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CR Layout/Spring 2005 The Compass Special Collections The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries R SE Vol. XIX • No. 1 • Spring 2005 One More Piece of the Puzzle: Emily West in Special Collections BY JEFF DUNN he University of Texas at Arlington T Special Collections recently an- nounced the acquisition of approximately 200 manuscripts and printed documents that once belonged to the “Texiana” collection of William A. Philpott, Jr. (1885-1971). Within this collection are several James Morgan business records, including employment contracts of workers he hired in New York in 1835. Philpott did not recognize the signifi- cance of these contracts except as specimens of Morgan’s signature. However, one of these contracts – signed by Emily D. West – offers evidence to one of the most sensational stories relating to the battle of San Jacinto. James Morgan was born in Philadel- phia in 1787. He lived in North Carolina James Morgan photo courtesy of the Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. With this 1835 contract and Florida before coming to Texas in Morgan employed Emily D. West (see both signatures, above) in 1835 to come to Texas as his 1831. In December 1834, he purchased housekeeper, and a legend began. Clopper’s Point, a peninsula between upper Galveston Bay and the mouth of the San Jacinto River, now called of warehouses and a home for Morgan evacuate Harrisburg on April 15 hours Morgan’s Point. Morgan went to New was underway in early 1836 while the before Santa Anna reached the town, but York in early 1835 to purchase supplies schooners hauled passengers and mer- a Mexican cavalry force arriving at New for a town (to be called New Washington) chandise between Texas and New Orleans. Washington on the morning of April 17 that was intended to be constructed on Meanwhile, hostilities intensified between surprised President David G. Burnet, his the point. While in New York, he also Texan colonists and Mexican soldiers. family, and many of Morgan’s slaves and purchased two schooners and hired Texans declared independence from servants. Burnet and his family escaped to fourteen workers to assist in building the Mexico on March 2 and the Alamo fell a Galveston, but others were captured. town. Employment contracts for six of few days later. In late March, Texan Santa Anna arrived at New Washington these workers are now at UTA. cabinet members moved to Harrisburg, on April 18, burned Morgan’s buildings The contracts were signed in October on Buffalo Bayou. Sam Houston led the on April 20, and advanced toward Lynch’s 1835, the same month that Morgan’s New nucleus of the Texas army eastward in ferry before encountering Houston’s York financiers organized themselves as front of the advancing Mexicans under army. On the afternoon of April 21, the the New Washington Association with a the command of General Santa Anna. Texans attacked and defeated Santa Anna capitalization of $60,000. The only female Morgan was appointed commander of at the battle of San Jacinto. contractor was Emily D. West, who was Galveston, but many of his employees One of Morgan’s employees, a young hired as a housekeeper. The workers and remained at New Washington. The free black from New Haven, Connecticut, schooners left New York in early Novem- settlement became a staging area for named George Cooper, stated in an ber and arrived in Galveston Bay in late refugees fleeing across the bay to Anahuac affidavit many years later that he was December 1835 during a lull in the Texas and Galveston. revolution against Mexico. Construction The Texan cabinet managed to Continued on page 8 Spring 2005 semester. She is working hard to fill the numerous requests we Update under the supervision of Brenda receive for photographic resources, and McClurkin to process small collections she serves on several Libraries commit- from the and to quality control finding aids tees. Carolyn Kadri remains active on encoded as part of our participation in committees of ALA’s Maps and Geogra- Coordinator the Texas Archival Resources Online phy Roundtable. Brenda McClurkin and I project. Once the encoded files have will have the opportunity to address passed muster by Tara, they will have a attendees at this year’s San Jacinto BY ANN E. HODGES line or two of code inserted to make them Symposium in April and will discuss the compliant with TARO’s system and will Philpott Collection and other resources in be delivered to the technical team at UT Special Collections relating to the Texas y the time this issue goes to press, Austin, after which they will appear on Revolution. Cathy Spitzenberger has B another Ann will be working in the TARO web site. They will join a begun serving on the Libraries’ Web Special Collections. Ann Cammack has growing body of searchable, online Advisory Committee and represents accepted the Library Assistant position finding