Guide to the James A. Brewster Papers
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Guide to the James A. Brewster Papers
Collection number: MS 193
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Contact Information:
- Special Collections and Archives
- University Library
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz, California, 95064
- Email: specoll@library.ucsc.edu
- URL: http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/
- Processed by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
- Date Completed:
- March 2004
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- UCSC OAC Unit
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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
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.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
James A. Brewster papers. MS 193. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Elliot Evans, 1971.
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Contents Note
Includes documents, journalism, an autobiography, and other materials either by or related to James Brewster.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Brewster, James A. (James Arbuckle)
Journalist--American
Autobiography--Man Authors
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Evans, Maud McKay
Biographical, 1919-1964
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series contains biographical material about James Brewster, and also a short memoir attributed to Lucy Truesdell Brewster.
Box-folder 1:1
By Maude McKay Evans, n.d.
Box-folder 1:2
Memoir [by L.T.Brewster?], n.d.
Box-folder 1:3
Notebook with autobiography, begun in 1890.
Box-folder 1:4
Photographs and tintype portraits, c.1860-1900
Correspondence, 1864-1944
Physical Description:
3 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series contains a smattering of letters to or about the Brewsters, and also a short letter to "Mrs. S.A. Evans".
Box-folder 1:6
To the Brewsters, 1864-1920
Box-folder 1:7
About the Brewsters, 1861
Box-folder 1:8
To Mrs. S. A. Evans, 1944
Writings, c.1870-1903
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series contains writings by James A. Brewster as journalist, editor, and diarist.
Box-folder 2:1
Scrapbook of articles, 1880-1888
Box-folder 2:2
Beliot College Monthly articles, 1853-1854
Box-folder 2:3
Autobiography - incomplete transcript, n.d.
Box-folder 2:4-5
James Arbuckle Brewster Recollections - E. Evans, edited transcript
Maud Evans Research Material, 1919-1964
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Content Note
This series contains material about James Brewster, and also miscellaneous items and photos relevant to Maud Evans' research
on the Brewsters.
Box-folder 2:7
Yosemite photographs w/letter, ca. 1880-1900
