Guide to the Newcomer Family Papers M0341
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Newcomer family papers
Creator:
Newcomer family
source:
Newcomer, Harry Sidney
Identifier/Call Number: M0341
Identifier/Call Number: 2327
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1850-1972
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. H. Sidney Newcomer, 1981, 1984, 1986, and 1989.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Newcomer Family papers (M0341). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Related Materials
Photographic negatives from this collection are separated and housed in MSS PHOTO 0100 General Photograph Collection.
Scope and Contents
Dr. H. Sidney Newcomer worked in applied optics as it related to the motion picture industry during the 1950s, an important
period in the evolution of this technology. His mother, Rebecca Newcomer, was born in 1863.
Collection contains diaries and journals, letters, lecture notes reflecting pre-World War I mathematics and optics education
at the University of Wisconsin, scientific reprints, patents, and photographs.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Some of
these materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Newcomer, Harry Sidney
Box 1, folder 1
Harry Newcomer letters to Santa 1896 ; History of the Rice or Reiss Family ; article on C.B. Newcomer 1945 ; paper on Emerson
1910
Box 1, folder 2
Handwritten essays, one dated 1881
Box 1, folder 3
John S. Kosier account book, Byron 1854
Box 1, folder 4
Harry S. Newcomer account book and professional ephemera
Box 1, volume 5-6
Harry S. Newcomer journals
Box 1, volume 8
Rebecca E. Kosier journal, Byron 1879
Box 1, folder 9-11
Optical patents 1929-1972
Box 2, folder 1
Legal agreements re: optical lens inventions, 1953-1954
Box 2, volume 2-4
Lecture notes, University of Wisconsin
Box 4, folder 1
Mrs. Henry C. (Rebecca Kosier) Newcomer letters to children, 1912
Box 4, folder 2-6
Photographs (7 tintypes, 23 cabinet cards, 8 CDV, 4 cyanotypes), circa 1850-1950
Box 4, folder 7
Marian Newcomer diary, 1922-1931, with notes by Pauline Newcomer
Box 4, folder 8
Harry S. Newcomer diary, 1977
Box 4, folder 9
Cine-Panor pamphlet 1931, Civil War reunion booklets 1882 & 1886, photocopy of Newcomer article
