TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Rev. John Rodger and Rodgers Family Members
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: 1st and 2nd Generation Family Papers, 1773-1879, bulk 1823-1851
Series 2: 3rd Generation Family Papers, 1830-1910
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Inventory of the Rodgers Family Papers, 1773-1925, bulk 1830-1890
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2009. ©2009. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Rodger, John, 1735-1812 |
| Title | Rodgers Family Papers |
| Dates | 1773-1925 |
| Dates | bulk 1830-1890 |
| Extent | 4 linear feet (5 boxes and 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family, descendents of Rev. John Rodger (1735-1812). The papers document the life of an American pioneer family in Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and California, and cover topics such as farming life, homestead claims, politics, livestock and grain industries, and religion. There is an overland journal penned by Andrew Rodgers, Jr., 1845, who traveled to Oregon and was killed in the Whitman massacre of 1847. Other family names include Davidson, Graham, Ireland, and Letcher. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Rodgers |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 57 8 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Rodgers Family Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Mrs. W.F. Schweitzer, 1950, with subsequent donations.
Processed by
Amy Nyholm, 1967; Megan Winiecki, 2006; Alison Hinderliter, 2009.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Rodgers Family Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Rodgers Family Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Rev. John Rodger and Rodgers Family Members
The earliest of the Rodgers family to arrive in America was the Rev. John Rodger. He was born in Scotland in 1735 and came to Virginia, eventually settling in Rockbridge County when he was 35. He was first married to Elizabeth Blackwood (1746-1778) and they had three children: Thomas (1773-1860), Margaret (1776-1823), and Iren (later changed to Irene) (1778-1807). Iren(e) married James McCormick in 1804, uncle to Cyrus, Leander, and William McCormick who founded the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago. After the death of his first wife, John Rodger married Isabel Ireland (d. 1822) in 1780. Together they had seven children: John (1782-ca. 1860), William (1783-ca. 1820), Aleri (1785-1863), Aniel (1786-1864), Alexander (1788-1866), Andrew [called Andrew Sr.] (1789-1849), and Samuel (1791-ca. 1824). The second generation changed their name from Rodger to Rodgers.
Aleri, Aniel, and Andrew Rodgers moved to Missouri, and later to Illinois where they settled in Warren County in 1836. Aleri married Mary Davidson (1790-1879) who was related to General Sam Houston, and the aunt of Virginia Governor John Letcher (1813-1884). Aleri and Mary had ten children: John (1814-1878), William (1816-1836), Andrew [called Andrew Jr.] (1818-1847), Alexander J. (1821-1864), Mary Thompson (1823-1912), Joseph (1825-1836), Phebe (1828-1840), Isabel Ireland (1830-1912), Samuel W. (1832-1920), Calvin Melancthon (1835-1906), and Eliza A. (died at birth, 1837). Andrew Jr. and Alexander joined a party traveling west to the Oregon Territory in 1845, and Andrew Jr. kept a journal of his travels. Andrew Jr. then joined Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Whitman at their mission at Waiilatpu, Walla Walla, Washington. There he worked as a teacher and studied to be a minister. Andrew Jr. was one of the members of the party that was killed by the Cayuse in the Whitman Massacre, Nov. 29, 1847.
Another of Aleri and Mary's children, Isabel Ireland Rodgers, played a critical role in the development of the Rodgers Family Papers. She wrote to a number of distant relatives and compiled a few family histories relating to the Ireland and Rodgers families. She lived with her brother Calvin and his wife Eliza Paine Rodgers, and was very close to their children. Both Isabel and Calvin attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Calvin was a farmer who held a number of public offices in Warren County, Illinois: he was a school trustee, Commissioner of Highways, and was elected to the State Legislature as a Republican in the twenty-seventh district in 1882 and 1884. Calvin married Eliza Paine (1837-1926) in 1858, and they had nine children: Mary Romaine (called Romaine or Rome, 1861-1952), Charles Henry (Hal, 1863-1925), Alisa Amiel and Aleri (died at birth, 1865), Aleri A. (1866-1943), William D. (1867-1929), Alexander (1870-1960), Emily E. (1872-1961), and Fred Merritt (died at birth, 1874).
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family.
