Rogers (Will) State Historic Park Collection of Scrapbook Material about Will Rogers, ca. 1914-1944

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Summary

Title:
Will Rogers State Historic Park Collection of Scrapbook Material about Will Rogers,
Dates:
ca. 1914-1944
Creators:
Will Rogers State Historic Park
Abstract:
William Penn Adair Rogers (1879-1935) was a Western entertainer, newspaper columnist and author. The collection consists of 4 microfilm reels of scrapbook material about Will Rogers, including clippings, photographs, correspondence, and Will Rogers State Historic Park collection inventory.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Will Rogers State Historic Park Collection of Scrapbook Material about Will Rogers (Collection 520). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of 4 reels of microfilm of scrapbook material about Will Rogers, including scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, correspondence, and Will Rogers State Historic Park collection inventory. Subjects include Rogers' plane crash, death, memorial, photographs of Betty and Will Rogers, and correspondence regarding the development of the ranch.

Biographical / historical:

William Penn Adair Rogers was born on November 4, 1879 near Oologah, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma; quit school and joined a Wild West show in Argentina in 1902; in 1905 he performed at Keith's Union Square Theatre in New York; began to interject witticisms between his lasso routines; in 1915 he played in the revues Hands up and Town topics, and featured in Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic (1921) and several Ziegfeld Follies; began writing a newspaper column in 1926; appeared in motion pictures including A Connecticut Yankee (1931), State Fair (1933), and David Harum (1934); published books include The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition (1919), The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference (1919), What we Laugh at (1920), The Illiterate Digest (1924), Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to his President (1927), and Will Rogers' Political Follies (1929); he died in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, unknown year . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Will Rogers State Historic Park Collection of Scrapbook Material about Will Rogers (Collection 520). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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