William C. Rogers papers 1926-1993

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William C. Rogers papers 1926-1993

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The William C. Rogers collection includes biographical material, address books, personal correspondence and manuscripts about Calamity Jane that he wrote with Virginia Scully. Other manuscripts are concerned with the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico and various railroad subjects. The subject files contain pamphlets, brochures and notes about Mexico, railroads, Calamity Jane, windmills, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Rogers's Ranch. Some of the subject files include photographs. There are a few annotated books and railroad reprints. Rogers's discharge papers are in a separate folder with some Calamity Jane photographs.

7.41 cubic ft. (14 boxes)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405202

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Calamity Jane, 1852-1903

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Calamity Jane, born Martha Jane Canary, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits, she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. She is said to have exhibited compassion to others, especially to the sick and needy. This facet of her character contrasted with her daredevil ways and helped to make her a noted frontier figure. She ...

Union Pacific Corporation

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Rogers, William C.

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Colonel William C. Rogers was born in October 1906. He attended the Virginia Military Academy graduating as a mechanical engineer in 1927. He worked for the Newport News Shipbuilding Company until he joined the American Locomotive Company in 1930. He joined the Army Transportation Corps in 1942; and he served in Iran as part of the effort to keep a railroad supply line open to Russia. Later, he served in Europe. Then, he was stationed twice in Korea. After he retired from the Army i...

Scully, Virginia

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Virginia McCormick Scully was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1898. She attended Central High School but her parents stopped her from attending college. She followed the church-guild junior league route and became a reporter on the Grand Rapids Press. One of her short stories gained the attention of John Farrar in New York. With his encouragement she migrated to Paris and then to New York where she served as a scriptwriter during the day and a publicity blurb writer by night. She ...