The collection consists mainly of correspondence between four generations of the Rodgers family and related families (Davidson, Graham, Letcher, and Ireland). Many of the letters describe the daily activities of the family, life on the farm, travel, sicknesses, births, and deaths. Andrew Rodgers, Sr. wrote a few extensive letters to Anna Maria Rodgers that discusses the roles of women, as well as various essays on slavery, capital punishment, and various religious topics. There are three letters to Jemima Hall, a former slave who was brought by the Rodgers family from Virginia to live with them in Illinois in 1836. The letters from Andrew Rodgers Jr. are an important component to the Rodgers family papers as they describe life in the early west. His Overland Journal provides insight into life on the Oregon Trail, Native Americans, and the landscape of the early American West.
There are some financial documents, including land deeds, post office records, receipts, and account books. Newspapers and clippings are from the regions where the Rodgers family branches lived (Virginia, Missouri, Washington, and Illinois) and the four photographs are of distant relatives the McCormicks and the Clendenens.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: 1st and 2nd Generation Family Papers, 1773-1879, . Box(es) 1
- Series 2: 3rd Generation Family Papers, 1830-1910. Box(es) 2-4
- Series 3: 4th Generation Family Papers, 1883-1925. Box(es) 4-5
- Series 4: Miscellaneous and Unidentified, n.d., 1834-1897. Box(es) 5
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Davidson family
- Ireland family
- Letcher family
- Letcher, John, 1813-1884
- Rodger, John, 1735-1812 -- Family
- Rodgers family
- Rodgers, Andrew, 1789-1849
- Rodgers, Andrew, 1818-1847
- Rodgers, C.M. (Calvin Melancthon)
- Rodgers, Eliza Paine
- Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, 1830-1912
- Rodgers, Mary Davidson, 1790-1879
Subjects
- Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence
- Correspondence -- 1773-1925
- Family life -- Illinois -- 1840-1890
- Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Freedmen -- Correspondence
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West -- 19th century -- Sources
- Genealogical correspondence -- United States
- Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- Sources
- Manuscripts, American
- Middle West -- Correspondence
- Middle West -- Rural conditions -- 19th century -- Sources
- Middle West -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
- Oregon National Historic Trail -- History
- Oregon Territory -- History -- Sources
- Overland journeys to the Pacific -- History -- Sources
- Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence
- Parent and child -- Correspondence
- Rockbridge County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
- Rockbridge County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Rural women -- United States
- Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- Sources
- Warren County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Whitman Massacre, 1847
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Container List
Series 1: 1st and 2nd Generation Family Papers, 1773-1879, bulk 1823-1851 |
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| Correspondence and other writings from the first generation of Rodger(s) in the United States: Rev. John Rodger and his first and second wives (Elizabeth Blackwood, 1746-1778; and Isabel Ireland, d. 1822, respectively), and correspondence and other writings from his ten children. Until the 1830s, the Rodgers family was living in Rockbridge County, Virginia, then many of them moved to Missouri, and then on to Warren County, Illinois. Much of the correspondence and writing is from Andrew Rodgers, Sr. (1789-1849) who wrote essays and letters on various topics, such as roles of women, church financing, infant baptism, reformed churches, slavery, suffrage, capital punishment, and free trade. | |||||||||||
| Very notable in this series are letters to Jemima Hall from Washington and L.F. Hall, and from Venus McCormick. Jemima Hall was born a slave around 1810 in Virginia. She was owned by the Davidson family and given to Aleri and Mary Davidson Rodgers when they moved to Missouri in 1822. The Rodgers subsequently moved to Warren County, Illinois, in 1836, and took Jemima Hall (then freed) with them. The letters to Jemima are from another slave, Venus McCormick (who was owned by Robert McCormick in Virginia but purchased by Aniel Rodgers and given her freedom in 1833 in Missouri), and from Jemima's husband Washington Hall, who at the time of his writing was still owned by L.F. Hall. In the letters Washington and L.F. both try to persuade Jemima to move back to Missouri to be with Washington, her husband (although L.F. was unwilling to free Washington.) | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with works and other documents following correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Davidson, John, to Alleri [sic] Rodgers [John Davidson's son-in-law], 1824 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Davidson, John, to Alleri [sic] Rodgers [John Davidson's son-in-law] and family, 1832-1833 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Davidson, John, to Andrew Rodgers, 1829 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Davidson, John, to John Rodgers, 1830, 1834 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Davidson, John, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [John