Inventory of the William A. Rogers Collection (Collection #51) The Brick Store Museum Kennebunk, Maine Compiled by J. Butler, Manuscript Curator September 1986 Table of Contents: Physical Description Box and Folder Breakdown Reference Resources Physical Description: The objects in this collection were owned by William Arthur Rogers whose summer home, Fairfields, was built at Kennebunk Lower Village in 1900. Rogers, a wealthy Buffalo, New York, industrialist and one-time mayor of that city, sold his estate ca. 1926 to William Neal Campbell, head of the Goodall Worsted Company of Sanford, Maine. The collection includes a photograph album and guest book compiled during Rogers tenancy. The bulk of the collection is travel diaries compiled by Rogers and members of his family. While these do not shed details of Rogers life in Kennebunk, they do provide a telling glimpse of the lifestyle of people of their ilk. The collection is stored in one half box except for the albums and volumes which are not boxed. Its accession number is 86.35.1-20. Box and Folder Breakdown: Box 1: Photograph album, William Rogers, Kennebunk Lower Village estate and surrounding area. Acq. #86.35.1 Folder 1: Photocopies of some of the photographs in the above album with handwritten notes identifying photos, which were supplied by the donor. Inventory of the William A. Rogers Collection - Collection #51
Folder 2: Christmas card, 1937 with photo of Fairfields (W. A. Rogers house) from Mr. and Mrs. William Neal Campbell, who bought the estate from W. A. Rogers. Acq. #86.35.2 Collection also includes the following: The Guest Book of William Arthur Rogers, Kennebunkport, Maine. Acq. #86.35.4 A Visit to Japan, Korea and China, 1917, by William A. Rogers. Typescript. Paper bind. Acq. #86.35.5 Letters from India and Elsewhere. Written by William A. Rogers to his children, 1923 1924. Typescript (carbon copies). Paper binder. Acq. #86.35.6 Notes taken by William A. Rogers, followed by notes taken by his daughter, Alice Rogers Hillis. Descriptive of a motor trip in Virginia during Garden Week, April 22nd to 29th, 1935. Typescript with postcard illustrations. Paper binder. Acq. #86.35.7.a. Carbon copy of above. Acq. #86.35.7.b. Second Visit to Norway and Sweden, Summer of 1938, A few letters written by William A. Rogers to his children during the tour. Typescript. Paper binder. Acq. #86.35.8 Impressions and Experiences of Mr. & Mrs. William A. Rogers Gathered During a Journey in South American, January 29th to May 11th, 1921. Being a diary written by Mr. Rogers in the form of letters to his children: William & Margaret (Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Rogers), Alice & Dick (Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hillis), Alden Rogers. Typescript in loose-leaf notebook. Acq. #86.35.9 Miscellaneous letters of William A. Rogers to his children written on various trips, 1890 1828. Typescript in loose-leaf notebook. Acq. #86.35.10 Diary written by Mr. William A. Rogers for his Children Seventeen Years After the Recorded Events from Notes Entered in a Small Memorandum Book by Mrs. William A. Rogers During the Journey, February 6 th to June 1 st, 1917. Hawaiian Islands, Japan, Korea and China. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photographs. Post binding. Acq. #86.35.14 Letters from the Far East Written by William A. Rogers to his Children, William S. and Margaret T. Rogers, Richard D. and Alice Rogers Hillis, Alden Rogers. 1923 1924. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photos. Post binding. Acq. #86.35.15 Letters Written by William A. Rogers to his Children from the South Sea Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Papua-New Guinea, South Africa, South America, and Intermediate Points, 1927. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photos. Post binding. Two volumes. Acq. #86.35.16.a.b Letters Written by William A. Rogers to his Children from Angkor, Bali, the Philippines, and Japan, 1929. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photos. Post bind. Acq. 86.35.17 Notes on an Eight Week Trip to England as Guests of William A. Rogers, August 29 th to October 24 th, 1934. Compiled by Alice Rogers Hillis. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photos. Post binding. Two volumes. Acq. #86.36.18. a & b Diary of a Trip Taken to Southern California via the Panama Canal by William A. Rogers with his Daughter Alice and Husband Richard Hillis, 1935. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photos. Post binding. Acq. #86.35.19 Inventory of the William A. Rogers Collection - Collection #51
To the Land of the Midnight Sun, North Cape Russia Cruise, S. S. Franconia, June 26 August 2, 1937. William A. Rogers Family. Two volumes. Typescript illustrated with postcards and photos. Post binding. Acq. #86.35.20.a & b Photograph of Alice Rogers Hillis. In Rogers folder, Photographs of People Box. Acq. #86.35.3 Chronicles of Kennebunk, by William E. Barry, 1924. Maine A/H Shelf Acq. #86.35.11 Kennebunkport, Maine. Introduction by Booth Tarkington, no date. Pamphlet Box #9. Acq. #86.35.12 A Kennebunkport Album, by Joyce Butler. Maine A/H Shelf Acq. #86.35.13 Additions: Box 2: Folder 1: Correspondence. Letter to Mrs. Rogers, 1946, from Mrs. Dwight concerning death of W. A. Rogers, Correspondence with donor when contents of this box was received. Folder 2: Letters from W. A. Rogers to wife from Mexico, 1890. Folder 3: Photograph album with notes inserted by donor. (Note: With photocopies of those pages.) Folder 4: Items pertaining to Louis Norton. Folder 5: Genealogical materials: Rogers, Silliman, Trumbull, Hillis families Box 3: Diaries as follows: Kept by William A. Rogers, 1924 and 1929 Kept by Eleanor S. Rogers (Mrs. Wm. A.) 1909, 1910, 1917, 1921, 1923,1926,1927 1929. Acq. #87.26 Other: Postcard, Main Street, Kennebunkport, 1911. Acq. #86.35.2a Inventory of the William A. Rogers Collection - Collection #51
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