Welles, Roger Patton.
Roger Patton Welles graduated from Yale College in 1924. He moved to Southern California shortly after graduation to improve his health, and worked briefly as an auditor for Aetna Life Insurance while living in Los Angeles. He returned to his family in Hartford, Connecticut for a few months in the spring of 1925. In June the Secretary of the Interior appointed Welles as a temporary Park Ranger in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Welles worked at Crater Lake National Park for a year, rising through the ranks to assume the position of Acting Chief Ranger before he resigned in August 1926. He returned to Connecticut to manage Rollock, Incorporated, an industrial firm located in Southport.
From the description of Roger Patton Welles papers relating to Crater Lake National Park, 1916-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702173178
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Welles, Edwin Stanley, b. 1866. Welles family papers, 1833-1978. | Connecticut Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Welles, Roger Patton. Roger Patton Welles papers relating to Crater Lake National Park, 1916-1932. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | Aetna Life Insurance Company (Hartford, Conn.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Conference of Chief Park Rangers 1926 : Sequoia National Park) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hall, Ansel Franklin, 1894- | person |
| associatedWith | Oard, Peter. | person |
| associatedWith | Pernot, John F. | person |
| associatedWith | Steel, William Gladstone. | person |
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| Klamath Falls (Or.) | |||
| Crater Lake National Park (Or.) | |||
| United States | |||
| Oregon--Crater Lake National Park (Or.) | |||
| Los Angeles (Calif.) |
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| Park rangers |
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