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Title: James A. Brewster papers,
Date (inclusive): 1823-1954
Date (bulk): (bulk 1870-1907)
Collection number: MS 193
Creator:
Brewster, James A.
Extent:
0.6 linear feet
1.5 document boxes
1.5 document boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Includes journalism and an autobiography by the American writer James Brewster, as well as documents and other materials related
to him.
Physical location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
James A. Brewster papers. MS 193. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Elliot Evans, 1971.
Brewster was born in Blooming Grove, New York, in 1830. He began his journalistic work on the newspaper at Beliot College
in Wisconsin, and continued to contribute to newspapers throughout the country steadily until shortly before his death. Brewster
married Lucy Gale Truesdell, and then in 1858 moved to San Francisco. In addition to writing and serving occasionally as
an editor, he held a succession of other jobs, including hotel man, lumber boss, and farm hand, and more ofen, school teacher,
first in "the gold fields" and then on the island of Oahu, where he opened "Brewster's School" in Honolulu. He traveled widely
within the United States and Europe, writing under various pseudonyms besides his own name, including Algernon, Truthful James,
Cottonade, Bumlebee, and Veritas. Returning to California, Brewster started the first public school in Santa Barbara before
ending up in Santa Cruz, where he died in 1907.
Includes documents, journalism, an autobiography, and other materials either by or related to James Brewster.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Brewster, James A. (James Arbuckle)
Journalist--American
Autobiography--Man Authors
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Evans, Maud McKay