A Guide to the John H. Reagan Papers, 1847-1949
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905 | |
| Title | John H. Reagan Papers | |
| Dates: | 1847-1949 | |
| Abstract | Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, literary productions, transcriptions of United States congressional records, and newspaper clippings document the business and political careers of John H. Reagan. | |
| Accession No. | 70-100; 88-344; 2007-078; 2009-262 | |
| OCLC no: | 26759038 | |
| Extent | 2 ft., 3 in. | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Born in Tennessee in 1818, Reagan came to Texas in 1839. He was an attorney, a judge, a militia officer, and a Texas legislator who served in both houses of the United States Congress; in the Congress and as Postmaster-General of the Confederacy; and as the first Railroad Commissioner of Texas.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, literary productions, transcriptions of United States congressional records, and newspaper clippings document the business and political careers of John H. Reagan. Biographical materials include research notes of Benjamin Hervey Good for a thesis, and a paper by Ruth White.
Records of Black Range Mining District; Bullion Gold and Silver Company; Richard H. Hopper; Lockhart, Hopper Brothers and Company; and Asa Barnaby; all in Territory of New Mexico; and of Sierra Land and Cattle Company, of Territory of New Mexico and Kansas City, are included.
Arrangement | ||
| Organized by type of material, arranged chronologically. | ||
Restrictions
Access Restricitons
Unrestricted access.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905--Archives. | ||
| Barnaby, Asa | ||
| Good, Benjamin Hervey. | ||
| Hopper, Richard H. | ||
| White, Ruth. | ||
| Subjects (Organizations) | ||
| Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
| Bullion Gold and Silver Company (N.M.) | ||
| Lockhart, Hopper Brothers and Company (N.M.) | ||
| Sierra Land and Cattle Company (N.M.) | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Cattle trade--New Mexico--History--Sources. | ||
| Land companies--New Mexico--History--Sources. | ||
| Mines and mineral resources--New Mexico--History--Sources. | ||
| Texas--History--1846-1950--Sources. | ||
| Texas--Politics and government--1846-1865. | ||
| Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950. | ||
| New Mexico. Black Range Mining District | ||
Related Material
John H. Reagan Correspondence and Papers. Archives Division, Texas State Library, Box 12927, Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711 USA. |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
John Henninger 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.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Benjamin Hervey Good Papers: | |||||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||||
| 2K333 | John Henninger Reagan, notes, 1932 | ||||||||||||
| 1848-1890 | |||||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||||
| 2K334 | 1891-1897 | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1933-1935, and undated | |||||||||||||
Black Range Mining District, New Mexico, Records: | |||||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||||
| 2K329 | Legal and financial papers: | ||||||||||||
| 1881-1899, undated | |||||||||||||
| box | |||||||||||||
| 2.325/V58 | [oversized] 1884-1891 | ||||||||||||