Davidson's daughter], 1825-1827 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Davidson, John, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [John Davidson's daughter], 1831 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Davidson, John, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [John Davidson's daughter], 1833-1834 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Davidson, John - Will [copy], ca. 1834 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Davidson, John, to Isabel I. Rodgers [John Davidson's niece], 1852 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Davidson, Mary T. - Obituary, 1844 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Davidson, Phebe, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [Phebe Davidson's sister], 1823 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Davidson, Susan, to Isabel I. Rodgers [Susan Davidson's niece], 1879 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Davidson, Susan, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [Susan Davidson's sister], 1877 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Davidson, William, to Andrew Rodgers, Sr., 1839 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Hall, Washington, to Jemima Hall [former slave; Washington Hall's wife] (also from L.F. Hall, Washington Hall's owner), 1836-1837 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Letcher, Elizabeth, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [Elizabeth Letcher's sister], 1823-1847 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | McCormick, Venus, to Jemima Hall [for[fomemer slave], 1834 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Rodger, John, Rev. - Biographical summaries, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Rodger, John, Rev. - Correspondence, from James Barlas, (see Oversize; with typescript), 1773 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Rodger, John, Rev. - List of propositions, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Rodger, John, Rev. - Will [copy], ca. 1812 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Rodger, Will, to Rev. John Rodger [Will Rodger's uncle], 1811 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Rodgers, A---. - Bill of Lading, 1836 | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Rodgers, Aleri - Correspondence to, 1850 | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Rodgers, Aleri - Financial documents, miscellaneous, 1837-1838 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Rodgers, Aleri - Loan document, 1851 | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Rodgers, Aleri - Receipts, 1837-1850 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Rodgers, Aleri - Will, 1864 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Rodgers, Aleri and Andrew, Sr. Land Declarations, 1822, 1828 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Rodgers, Alexander, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Alexander Rodgers' niece], 1847 | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Rodgers, Alexander, to Andrew Rodgers (Sr.) [Alexander Rodgers' brother], [1847] | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to William Davidson, 1830, 1837, 1839 | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to Alexander Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Sr.'s brother], 1840 | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to Anna Maria D. Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Sr.'s niece, Aniel Rodgers' daughter], 1839, 1844 | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to Andrew Rodgers Jr. [Andrew Rodgers Sr.'s nephew], 1840 | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to Isabel I. Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Sr.'s mother], 1818 | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to John Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Sr.'s brother], 1840 | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to Thomas Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Sr.'s half brother], 1818 | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr., to unidentified, 1833, 1840 | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Correspondence from friend William Porter, 1837-1838 | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Correspondence (also to Margaret and Samuel Rodgers), from friend Mary Young, 1822-1826 | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Financial documents, miscellaneous, 1837-1838, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 43-45 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Letters, writing samples, etc., n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Poetry, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 47-48 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Postal receipts, 1828-1835 | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Rodgers, Andrew, Sr. - Real estate documents, 1823, 1830, 1837 | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Rodgers, Aniel - Real Estate Agreement, 1837 | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Rodgers, Mary Davidson, to Margaret Rodgers [Mary Davidson Rodgers' sister in law?], 1823 | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Rodgers, Mary Davidson, to Phebe Davidson [Mary Davidson Rodgers' sister], 1823 | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | Rodgers, Mary Davidson. Widow's military pension certificate (War of 1812), 1872 | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Rodgers, Samuel, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Samuel Rodgers' mother], 1814 | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Rodgers, Thomas, to William Davidson, 1830 | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | Rodgers, Thomas, to Aleri Rodgers [Thomas Rodgers' half brother], 1849 | |||||||||
