Collection of scrapbook material about Will Rogers, ca. 1914-1944.

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Collection of scrapbook material about Will Rogers, ca. 1914-1944.

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Collection consists of 4 reels of microfilm of scrapbook material about Will Rogers, including scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, correspondence, and Will Rogers State Historic Park collection inventory. Subjects include Rogers' plane crash, death, memorial, photographs of Betty and Will Rogers, and correspondence regarding the development of the ranch.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7425402

University of California, Los Angeles

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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...

Will Rogers State Historic Park

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William Penn Adair Rogers was born on Nov. 4, 1879 near Oologah, Indian Territory, now OK; quit school and joined a Wild West show in Argentina in 1902; in 1905 he performed at Keith's Union Square Theatre in NY; began to interject witticisms between his lasso routines; in 1915 he played in the revues Hands up and Town topics, and featured in Ziegfeld's Midnight frolic (1921) and several Ziegfeld Follies; began writing a newspaper column in 1926; appeared in motion pictures including A Connectic...