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Rogers (Robert Cameron) Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1972-016

Content Description

Fifty-five lots from the family of Robert Cameron Rogers including twenty-nine (29) volumes, twenty-two (22) photographs, two (2) watercolors, several prints and albums, a poster, textiles, objects, and clippings.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Rogers

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1896 - 1944

Creator

Extent

29 Volumes

22 Photographic Prints

Inventory

1. Watercolor by Chris Jorgensen - California Landscape near S.B., Beatrice Fernald in foreground. Mat and cream colored wood frame, approx. 22" x 29 ½", inclusive of frame 2. Watercolor by Jack Sparrow, 1922 (two camels, man in fez) with inscription from artist to "Cam Rogers." White mat, black wood frame, approx. 26 ¼" x 19 ¾", inclusive of frame 3. Framed poster. "Cyrano, Swordsman, Libertine Man of Letters," by Cameron Rogers. Approx. 20 ¾ x 15", inclusive of black wood frame 4. Numerous very large damask dinner napkins. a. nine with monogram v.c. b. two with same monogram as (a) but slightly different pattern. c. six with monogram M.V. d. Seven with monogram E.F.C. e. Seven with monogram E.F.C. but slightly smaller than (d). f. Nineteen with monogram VMC or VEC. g. Two with monogram VMC or VEC, but slightly smaller than (f). h. Eighteen with monogram VMC. i. five with monogram VC j. one with monogram VEC k. Seven slightly smaller dinner napkins, various monograms 5. Photo of Reginald G. Fernald on horseback 6. Framed photo of Reginald G. Fernald on horseback in parade, circa 1926 7. Small photo of Alan S. Rogers, Sherman Rogers, and R. Cameron Rogers, taken in summer, 1918, at Chester, Nova Scotia (gold frame) 8. Framed photo of Eliot Rogers done by Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill 9. Framed photo of Alan Rogers' Hunter at stable Bombay India 10. Framed panel of three photos - Alan, Cameron, and Sherman Rogers 11. Photo of Glendessary Rock Garden. Back walk, 1939. Under glass 12. Framed photo of Glendessary Garden 1898-1944, home of and built by Robert Cameron Rogers, photo by Jessie Tarbox Beals 13. Framed panel with two photographs of Glendessary. 3-72-16-1-55 (cont.) 14. Another photo of Eliot Rogers by Gledhills, 1921 15. Photo of elderly, unidentified man, by the Gledhill 1914 16 Three photos of boy, done by the Gledhills in 1925. 9(a-c) 17. Photo of another boy, by Gledhills, 1913 18. Photo of another boy, by Gledhills 19. Photo of unidentified man by Gledhills, 1912 20. Photo of very formal entrance to some unidentified area 21. Book of Common Prayer, inscribed "To Little Beatrice from Mother, Christmas, 1871 22. Albums of clippings, programs, letters and other items of interest 23. Los Angeles Examiner of Aug, 20, 1922 24. (a-c) Sterling silver dresser set, consisting of hair brush, hand mirror and clothes brush, monogram "BFR" 25. Five large prints of views in Paris and environs 26. Booklet of five old prints of French scenes, including the funeral of Napoleon 27. Large photo of unidentified scene on some lake or other body of water 28. Paper cover to "The Yellow Book", an illustrated Quarterly- Published in London 29. Copy of St. Francis' "Sermon unto the Birds" 30. "Birds of God" - Angels and sundry Imaginative Figures from the Pictures of the Masters of the Renaissance, with 18 sepia prints 31. (a-f) Nine sheets or clippings out from papers or magazines. Including prints of some of the old masters 32. Four copies of The Magnificent Idler, the story of Walt Whitman, by Cameron Rogers, some autographed and with letters inside and one with newspaper clipping 33. La Vie da Walt Whitman by Cameron Rogers (In French) 34. Vida da Walt Whitman by Cameron Rogers, autographed. (In Spanish) published in Argentina 35. A County Judge in Arcady by Cameron Rogers 36. Colonel Bob Ingersol by Cameron Rogers 37. Trodden Glory by Cameron Rogers 38. Drake's Quest by Cameron Rogers 39. Cyrano by Cameron Rogers 40. Gallant Ladies by Cameron Rogers 41. The Legend of Calvin Coolidge 42. Oh Splendid Appetito by Cameron Rogers, with inscription to his Uncle Rog - Thanksgiving 1936 43. For the King and other poems by Robert Cameron Rogers 44. Will O' the Wasp by Robert Cameron Rogers, Published in 1896 45. The Poems of Robert Cameron Rogers 46. The Author's and Writers Who's Who. Published in London 47. Eight More Harvard Poets with inscription "Mom - from her loving son, Cam, 1922". (Two poems, handwritten, loose inside book) 48. Francisco Goya y Lucientes Caprichos, edited by Miroslav Micko 49. (a-h) Vols. I thru VIII of Memories of J. Casnova (In French) 50. I Found Out by Nat Ferber 51. Tomorrow is Already Here by Robert Jungk 52. Hearts of Controversy by Alice Maynell 53. (a-b) The Second Person Singular and Other Essays by Alice Maynell. Two copies 54. Catriona, a Sequel to Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 55. Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton.