AHJ_ah01656 Inventory of the William C. Rogers papers, 1926-1993 Rogers (William C.) papers Processed by John Hanks The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2006

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort April 2006 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Rogers, William C. William C. Rogers papers 1926-1993 01656 7.41 cubic ft. (14 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The William C. Rogers collection includes biographical material, address books, personal correspondence, research, and manuscripts about Calamity Jane, the Tarahumara Indians, railroad, and windmills. Biography of William C. Rogers

Colonel William C. Rogers was born in October 1906. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating as a mechanical engineer in 1927. He worked for the Newport News Shipbuilding Company until he joined the American Locomotive Company in 1930. He joined the Army Transportation Corps in 1942; and he served in Iran as part of the effort to keep a railroad supply line open to Russia. He also served in Europe and, later, Korea. After he retired from the Army in 1962, he did railroad research at the National Academy of Sciences for two years. Then he joined ALCO Corporation and developed high speed turbine engines and experimented with them on the Union Pacific Railroad until his retirement in 1969.

He had a wide range of intellectual and practical interests including book collecting, Calamity Jane, windmills, and developing his 80 acre ranch property, the Triple R Ranch near Wheatland, Wyoming, which was his summer home. He lived in Nebraska and Mexico during the rest of the year. He published or reprinted a number of books and pamphlets about Jim Bridger, Calamity Jane, the Union Pacific Railroad, and fossils. Rogers died in 2003.

 Scope and Content

The William C. Rogers collection includes biographical material, address books, personal correspondence and manuscripts about Calamity Jane that he wrote with Virginia Scully. Other manuscripts are concerned with the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico and various railroad subjects. The subject files contain pamphlets, brochures and notes about Mexico, railroads, Calamity Jane, windmills, Nebraska, Wyoming, and the Triple R Ranch near Wheatland, Wyoming. Some of the subject files include photographs. There are a few annotated books and railroad reprints.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by William C. Rogers at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

The William C. Rogers papers were given to the American Heritage Center periodically from 1964-1997. They included the Virginia Scully papers which have been separated into a distinct collection. The papers and artifacts were received in good condition and partial order.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by John Hanks in May 2002. The papers orginially included the Virginia Scully papers which have been separated into a distinct collection. This collection has been arranged by type, chronologically within series. Original titles have been maintained where possible. Where none existed, a descriptive title was created.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Calamity Jane, 1852-1903. Union Pacific Corporation. Tarahumara Indians. Railroad--History--Union Pacific Corporation. Fossils. Windmills. Wyoming--History--1919-1945. Wyoming--History--1946- Photographs. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Scully, Virginia. Ranching Railroads Publishers and Publishing Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Wyoming Container List Series I. Biographical 1944-1993 (3 folders)

Arranged chronologically focusing on correspondence, diary and biographical documents.

 1 1 Address Books undated 1 2 Correspondence 1944-1993 1 3 General - Military Papers, Photographs, Book Inventory, Log 1953-1983 Series II. Manuscripts 1934-1979 2.25 cubic ft. (5 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically by title and subject, featuring Calamity Jane and the Tarahumara Indians.

 1 4 The All Man Raft undated 1 5-7 Calamity Jane by Rogers and Scully 1934-1965 2 1 Calamity Jane by Rogers and Scully 1964 2 2 Colorado River undated 2 3 Coming Back undated 2 4 A Covering of the Country undated 2 5 Dr. Alfred Gottschalk 1968 3 1 The Great Gamble – Harriman’s Reconstruction of the Union Pacific undated 3 2 Mexican Almanac by Rogers and Scully 1968 3 3 Mexico undated

(Prostitution, Drugs, Pollution)

 3 4 Railroading in the Alleghenies in the 1880s undated 3 5 Railroad Surveys of 1853 1969 3 6-7 Tarahumara 1978-1979, undated 4 1-4 The Tarahumara undated 4 5 The Tarahumara (Part 1 of 3) undated 5 1 The Tarahumara (Part 2 of 3) undated 5 2 The Tarahumara (Part 3 of 3) undated 5 3 The Tarahumara, Farewell (Outline) undated 5 4 Three Cylinder Locomotives of the American Locomotive Company undated 5 5-7 Unpublished – The First Trains on the Union Pacific Railroad undated 5 8 Ups and Downs on the Street and Road 1957 6 1 Ups and Downs on the Street and Road undated 6 2 (Fragments) undated Series III. Subject Files 1949-1987 2.35 cubic ft. (5.1 document boxes)

Arranged alphabetically by subject, featuring Calamity Jane, Mexico, railroad, windmills, etc.

