snapshot of three women standing by a brick and stone monument.
24. Alma Shelton, Dorthea Martin, Earl Ballard, ca. 1915.
Outdoor snapshot of three women standing on a residential street.
25. Dorthea Martin, 1947.
26. Dorthea Martin, ca. 1950s.
27. Dorthea Martin, ca. 1960s.
28. Mabel Mack, ca. 1900.
29. John Wilson Martin home, Warren, ca. 1920s.
30. John Wilson Martin home, ca. 1950s.
Folder 4. Photographs 31-40.
31. Warren street scene, ca. 1910. Postcard.
32. Arthur E. Heagler, 1898.
33. Arthur E. Heagler and family, ca. 1910.
34. White Hussar Band, Alton, Illinois, ca. 1909.
35. White Hussar Band, Alton, Illinois, ca. 1910.
36. White Hussar Band, Alton, Illinois, ca. 1910.
37. White Hussar Band, Alton, Illinois, ca. 1910.
38. Arthur, John, and Ed Heagler, ca. 1920s.
39. Arthur E. Heagler, ca. 1950s.
40. Shirley Ann Heagler and Alma Martin Heagler, Hot Springs,
1942.
Folder 5. Photographs 41-49.
41. Shirley Ann Heagler, 1930. OV.
42. Shirley Ann Heagler, ca. 1935.
43. Shirley Ann Heagler, 1939.
44. Shirley Ann Heagler, ca. 1940s.
45. Eleventh annual convention and first industrial exposition,
National Drainage Congress, Kansas City, Missouri, September 25-29, 1922.
Group portrait which may include Arthur Heagler.
46. Associated State Engineers of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee,
and Mississippi at the Hotel Kingsley, Hot Springs, May 16, 1930.
Group portrait includes Arthur, Alma, and Shirley Heagler.
47. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Conference,
November 30, 1942. Group portrait includes Arthur Heagler, OV.
48. Company I, 23rd Engineers, U.S. Army, Camp Laurel, Maryland,
February 14, 1918. Group portrait which may include Arthur Heagler.
49. Swamp land in Cache River Drainage #2, Green County, Arkansas,
Summer, 1919.
Folder 6. Photographs 50-60.
50-54. Unidentified engineering projects, ca. 1930s.
55-60. Aerial views of Arkansas River at flood stage near Arkansas
Post, Gillett, and Cummings, May 18, 1943.
Folder 7. Photographs 61-70.
61-65. Aerial views of Arkansas River at flood stage near Arkansas
Post, Gillett, and Cummings, May 18, 1943.
66-70. Aerial views of Arkansas River at flood stage near Farewell
Lake, May 18, 1943.
Folder 8. Photographs 71-79.
71-72. Aerial view of Arkansas River at flood stage near Rob Roy,
May 18, 1943.
73-79. Aerial view of Arkansas River, no specific location given,
May 18, 1943.
Folder 9. Photographs 80-97.
Surface views of engineering projects along the Arkansas River near Reydel and construction crews at work from the 95th Engineers General Service Regiment and the 75th Engineers Light Ponton Company, May 26-June 4, 1943.
Folder 10. Photographs 98-110.
98-107. Aerial views of the Arkansas River at flood stage near
Diamond Cutoff, Reydel, Pine Bluff, and Farewell Lake, May 29, 1943.
108. Street scene, West Memphis, Arkansas, ca. 1940s.
109. Street scene, West Memphis, Arkansas, ca. 1940s.
110. Aerial view of the Arkansas River at flood stage near Arkansas
Post, May 18, 1943.
Folder 11. Photographs 111-122.
111. Sarah Eunice Bradley Martin, 1909.
112. Sarah and Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1915.
113. Dorthea Martin, 1909.
114. Dorthea Martin, ca. 1915.
115. Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1915.
116. Herbert Bradley Martin, ca. 1917.
117. Maybelle Stiener, ca. 1918.
118. Charles Wilson Martin, ca. 1906.
119. John Wilson Martin, ca. 1880s.
120. Martin family home, ca. 1906.
121. Arthur Heagler, ca. 1908.
122. Arthur Heagler, ca. 1920.