Thomas Rogers papers, 1943-2007.

ArchivalResource

Thomas Rogers papers, 1943-2007.

This collection of Thomas Rogers papers includes correspondence with fellow authors, such as Philip Roth and John Barth, and manuscripts and typescripts for four novels by Rogers: The Pursuit of Happiness, The Confession of a Child of the Century, At the Shores, and Jerry Engels.

15.30 cubic feet.

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Barth, John, 1930-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp02hc (person)

Author. From the description of John Barth literary manuscripts, 1955-1978 (bulk 1955-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070336 Biographical Note: John Barth, American author, was born in Cambridge, MD, May 27, 1930. He received his B.A. (1951) and his M.A. (1952) from The Johns Hopkins University. Barth taught at Penn State University and SUNY, Buffalo before returning to Hopkins in 1973 as professor of English and creative writing. He is now P...

Roth, Philip, 1933-2018

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z0133 (person)

Author. Full name: Philip Milton Roth. Born 1933. From the description of Philip Roth papers, 1938-2001 (bulk 1960-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982313 Philip Roth is a popular and critically acclaimed American novelist. His observations on the Jewish experience in America, as depicted in such works as Goodbye, Columbus, and Portnoy's Complaint, show inventiveness and a singular sense of humor. Some observers find his works unnecessarily scatalogical and self-indul...

Rogers, Thomas, 1927-2007

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md1ncq (person)

Thomas Hunton Rogers was an author and educator, probably best known for his first novel, The Pursuit of Happiness. Born in Chicago, June 23, 1927, he served in the United States Army Air Force 1945-1946 before earning a B.A. from Harvard and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Iowa. He taught at the University of Chicago before beginning a long career as a member of the faculty of the Pennsylvania State University in 1961. His first novel, The Pursuit of Happiness, was nominated for a National Book Award; h...