Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Newspaper and magazine clippings relating to Rogers' career and death, and to the numerous tributes and memorials to him after his death. All the clippings appear to have been collected at the time of his death in 1935 and in the years immediately following. Bound in leather with tooled portrait of Rogers on cover.
- Biographical / historical:
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Rogers was a circus and vaudeville performer turned movie actor. He was also a humorist and social commentator.
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1935-1961
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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"Memories: Will Rogers" Scrapbook, 1879-1935. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359