aids contributed by repositories Special Collections in weekly meetings of vacated by Cathy Spitzenberger upon her from around the state. the Libraries’ Information Services promotion to Public Services Librarian. Recent staff activities of note include program area. She recently made a Ann will work closely with me to acquire Maritza Arrigunaga’s attendance at the special presentation to the IS library new print materials and with Carolyn Festival Internacional de las Artes in assistants to increase their familiarity with Kadri to process and catalog them. Ann Mérida in January. She made presenta- Special Collections resources. Gary Spurr will also help staff our service desk and tions on the topics, “Microfilms Yucatecas is occupied, among other things, with the perform a variety of support functions in en Universidad Tejas en Arlington” and arrival of the Martin Frost Papers, about the program area. She holds a Ph.D. from “Autoridades Indígenas en Yucatan.” Kit which he writes in this issue. Texas Woman’s University in Library and Goodwin has been working with the Bob In addition to the Frost Papers, new Information Studies and an M.L.S. from Bullock State Museum of Texas History acquisitions include an anonymous gift the same institution and has previously on the exhibit, “Drawn from Experience: of maps and deeds relating to the Santa worked in libraries at the Amon Carter Landmark Maps of Texas,” which Fe Railroad in Texas, a gift from the Museum, TWU, and the Arlington opened February 19 in Austin. Special Benson Latin American Collection of Independent School District. Collections loaned 58 items, among duplicate books pertaining to Mexico, a We also welcome to the staff Tara which are Stephen F. Austin’s Map of Texas gift from the Center for American Kirk, our Graduate Research Assistant. (1836), William Emory’s Map of Texas and History of duplicate oral history inter- Tara is pursuing a master’s degree in the Countries Adjacent... (1844), and views about the oil industry in Texas, and history at UTA and has joined us for the Antonio Herrera y Tordesillas’ Map of a sizeable purchase of books from the New Spain (1601). In Special Collections, Kenneth F. Neighbours estate. While Ron Aday, our Exhibits Designer, has some of the Neighbours books are about The Compass Rose is published semi-annually by recently installed the new exhibit, Mexico, the majority concern the history Special Collections, The University of Texas “European Mapping of the New World : of Texas. They include a collection of at Arlington Libraries, Box 19497, Arlington, Texas Facsimile Images at The University of materials relating to the legal struggle 76019-0497. ISSN 1065-9218 Texas at Arlington.” This exhibit was over the boundaries of Greer County. We Special Collections and other staff members curated by UTA professor David also acquired History of the Tenth Cavalry, who helped produce this issue are: Buisseret; the gallery guide was edited by by E.L.N. Glass, a work that nicely Ann Hodges (editor), Maggie Dwyer, Katherine Kit Goodwin. complements our acquisition last year of Goodwin, Brenda McClurkin, Gerald D. Saxon, I have been representing UTA in the a manuscript map relating to that unit, Cathy Spitzenberger, Gary Spurr, and Betty Wood. Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, a and, in a departure from usual formats, a The purpose of The Compass Rose is to raise statewide effort spearheaded by the Texas T and O map sculpture created by Pat awareness of Special Collections' resources State Library and Archives Commission Gilmartin, speaker at last fall’s Virginia and to foster the use of these resources. The to make digitized cultural heritage Garrett Lectures in the History of newsletter also reports significant new programs, materials in Texas more easily available to Cartography. (See Kit Goodwin’s article in initiatives, and acquisitions of Special Collections. the public. THDI has just submitted a this issue.) proposal to the Institute of Museum and In other news, we have embarked on a Special Collections hours are 9 am to 7 pm on Monday and 9 am to 5 pm Tuesday - Saturday. Library Services to support the creation project to transcribe oral history inter- For special hours during intersession and of a portal to be hosted by TSLAC. If the views and have chosen to begin with holidays, see http://library.uta.edu/Main/ funding is received, our Tejano Voices Allan Saxe’s interviews with Arlington spcoHours.uta. web site would be UTA’s first contribu- leaders. We continue to look for other tion to the pool of resources to which the ways to increase and improve access to A compass rose is a circle graduated portal would provide access. Special Collections’ holdings. Do let us to degrees of quarter points and I am happy to report that Blanca know how we can be of assistance in your printed on a chart or map for reference.
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