Series 2: 3rd Generation Family Papers, 1830-1910 |
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| This largest series includes correspondence, wills, biographical information, genealogical information, and some financial and legal documents created by the descendents of John Rodger, the Rodgers family, and the families this group married into, such as the Davidsons, Grahams, Irelands, and Letchers. The most prominent correspondents are three of Aleri and Mary Davidson Rodgers' eleven children: Andrew Rodgers Jr. (1818-1847), Isabel Ireland Rodgers (1830-1912), and Calvin Melancthon (C.M.) Rodgers (1835-1906). | |||||||||||
| Andrew Rodgers, Jr. kept an overland journal while travelling on the Oregon Trail. He also wrote to many of his family about his experiences living with the Whitmans in Walla Walla. He was killed in the Whitman Massacre in 1847. Isabel Ireland Rodgers, who was named after her grandmother, was the genealogist of the family and wrote many distant relatives inquiring about family history. She also collected clippings on the Whitman massacre and wrote to various people about it, including author Myron Eells. Her notes and recollections are important documents of family history and anecdotal information. Isabel Ireland Rodgers graduated from the "Female Collegiate Department" of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1857, and her diploma is in the collection. C.M. Rodgers was a farmer and politician, who held several public offices, most importantly in the Illinois State Legislature. His correspondence to and from his wife during the years he was away is an interesting collection of letters detailing daily life on the farm and in Congress. C.M.'s business papers deal mostly with land claims, loans, and cattle and crops. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with works and other documents following correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 2 | 57 | Davidson, John, to "cousin", 1865 | |||||||||
| 2 | 58 | Davidson, Mary, to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Mary Davidson's cousin], 1887 | |||||||||
| 2 | 59 | Davidson, Mary, to Isabel I. Rodgers [Mary Davidson's cousin], 1869-1909 | |||||||||
| 2 | 60 | Davidson, Mary, to "cousin", 1879-1889 | |||||||||
| 2 | 61 | Davidson, W.J., to Calvin M. Rodgers [W.J. Davidson's cousin], 1872 | |||||||||
| 2 | 62 | Davidson, W.J., to "cousin", 1860 | |||||||||
| 2 | 63 | Graham, John R. Correspondence, from Lewis and Eliza Rogers [cousins], 1846 | |||||||||
| 2 | 64 | Graham, John R. and Mary T. Rodgers Graham, to Calvin M. and Eliza Paine Rodgers [sisters and brothers], 1887 | |||||||||
| 2 | 65 | Graham, Mary T. Rodgers, to Andrew Rodgers, Jr. [Mary T. Rodgers Graham's brother], 1843 | |||||||||
| 2 | 66 | Graham, Mary T. Rodgers, to Calvin M. and Eliza Paine Rodgers [Mary T. Rodgers Graham's brother and sister-in-law], n.d., 1887 | |||||||||
| 2 | 67 | Graham, Mary T. Rodgers, to Romaine Rodgers [Mary T. Rodgers Graham's niece], n.d., 1888 | |||||||||
| 2 | 68 | Ireland, James B. "Looking Back Through 100 Years", ca. 1908 | |||||||||
| 2 | 69 | Ireland, John P., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers, 1894 | |||||||||
| 2 | 70 | Ireland, Joseph I., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers, 1893 | |||||||||
| 2 | 71 | Ireland, Thomas D., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Thomas D. Ireland's cousin] (also from Thomas D. Ireland's son Emra), 1897-1910 | |||||||||
| 2 | 72 | Ireland family - articles about, 1899-1900 | |||||||||
| 2 | 73 | Letcher, Gov. John, to Calvin M. Rodgers [John Letcher's cousin], 1871-1872, 1876-1879 | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | Letcher, Gov. John, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [John Letcher's cousin], 1851, 1877 | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Letcher, Gov. John, to John Rodgers [John Letcher's cousin], 1840, 1850-1852 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Letcher, Gov. John, to Mary Davidson Rodgers [John Letcher's aunt], 1830, 1869-1876 | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Letcher, Gov. John, to "cousin", 1876-1879 | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Letcher, Gov. John - articles about (see also oversize), 1884, 1894 | |||||||||
| 2 | 79 | Letcher family [cousins], to Andrew Rodgers, Jr. [cousin] 1846-1855, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 80 | Letcher family [cousins], to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [cousin] 1846-1855, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 81 | Letcher family [nieces and nephews], to Mary Davidson Rodgers [aunt], 1844-1845 | |||||||||
| 2 | 82 | Paine family, to various, 1855-1857, 1887, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 83 | Rodgers, Alexander J., to John R. Graham [Alexander J. Rodgers' brother-in-law], 1845, 1850 | |||||||||
| 2 | 84 | Rodgers, Alexander J., to Aleri Rodgers [Alexander J. Rodgers' father], 1848-1849 | |||||||||
| 2 | 85 | Rodgers, Alexander J., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Alexander J. Rodgers' sister], 1847, 1853 | |||||||||
