Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Dates
- Existence: 1879-11-04 - 1935-08-15
Gender
- Males
Occupations
Places
- Oologah (Okla.) (Place of Birth)
- Alaska (Place of Death)
Topics
Languages Used
- English
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Bill York Collection
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Radio station director. Songbooks (1939-1949) containing the words and texts of the songs of various recording artists popular in Oklahoma in the 1940's and 1950's, including Roy Rogers, Ernest Tubb and Merle Travis.
Clarence Allen Collection
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Cartoonist. One autographed print of a painting of Will Rogers by Allen, two newspaper clippings regarding Allen, several cartoons by Allen from the Tulsa Tribune and one program of an event by a social club spoofing Oklahoma politics and politicians of 1968. Clarence Allen Photograph Collection also in repository.
Erle B. Slack Collection
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Cartoonist. Nine cartoons (1948) from the "Tulsa World-Tribune;" drawings (1948) of L.L. Dresser, Will Rogers, and N.R. Graham; a pencil sketch (1935) of Warner Baxter; and sixteen original pen and ink drawings of political, social, and economic subjects, and people.
Esther Witcher Collection
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Librarian. A scrapbook (1935) containing newspaper clippings of Will Rogers’s column and accounts of his death.
Gordon William Lillie Photograph Collection
Black and white original and copy prints of Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill), his family, firends, and Wild West Shows. Included are photographs of Tom Mix, William S. Hart, Will Rogers, Buffalo Bill Cody, along with a panorama of Gordon W. Lillie and Pawnee Indians travelling to President Herbert Hoover's inauguration. Gordon William Lillie Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Historic Oklahoma Biographies Collection
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Vertical file. Newspaper clippings and tear sheets containing biographical information on prominent and historically significant Oklahomans. The index (finding aid) to this guide includes the people documented in this collection.
John Andrew Simpson Collection
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Correspondence (1917-1934) with Simpson regarding Oklahoma Farmers' Union and National Farmers' Union policies, issues and activities, including financial papers and meeting minutes of both organizations, and Simpson's nomination for the office of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in Franklin Roosevelt's first cabinet. Correspondents include Franklin Roosevelt, Huey P. Long, Henry Morgenthau, James A. Farley and Elmer Thomas. Also in the collection are diaries (1924-1934), transcripts of radio and other speeches (1919-1933), clippings (n.d.) and newspapers (1917-1934) all relating to farm topics.
John Braden collection
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Philatelist. Thirty-one envelopes bearing cancelled stamps, mostly commemorating the first
day of issue of the 1948 stamp honoring Will Rogers, along with one noting National Air
Mail Week in 1938. Many of the envelopes commemorating Rogers have scenes of
Claremore, Oklahoma, Rogers’s home town.
L. E. Crawford Collection
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Author. Manuscripts of articles dealing with cattle branding, cowboy life and work, and lists of cattle brands used in Western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and Western Kansas. L.E. Crawford Photograph Collection also in repository.
Mrs. John Pettyjohn Collection
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An undated letter from Will Rogers to his father, Clement Vann Rogers; and three letters from Betty (Mrs. Will) Rogers to Clement Vann Rogers concerning Will Rogers' horse act.
Patrick Jay Hurley Collection
Patrick Jay Hurley Photograph Collection
Black and white original and copy prints of Patrick Jay Hurley's career as United States Assistant Secretary of War and Secretary of War, special presidential representative to the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, and United States Ambassador to China during World War II. The collection contains scenes of Hurley with Joseph W. Stilwell, Chou En-lai, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, Douglas MacArthur, Claire Lee Chennault, and Herbert Hoover. Also included are photographs of Secretary of War Hurley's inspection tours of United States military installations, suppression of the Bonus Army riots in 1932, Hurley with Japanese military representatives, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles A. Lindbergh, Amon Carter, Will Rogers, Chester Nimitz, Jonathan Wainwright, Henry Stimson, William Halsey, Bacone College and the towns of McAlester, Oklahoma and Phillips, Indian Territory. Patrick J. Hurley Manuscript Collection also in repository.
R. A. Younger Photograph Collection
Black and white original prints and panoramas of the Grand River Dam, mining and smelting in the Picher, Oklahoma area, the town of Miami, Oklahoma and businesses. Also included are photographs of Will Rogers and of Quapaw and Seneca Indians.
Walter S. Ferguson Photograph Collection
Black and white original and copy prints of Oklahoma outlaws, lawmen, agriculture, wild west shows, land openings, businesses, towns and cities, schools, settlers, members of the state government and of the U.S. Army. Also included are images of Cherokee, Osage, Delaware, Seminole, Comanche, Creek, and Apache Indians. Walter S. Ferguson Manuscript Collection also in repository.
Will Rogers Commemorative First Day Covers Collection
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A collection of First Day Covers and related memorabilia commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Will Rogers, famous American humorist, actor, and comedian. It is the third in the on-going series of “The Performing Arts and Artist Series.” Rogers began his career as a ropethrowing cowboy in steer romping contests, Wild West shows, and vaudeville. His first New York appearance was in 1905. Later he introduced humorous political commentary into his act. He died in a 1935 airplane crash that also killed the famous aviator Wiley Post. The collection includes many different cachet makers as well as official, Claremore, Oklahoma first day of issue
cancels.
Will Rogers Memorial, Claremore, OK., undated
Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore, OK., undated
Will Rogers Scholarship Fund Collection
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Collegiate scholarship fund. Scholarship applications (1941-1949) from University of Oklahoma students, and correspondence (ca. 1940-1955) relating to the applications.
William H. Murray Photograph Collection
Black and white original and copy prints of Walter Harrison, his family and friends, including photographs of Ernest W. Marland, Will Rogers, Alfalfa Bill Murray, Johnston Murray, and Robert S. Kerr. The collection also contains scenes of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Walter M. Harrison Manuscript Collection also in repository.