Ernest Rogers papers, 1918-1967.

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Ernest Rogers papers, 1918-1967.

https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/rogers328/

The collection consists of the papers of Ernest Rogers from 1918-1967. The papers include correspondence, biographical information, writings, scrapbooks, a diary (1918-1919), newspaper columns (1945-1967), photographs, book illustrations, notebooks, sound recordings, minutes, and memorabilia. Correspondence is Rogers's and his father's (Methodist clergyman, Dr. Wallace Rogers). Writings include Rogers's muscial compositions and short stories, the manuscript, galley proofs, and four of the original illustrations by the Atlanta JOURNAL cartoonist Eric for PEACHTREE PARADE; the diary/journal is Rogers's; scrapbooks were compiled by Rogers and by his parents; newpaper columns are Rogers's from the Atlanta JOURNAL; memorabilia includes various awards and certificates; photographs are of Rogers, his birthday celebrations, O.B. Keeler, and Col. James S. Childers; notebooks contain speeches, columns, expense lists, information on WSB Radio and Atlanta personalities; minutes are of the Breakfast Club, an organization of Atlanta businessmen to which Rogers belonged; sound recordings (disc and tape) relate to Rogers's birthday parties, his radio show (1952), a baptismal ceremony performed by his father, Emory University, Bobby Jones, and a James Whitcomb Riley story.

8.75 linear ft. (17 boxes, 1 oversized paper (OP), and 1 bound volume (BV))

eng, Latn

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926948

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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