| 2 | 86 | Rodgers, Alexander J., to Mary Davidson Rodgers [Alexander J. Rodgers' mother], 1846-1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 87 | Rodgers, Alexander J., to "brother", 1853, 1856 | |||||||||
| 2 | 88 | Rodgers, Alexander J., to unknown (fragment), 1860 | |||||||||
| 2 | 89 | Rodgers, Anna Maria D., to Andrew Rodgers, Sr. [Anna Maria D. Rodgers' uncle], 1839, 1844 | |||||||||
| 2 | 90 | Rodgers, Anna Maria D. - Poetry, ca. 1848 | |||||||||
| 2 | 91 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to John R. Graham [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s brother-in-law], 1845-1846 | |||||||||
| 2 | 92 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Mary T. Rodgers Graham [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s sister], 1843, 1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 93 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Aleri Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s father], 1843 | |||||||||
| 2 | 94 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Alexander J. Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s brother], 1841 | |||||||||
| 2 | 95 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Andrew Rodgers, Sr. [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s uncle] (see also oversize), 1845-1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 96 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Calvin M. Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s brother], 1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 97 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s sister] (see also oversize), 1845 | |||||||||
| 2 | 98 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Mary Davidson Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s mother], 1845-1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 99 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Samuel Rodgers [Andrew Rodgers Jr.'s brother], 1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 100 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to "brother", 1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 101 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr., to Rev. and Mrs. Elkanah Walker, Oregon Territory, 1846-1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 102 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Articles about Rodgers, Marcus Whitman, and the massacre (see also oversize), n.d., 1891, 1897 | |||||||||
| 2 | 103 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Compositions, ca. 1840, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 104 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Correspondence from Hannah Cutter (friend), 1841 | |||||||||
| 2 | 105 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Correspondence from William Porter (friend), 1838, 1841 | |||||||||
| 2 | 106 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Correspondence from S.C. Wright (friend), 1845 | |||||||||
| 2 | 107 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Official letter (copy), Rev. Marcus Whitman to the U.S. Secretary of War, the Committee on Indian Affairs, etc., 1847 | |||||||||
| 2 | 108 | Rodgers, Andrew, Jr. - Overland Journal, May 29-Aug. 31, 1845 | |||||||||
| 3 | 109-112 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Calvin M. Rodgers' wife], 1883-1888 | |||||||||
| 3 | 113 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Calvin M. Rodgers' wife], 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 114 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Calvin M. Rodgers' sister], 1853-1856 | |||||||||
| 3 | 115 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Calvin M. Rodgers' sister], 1864 | |||||||||
| 3 | 116 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Calvin M. Rodgers' sister], 1883-1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 117 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to "brother", n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 118 | Rodgers, Calvin M., to his children [Aleri, William, Emily, Charles, Alexander, and Romaine], 1883-1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 119 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Business, 1877-1887 | |||||||||
| 3 | 120 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Business, 1888-1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 121 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Colleagues - Gittings, Clarence R., 1885-1888 | |||||||||
| 3 | 122 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Colleagues - McCord, W.H., 1885-1888 | |||||||||
| 3 | 123 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Colleagues - Phillips, D.L., 1851-1856 | |||||||||
| 3 | 124 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Colleagues - Tubbs, Henry, 1st National Bank of Kirkwood, 1883-1884 | |||||||||
| 3 | 125 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Colleagues - various, 1855, 1883-1889, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 126 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Cousins (A.R. and Sophia Cannon), 1883-1890, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 127 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Correspondence: Legislative, 1885-1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 128 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Essay, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 129 | Rodgers, Calvin M. - Receipts, 1886-1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 130 | Rodgers, Calvin M. and Eliza Paine, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Calvin M. Rodgers' sister], 1860 | |||||||||
