"Memories: Will Rogers" Scrapbook, 1879-1935

1935-1961


Descriptive Summary

Title: "Memories: Will Rogers" Scrapbook, 1879-1935
Dates: 1935-1961
Collection Number: GC 1126
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 1ov)
Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English

Access

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Publication Rights

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred Citation

"Memories: Will Rogers" Scrapbook, 1879-1935. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Biography/Administrative History

Rogers was a circus and vaudeville performer turned movie actor. He was also a humorist and social commentator.

Scope and Content of Collection

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.

Indexing Terms

Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.