urn:taro:utexas.cah.00148 A Guide to the John H. Reagan Papers, 1847-1949 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, January 2001. Finding aid written in English. October 4, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:28:06 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00148 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). October 2009 Revisions by Megan Mummey. Descriptive Summary Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905 Reagan (John H.) Papers 1847-1949 1932; 1942; 1945; 1950; 70-100; 88-344; 2006-030; 2007-078; 2009-262 26759038 2 ft., 3 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, literary productions, transcriptions of United States congressional records, and newspaper clippings comprise the John H. Reagan Papers, 1847-1949, documenting Reagan’s political and business career. English. Biographical Note

Born in Sevier County, Tennessee, John Henniger Reagan (1818-1905) came to Texas in 1839. He was an attorney, a judge, a militia officer, and a Democratic politician who served in the U. S. House of Representatives both before and after the Civil War (1858-1861, 1875-1887), and as a U. S. Senator from Texas (1887-1891). In 1861, Reagan was appointed by President Jefferson Davis to be the Confederate Postmaster-General. He also served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury until his capture in 1865. In later life, Reagan served as the first Railroad Commissioner of Texas (1891-1903) and founded the Texas State Historical Association in 1897.

Source: “Reagan, John Henninger.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed March 27, 2012. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000098.

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, literary productions, transcriptions of United States congressional records, and newspaper clippings comprise the John H. Reagan Papers, 1847-1949, documenting Reagan’s political and business career. Biographical materials include research notes of Benjamin Hervey Good for a thesis, and a paper by Ruth White. Records also pertain to Richard H. Hopper, the Black Range Mining District, the Bullion Gold and Silver Company, the Lockhart, Hopper Brothers and Company, and the Sierra Land and Cattle Company.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905 -- Archives. Good, Benjamin Hervey. Hopper, Richard H. White, Ruth. Subjects (Organizations) Railroad Commission of Texas -- History. Bullion Gold and Silver Company (N.M.) Lockhart, Hopper Brothers and Company (N.M.) Sierra Land and Cattle Company (N.M.) Confederate States of America. Post-Office Dept. Subjects Cattle trade -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Land companies -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Places Texas -- History -- 1846-1950 -- Sources. Texas -- Politics and government -- 1846-1865. Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. New Mexico. Black Range Mining District New Mexico -- History -- 19th century. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Confederate States of America -- Politics and government. Access Restricitons

This collection is open for research use.

 Preferred Citation

John H. Reagan Papers, 1847-1949, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Other Finding Aids

Described in: Kielman, Chester, comp. and ed. University of Texas Archives. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967, p. 295.

 Related Material

John H. Reagan Correspondence and Papers. Archives Division, Texas State Library, Box 12927, Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711 USA.

 John Henninger Reagan papers: 2K329 Correspondence, 1858-1905 2K329 Letter press, 1870, 1871 2K329 Newspaper clippings, 1886-1906, and undated 2K329 Speeches, 1886-1891 2K329 Literary productions: 2K329 Manuscript concerning taxation, undated 2K329 John H. Reagan, First Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, by Ruth White, 1949 2K329 Transcriptions: 2K329 Party platforms, 1852-1896 2K329 Peter's Colony, 1852-1854 2K329 Postal Service, C. S. A., 1861-1864 2K329 Correspondence: 2K330 1847-1890 2K331 1891-1904, and undated 2K331 Appointment to the position of Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America, [photostat], March 20, 1862 2K331 Memoirs and histories, excerpts 2K331 Newspaper clippings: 2K331 1847-1886 2K332 1887-1931 2K332 Speeches, 1872-1903 2K332 U.S. Congress, proceedings: 2K332 1858-1859 2K333 1858-1891, and undated 2K333 Incomplete and undated with list of references Benjamin Hervey Good Papers: 2K333 John Henninger Reagan, notes, 1932 2K333 1848-1890 2K334 1891-1897 2K334 Miscellaneous, 1933-1935, and undated Richard H. Hopper papers: 2K329 Legal and financial Papers: 2K329 1883-1885 2.325/V58 [oversized] 1886-1891 2K329 Lockhart, Hopper Bros. and Co., New Mexico, 1884-1886 2K329 Sierra Land and Cattle Co., New Mexico: 2K329 Legal and financial papers: 2K329 1886-1891, 1898, undated 2.325/V58 [oversized] 1886-1887, and undated Black Range Mining District, New Mexico, Records: 2K329 Legal and financial papers: 2K329 1881-1899, undated 2.325/V58 [oversized] 1884-1891