| 3 | 131 | Rodgers, Eliza Paine, to Calvin M. Rodgers [Eliza Paine Rodgers' husband], 1882-1888, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 132 | Rodgers, Eliza Paine, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Eliza Paine Rodgers' sister-in-law] (also from Cora, Eliza's granddaughter), 1887-1896, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 133 | Rodgers, Eliza Paine, to her children [William, Charles, Aleri, Emily, Romaine, and Alexander], 1885-1889 | |||||||||
| 3 | 134 | Rodgers, Eliza Paine - Correspondence to, 1854-1869, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 135 | Rodgers, Eliza Paine - Correspondence to, 1884-1890 | |||||||||
| 3 | 136 | Rodgers, Eliza Paine - Essay, 1856 | |||||||||
| 3 | 137 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, to Calvin M. Rodgers [Isabel Ireland Rodgers' sister], 1887-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 138 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Isabel Ireland Rodgers' sister-in-law], 1888, 1891 | |||||||||
| 3 | 139 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, to "friends", "brother", "cousin", etc., 1855-1856, 1867, 1887-1888, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 140 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland, to her nieces and nephews, 1885-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 141 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: cousins, 1852, n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 142 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: cousins, 1871-1875 | |||||||||
| 3 | 143 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: cousins, 1885-1895 | |||||||||
| 3 | 144 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: cousins, 1902, 1909 | |||||||||
| 4 | 145 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: friends - Allen, A.M.P. | |||||||||
| 4 | 146 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: friends - Eells, Myron (author of books on the Whitman Massacre), 1882-1893 | |||||||||
| 4 | 147 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: friends - McCormick, Leander (see her Recollections, pp. 82-83), 1896, 1898 | |||||||||
| 4 | 148 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: friends - Smith, James N., 1862-1864 | |||||||||
| 4 | 149 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Correspondence: friends - various, 1849-1893, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 150 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Diploma, Knox College (see oversize), 1857 | |||||||||
| 4 | 151 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Genealogical Notes, various, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 152 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Notebooks, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 153 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - Recollections, 1895 | |||||||||
| 4 | 154 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - "Some Account of the Ager-Ireland Family…", 1897 | |||||||||
| 4 | 155 | Rodgers, Isabel Ireland - "Some Account of the Rodgers Family", n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 156 | Rodgers, Mary A. [wife of Samuel W. Rodgers], to various, 1887, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 157 | Rodgers, Mary Janet, to Andrew Rodgers Jr. [Mary Janet Rodgers' cousin], 1844 | |||||||||
| 4 | 158 | Rodgers, Mary Janet, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Mary Janet Rodgers' cousin], 1885, 1892, 1898-1903 | |||||||||
| 4 | 159 | Rodgers, Samuel W., to Calvin M. Rodgers [Samuel W. Rodgers' brother], 1887-1890 | |||||||||
| 4 | 160 | Rodgers, Samuel W., to various, 1887, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 161 | Rodgers, Samuel W. - correspondence to, 1853 | |||||||||
| 4 | 162 | Rodgers, William (1816-1836) - Poetry, transcribed by other family members, ca. 1836-1844 | |||||||||
Series 3: 4th Generation Family Papers, 1883-1925 |
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| Correspondence, primarily from the children of C.M. and Eliza Paine Rodgers. The Rodgers' oldest child and daughter, Romaine Rodgers, went to school in Davenport, Iowa, and started a farm there and in Tribune, Kansas. Other children also traveled and resettled, and the correspondence back and forth talks about farming conditions, rural life, births, illnesses, and deaths. A couple of cousins (children of C.M.'s brother Samuel) settled in New Mexico and California in the 1880s. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with works and other documents following correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 4 | 163 | Kilgore, Emma, [cousin], to various, 1887-1888 | |||||||||
| 4 | 164 | Rodgers, Aleri A., to Calvin M. Rodgers [Aleri A. Rodgers' father], 1887-1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 165 | Rodgers, Aleri A., to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Aleri A. Rodgers' mother], 1887-1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 166 | Rodgers, Aleri A., to "Aunt", 1888-1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 167 | Rodgers, Aleri A., to brothers, sisters, and "folks", 1888-1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 168 | Rodgers, Aleri A. - Correspondence to (and land sale advertisements), 1886, 1888 | |||||||||
