Correspondence with Will Rogers, 1928-1931.

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Correspondence with Will Rogers, 1928-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11833029

Collection chronicles the efforts of Holt, president of Rollins College, to persuade Rogers to accept an honorary degree, with Rogers' polite but amusing refusals.

34 items, in folder.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6676563

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Rogers, Will, 1879-1935

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The youngest of eight children, William Penn Adair Rogers was born on November 4, 1879 at Rogers Ranch in Oologah, Indian Territory (what is now Oklahoma). His parents, Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, were partly of Cherokee descent. While growing up on the family ranch, Will worked with cattle and learned to ride and lasso from a young age. He grew so talented with a rope, in fact, that he was placed in the Guiness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. One went ar...

Holt, Hamilton

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Rollins college Winter Park, Fla.

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