Rogers Memorial Collection: Realia, 1796-1936.

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Rogers Memorial Collection: Realia, 1796-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84668411

This collection consists of artifacts collected by Henry Munroe Rogers and Clara Kathleen Rogers, including silverware, pins, medals, and other formats. Several items relate to Harvard University. Particularly interesting items include four small paintings of family members, all by unidentified artists; a tankard which was apparently manufactured in 1796; a silver cup from 1854 which was presented by Franz Liszt to Rosamund Liszt Marie Francillon; and a cup and pin commemorating John Boyle O'Reilly.

3 boxes (3.75 linear feet)

Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325756

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O’Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890

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John Boyle O'Reilly was born in County Meath, Ireland, and apprenticed with a newspaper at the age of eleven. He joined the English army to persuade Irish soldiers to join the Fenian movement, and was so successful he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted, and he was exiled to Australia, but escaped to America and after numerous adventures settled in Boston. He lectured, wrote poetry, and joined the Boston Pilot, which he later co-owned, turning it into Am...

Rogers Memorial Collection.

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Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937

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Henry Munroe Rogers and Clara Kathleen Rogers amassed a substantial collection of theatrical and military memorabilia over the course of their long lives, mostly as part of their personal papers. In 1930, they donated these papers to Harvard College Library. The Rogers Memorial Room on the top floor of Widener Library was set aside to house the collection, and opened in 1935. The Rogers Memorial Room was relocated to the Harvard Theatre Collection's space in Lamont Library in 1949. Building reno...

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

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Note at end says "Original mss. in Weimar--date 1851. First published by Meyer in 1854--later by Litolff. Never been orchestrated--either by Liszt or anyone else."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Scherzo and March / Franz Liszt ; orchestrated by Arthur Hartmann. [c1934]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 69683005 Composed originally for solo piano, 1849, on the deaths of Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Count Ladislaus Teleky and Count Lajos Ba...

Rogers, Clara Kathleen

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Mormon Brigham Young Academy student. From the description of Notes, 1893-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122424960 ...