Papers, 1854; 1866-1869; 1930s.

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Papers, 1854; 1866-1869; 1930s.

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Most of this collection consists of materials and notes gathered by Mrs. Chetwood Smith (1872- ) in preparation for the book she and her husband, Chetwood Smith (1873- ), wrote entitled _Rogers Groups: Thought and Wrought by John Rogers_, (Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co., 1934). There are various lists of Rogers' productions; letters to Mrs. Smith regarding information for the book; 1930s newspaper clippings on the revival of interest in Rogers; letters from Rogers' daughter, Katherine Rebecca Rogers, to Mrs. Smith; a facsimile of Rogers' first catalog; and copies of letters to Rogers, 1866-1869. The only original material is two charming letters by Rogers. The first is a brief letter from Manchester, N.H., January 1854, with drawings; and the second is an illustrated valentine letter, 1854, describing his fictional adventures in a California gold field.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Smith, Chetwood, 1873-

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Smith, Chetwood, Mrs., 1872-

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Rogers, John, 1829-1904

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John Rogers (1829-1904) was born in Salem, Mass., and received his education in the Boston public schools. While employed in various jobs he began to model in clay during his leisure hours and in 1858-1859 spent time in Rome studying methods of reproducing clay groups in plaster form. On his return, he went to Chicago where he exhibited, for a charity fair, "The Checker Players," a group in clay that attracted much favorable attention. During the Civil War, he modeled small statuette groups, mos...