| 4 | 169 | Rodgers, Alexander, to Calvin M. Rodgers [Alexander Rodgers' father], 1888, 1890-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 170 | Rodgers, Alexander, to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Alexander Rodgers' mother], 1887-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 171 | Rodgers, Alexander, to brothers and sisters, 1888 | |||||||||
| 4 | 172 | Rodgers, Alexander - Correspondence to, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 173 | Rodgers, Charles H., to Calvin M. Rodgers [Charles H. Rodgers' father], 1887-1888, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 174 | Rodgers, Charles H., to Calvin M. Rodgers [Charles H. Rodgers' father], 1889-1890, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 175 | Rodgers, Charles H., to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Charles H. Rodgers' mother], 1887-1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 176 | Rodgers, Charles H., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Charles H. Rodgers' aunt], 1889-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 177 | Rodgers, Charles H., to brothers, sisters, and "folks", 1884-1889, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 178 | Rodgers, Charles H., to unidentified [fragments], n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 179 | Rodgers, Charles H. - Correspondence to, 1886, 1925 | |||||||||
| 5 | 180 | Rodgers, Emily I., to C.M. Rodgers [Emily I. Rodgers' father], 1887-1888 | |||||||||
| 5 | 181 | Rodgers, Emily I., to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Emily I. Rodgers' mother], and also to both parents, 1886-1887, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 182 | Rodgers, Emily I., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Emily I. Rodgers' aunt], 1878-1898, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 183 | Rodgers, Emily I., to her brothers and sisters (includes dried flowers), 1886-1888, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 184 | Rodgers, Emily I.. - Northwestern University Commencement invitation, 1899 | |||||||||
| 5 | 185 | Rodgers, Emily I. - Travel Journal, 1888 | |||||||||
| 5 | 186 | Rodgers, John S. and Mary ("Marie"?) [children of Samuel W. Rodgers] to William D. and Emily I. Rodgers [cousins], 1888-1890 | |||||||||
| 5 | 187 | Rodgers, R.I. [cousin], to various, San Jose and Los Gatos, California, 1883-1890 | |||||||||
| 5 | 188-189 | Rodgers, Romaine, to Calvin M. Rodgers [Romaine Rodgers' father], 1887-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 190-192 | Rodgers, Romaine, to Eliza Paine Rodgers [Romaine Rodgers' mother], 1887-1891, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 193 | Rodgers, Romaine, to Emily I. Rodgers [Romaine Rodgers' sister], 1885, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 194 | Rodgers, Romaine, to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [Romaine Rodgers' aunt], 1887-1891 | |||||||||
| 5 | 195 | Rodgers, Romaine, to her brothers, 1888-1891 | |||||||||
| 5 | 196 | Rodgers, Romaine - Correspondence to, 1886 | |||||||||
| 5 | 197 | Rodgers, William D., to Calvin M. Rodgers [William D. Rodgers' father], 1887-1889, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 198 | Rodgers, William D., to Eliza Paine Rodgers [William D. Rodgers' mother], 1887-1889, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 199 | Rodgers, William D., to Isabel Ireland Rodgers [William D. Rodgers' aunt], 1888-1889, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 200 | Rodgers, William D., to his brothers and sisters, 1885-1889 | |||||||||
| 5 | 201 | Sample, Anna [cousin], to various, 1887 | |||||||||
Series 4: Miscellaneous and Unidentified, n.d., 1834-1897 |
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| Various letters and fragments of letters with unknown authorship or addressee, clippings, photographs, printed items, and sketches of family members which are unidentified. The Series also includes a handwritten list of remedies for Asiatic Cholera, undated. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically, with Miscellaneous items first and Unidentified items following. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 5 | 202 | Miscellaneous: Confederate $50 bill, 1863 | |||||||||
| 5 | 203 | Miscellaneous: Newspapers, (see oversize), 1834-1884 | |||||||||
| 5 | 204 | Miscellaneous: Photographs (Isabella Burke Clendenen, Robert A. McCormick, and Mary A. McCormick | |||||||||
| 5 | 205 | Miscellaneous: Sketches and drawings (see oversize), n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 206 | Miscellaneous: Wedding invitations, 1887-1901 | |||||||||
| 5 | 207 | Unidentified or fragments: Correspondence, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 208 | Unidentified or fragments: Correspondence, 1842-1879 | |||||||||
| 5 | 209 | Unidentified or fragments: Correspondence, 1881-1891 | |||||||||
| 5 | 210 | Unidentified or fragments: Documents and Ephemera, 1862-1899 | |||||||||
| 5 | 211 | Unidentified or fragments: Poetry, Essays, and Miscellaneous Writings, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 212 | Unidentified or fragments: Remedies for Asiatic Cholera, n.d. | |||||||||
Related Material
Three land register certificates for land purchased in Missouri by Andrew Rodgers Sr. are cataloged separately as Vault Broadside Graff 5057 (Box 4). Two certificates date from 1824 and are signed by President James Monroe, and one certificate from 1830 is signed by President Andrew Jackson.
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