Descriptive Summary
Newcomb, James P. (James
Pearson), 1837-1907
James Pearson Newcomb, Sr.
Papers
1835-1941
21509352
7 ft.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University
of Texas at Austin
English
Biographical Note
Newcomb's San Antonio pro-Union newspaper, the Alamo Express, was destroyed by a mob on 13 November
1861, and his life was threatened. He fled to Mexico and then California where
he joined Col. J.H. Carleton's California Column on its trek through Arizona
and New Mexico. He later went on mining expeditions in Arizona and published a
newspaper in San Francisco before returning to Texas in 1867.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; letterbook; notebooks and scrapbook; journals and
diaries; speeches and reports; business, political, and legal documents;
newspaper clippings; and copies of the WPA Historical Records Survey of the
Newcomb material as well as photographs and genealogy arranged chronologically
by subject.
Papers concern the career of James Pearson Newcomb, a newspaper
publisher and journalist who, as a Union supporter, was forced to flee to
California by way of Mexico during the Civil War but returned to Texas after
the war, served in the Reconstruction government, founded and wrote for
newspapers in the San Antonio area, and was a leader in state Republican
politics. Papers document his activities as registrar of voters during
Reconstruction and secretary of the state of Texas under Governor Edmund J.
Davis (1869-1873), his appointment as San Antonio postmaster (1883), and his
role as a member and officer of various important Republican organizations.
Included also are papers of James Pearson Newcomb, Jr., and his notes on his
father's papers.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Carleton, James Henry,
1814-1873.
Clark, William T. (William
Thomas), 1831-1905.
Davis, Edmund Jackson,
1827-1883.
DeGress, Jacob C.,
1842-1894.
Evans, Ira Hobart,
1844-1923.
Hamilton, Morgan Calvin,
1809-1893.
MacGregor, Henry Frederick,
1855-1923.
Newcomb, James Pearson,
Jr., b. 1881.
Newcomb, James P. (James
Pearson), 1837-1907--Archives.
Newcomb family.
Ruby, George T., b.
1841.
Siemering, August,
1828-1883.
Subjects (Organizations)
Historical Records Survey
(Tex.).
Republican Party
(Tex.)--History--19th Century--Sources.
Republican Party (Tex.)
State convention (1896: Houston)
Union League of
America--History--Sources.
Texas. Constitutional
Convention, 1868-1869.
Alamo express (San Antonio,
Tex.: 1860-1861)
Evening light (San Antonio,
Tex.: 1881)
San Antonio express (San
Antonio, Tex.: 1875)
Subjects
Elections--Texas--History--19th century.
Journalists--Texas.
Newspapers--Texas.
Politicians--Texas.
Reconstruction--Texas.
Statesmen--Texas.
Places
San Antonio
(Tex.)--History--Sources.
San Francisco
(Cal.)--History--Sources.
Texas--Governors.
Texas--History--Civil War,
1861-1865.
Texas--Politics and
government--1865-1950.
Other Authors
Davis, Edmund Jackson,
1827-1883.
Preferred Citation
James Pearson Newcomb, Sr., Papers, 1835-1941, Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Separated Material
James Pearson Newcomb Papers, San Antonio Public Library, 203 Saint
Mary's Street, S., San Antonio, Texas 78205, U.S.A.
Newcomb papers:
2F105
General correspondence:
2F105
1857-May 1871.
2F106
June 1871-July
1872.
2F107
August
1872-1881.
2F108
1882-1907 and
undated.
2F108
James Pearson Newcomb, Jr., correspondence,
1908-1941.
2F108
Letters to Nettie (Mrs. James Pearson Newcomb, Sr.),
1871-1873.
2F108
Letters to his children from James Pearson Newcomb, Sr.,
1887-1907.
2F109
Political documents,
1861-1900 and
undated.
2F109
Letterpress pages,
1870-1875.
2F109
Letterpress,
1870-1875.
2F110
Legal papers,
1879-1906.
2F110
Notebooks,
1835-1856 and
undated.
2F110
Journals and diaries,
1857-1871.
2F110
Thomas Newcomb [?] travel journal,
1836-1837
(transcript, 2 copies).
2F110
Family history,
1836-1872 and
undated.
2F110
Receipts and certificates,
1847-1882.
2F110
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings,
1862-1905 and
undated.
2F110
Clippings scrapbook,
1867-1876.
2F110
Land and mines stock certificates,
1864-1907.
2F110
Newcomb letter inventory (alphabetical).
WPA Historical Records Survey:
2F111
Letter inventory
(2 copies)
1839-1870.
2F112
1871.
2F113
1872-1873.
2F114
1874-1888.
2F115
1889-1907 and
undated.
2F115
Newspaper inventory
(2 copies):
2F115
Alphabetical.
2F115
Chronological.
2F116
Book inventory
(2 copies):
2F116
Fiction and miscellaneous.
2F116
Textbooks and miscellaneous.
2F116
Texas-related and miscellaneous.
2F117
Magazine inventory
(2 copies).
2F117
Pamphlet and circular inventory
(2 copies).
2F117
Miscellaneous document inventory
(2 copies).
2F117
Art work inventory
(2 copies).
2F117
Map inventory and miscellaneous
(2 copies).
2F117
Bibliography and document inventory, WPA
arrangement.
2F117
Books and pamphlets, WPA arrangement.
2F118
Newspaper inventory, WPA arrangement.
2F118
Working papers:
2F118
Kennedy-Pitts.
2F119
Kennedy-Pitts.
2F119
Spain-Kennedy.
2F119
Kennedy-Rogers.
2F120
Kennedy-Rogers.
2F120
Seymour-Barnes.
3S34
Photographs.
3S34
Photographs.
4L858
Newcomb family Bible.
4L858
Newcomb family Bible.
2.325/V53
Oversize documents.