 6 3 Calamity Jane 1966

(Articles and Clippings)

 6 4 Calamity Jane 1958

(Book by Roberta Beed Sollid)

 6 5 Calamity Jane undated

(Interviews with Acquaintances)

 7 1-3 Calamity Jane by Rogers and Scully undated

(Photo Reproductions)

 7 4 Calamity Jane by Rogers and Scully undated

(Research Notes)

 8 1-4 Calamity Jane by Rogers and Scully 1949, 1964, 1965

(Research Notes)

 9 1 George Simons Union Pacific Survey, 1847 undated

(Photostats)

 9 2 Mexico 1968-1969

(Brochures, Notes)

 9 3 Mexico 1968-1969

(Brochures, Pamphlets)

 9 4 Mexico – Tarahumara Indians undated

(Pamphlets)

 9 5 Mexico – Tarahumara Indians undated

(Photographs)

 9 6 Montana 1968

(Photographs)

 9 7 Nebraska – Bellevue, etc. 1953-1967 9 8 Nebraska History undated

(Pamphlets, Photo Reproductions)

 9 9 Railroads, 1868, No Date. 1970

(Periodicals, Articles)

 9 10 Railroads – Mexico 1968

(Timetables, Pamphlets, Notes)

 9 11 Railroads – Union Pacific 1967-1969 11 1 Rogers Ranch Near Wheatland, Wyoming 1960-1987

(Correspondence, Plans, Pamphlets)

 11 2 Rogers Ranch undated

(Photographs)

 11 3 Schools, Secondary – Mathematics, Natural Sciences 1963

(Papers)

 11 4 “The West,” 1865-1880s, No Date 1965

(Photostats, Maps, Notes)

 11 5 Windmills, 1890-1975 1966

(Notebook, Pamphlets, etc.)

 12 1-2 Windmills undated

(Photographs)

 12 3 Wyoming 1957-1970

(Pamphlets)

 12 4 Wyoming 1963-1968

(Maps)

 12 5 Wyoming 1965

(Photographs – Devils Gate, Sun Ranch, Frank J. Meyers)

 Series IV. Books 1926-1981 Sub-series 1. Annotated 1926-1981 0.45 cubic ft. (1 document box)

Arranged alphabetically by author.

 13 Clark, W. G., Dusting Off the Old Ones 1965

(Inscribed to Rogers and Scully)

 13 Crawford, Lewis F. Rekindling Camp Fires 1926

(Inscribed by C.W.W.)

 13 Homsher, Lola M., South Pass, 1866 1960

(Autographed by Lola M. Homsher)

 13 Kiefer, P. W., A Practical Evaluation of Railroad Motive Power 1947

(Inscribed, “Bill – For You to Keep - /S/”)

 13 Schulberg, Budd, Moving Pictures 1981

(Signed and Presented to Schulberg by his staff)

 13 Sprague, Marshall, A Gallery of Dudes 1967

(Inscribed to Bill from Scully?)

 13 Staufer, Alvin F., Pennsy Power 1962

(Autographed by Staufer)

 13 Whithorn, Bill and Doris, Upper Yellowstone Valley 1965 Sub-series 2. Reprints 1969-1970 0.45 cubic ft. (1 document box)

Arranged alphabetically. Published by Rogers.

 13 D. Van Nostrand, Western Incidents Connected with the Union Pacific Railroad, by Silas Seymour, 1867, circa 1970s reprint by Rogers? circa 1970

(2 Copies)

 13 Kratville Publications, American Locomotive Company 1969

(Catalogs & Bulletins, circa 1910; 2 Copies)

 13 Kratville Publications, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Locomotive Number 60,000 1969

(circa 1928; 2 Copies)

 13 Kratville Publications, A Catalogue of the Centenary Exhibition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1827-1927 1969

(2 Copies)

 13 Unknown, Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Herself, circa 1896, (Pamphlet), reprint by Rogers? circa 1970s

(2 Copies)

 13 Union Pacific Railroad, Fossil Discoveries in Wyoming, 1909, reprint by Rogers 1970

(2 Copies)

 Series V. Oversize 1962 0.10 cubic ft. (1 oversize folder)

Army Discharge Certificate and photographs of Calamity Jane.

 William Rogers’ Discharge Certificate from the Army, Four Calamity Jane Photographs 1962, undated Additional Container Lists

The American Heritage Center is in the process of converting its older container lists to a more accessible format. This link is to an older version of a container list.

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