Special Collections Research Center
spcoll@wm.eduFinding Aid Authors: Elizabeth Engelken.
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Preferred Citation:
P. Burwell Rogers Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Both accessions are gifts of his sister Sarah Rogers.
Processing Information:
Processed by Elizabeth Engelken in 1989.
Biographical Information:
Powell Burwell Rogers (1909-1976) was a 1930 graduate of the College of William and Mary. He received an M. A. degree from Duke and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Rogers was an English professor at Bucknell University for forty years. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Papers of Powell Burwell Rogers which document his academic career as a graduate student at Duke University and at the University of Pennsylvania and as English professor at Bucknell University. The collection contains research materials on Old/Middle English (The Book of Carving and the Book of Nature) and articles published in various journals. His working papers for editing "Excerpts from the Civil War Diary of Lucien Payne Rogers" are among his professional papers as well as placename notes. There is genealogical data on the Burwell, Jones, Garland and Brooke families as well as information on his childhood in Newport News, Va., early writings, career in the U. S. Army and his interest in the performing arts.
1994.82 addition:
Writings of P. Burwell Rogers including his dissertation, translations, lecture notes, and class notes. This addition has not been processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Bucknell University. English Dept
- Certificates
- College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Newport News (Va.)--History
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- University of Pennsylvania
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/87_R63_Rogers__PB.pdf
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id134590
First writings of P. Burwell Rogers1923-1933
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id134591
Collegiate records from the College of William and Mary, Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania recommendations for applications of employment; contract of employment; and commencement programs for Masters and Ph.D. degrees1930-1950Scope and Contents
Includes: June 10 1926, high school diploma from Newport News High School. See medium oversize file. June 9, 1930, diploma from the College of William and Mary. See medium oversize file. June 8 1932, diploma from Duke University. See medium oversize file. June 14, 1950, diploma from the University of Pennsylvania. See medium oversize file.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id134592
Story, "The Building of a Bed (For Posterity)"1939
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id134595
Military records of Rogers' career in the United States Army, as well as ration cards and military identification1940 December 4 - 1946 April 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id134596
Certificates of achievement and participation from the First Presbyterian Church, Newport News, Va., Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and the College of William and Mary; newsclippings noting Rogers' career1909-1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id134597
Documents, letters obituary and notes by Rogers relating to his death on December 23, 19761973-1978
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id134598
Term paper of Rogers, completed for his Masters degree at Duke University1931 July 16 - August 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id134599
Term Papers by Rogers, completed for his Masters degree at Duke University1932 January - June
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id134601
Examinations and term papers, completed by Rogers for his Masters degree at Duke University1932
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id134602
Examination and term paper, completed by Rogers for his Masters degree at Duke University1934-1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id134603
Examination and term paper, completed by Rogers for his Masters degree at Duke University1934-1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id134604
Examination, completed by Rogers for his Masters degree at Duke University1934-1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id134605
Examination, completed by Rogers for his Masters degree at Duke University1934-1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id134606
Examination, completed by Rogers for his Masters degree at Duke University1934-1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id134607
Examination and term papers, completed by Rogers for his Ph.D. degree at the university of Pennsylvania1940-1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id134609
Examination: Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania1940-1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id134610
Examination and Term Papers: Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania1946-1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id134611
Examination: Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania1946-1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id134612
"The Book of Carving"1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id134613
"The Book of Carving"1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id134614
"The Book of Carving"1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id134615
"The Book of Carving"1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id134616
"The Book of Carving"1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id134617
"The Book of Carving"1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id134619
Book of Nature
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id134620
Book of Nature
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id134621
Book of Nature
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id134622
Book of Nature (The Boke of Nurture article)
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id134623
The Boke of Nurture (The Book of Nature) and The Boke of Keruynge (The Book of Carving)
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id134624
Chaucer Material1955-1969
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id134625
Final Examination: for 251 English class at Bucknell University1961
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id134626
Articles in Bucknell University Studies and the Bucknell Review1951-1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id134627
"College English," Article: "The Research Paper: A Vital Subject"1952 OctoberScope and Contents
Copies of article and newsclipping.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id134628
"American Speech" Articles1954 December -1960 October
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id134629
"Names" Articles1956 September - 1975 SeptemberScope and Contents
Includes undated article by Rogers printed in Names.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id134631
"Excerpts from the Civil War Diary of Lucien Payne Rogers"
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id134632
"Excerpts from the Civil War Diary of Lucien Payne Rogers"Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id134633
"Excerpts from the Civil War Diary of Lucien Payne Rogers"Scope and Contents
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id134635
Miscellaneous Letters, Papers and Articles1943-1977
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id134637
Miscellaneous notes, academic records, and articles pertaining to Rogers's work at Bucknell University1965-1971
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id134639
Articles, "A Nameless Grave," "The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island," and "Class Size and Efficiency of Instruction," by Rogers
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id134641
Copy of "The Record of the Burwell Family Descended from Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson of Carter's Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia"1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id134642
Copy of "The Record of the Burwell Family Descended from Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson of Carter's Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia"1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id134643
Copy of "The Record of the Burwell Family Descended from Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson of Carter's Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia"
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id134644
Copy of "The Record of the Burwell Family Descended from Major Lewis Burwell and Lucy Higginson of Carter's Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia"
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id134645
Genealogical research materials on the Burwell Family1962-1976Scope and Contents
Genealogical research materials on the Burwell Family.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id135310
Powell Burwell Catlett, Hayes, Virginia to P. Burwell Rogers, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania1971 January 12Scope and Contents
Information on the Nelson Family. Genealogical materials on the Burwell and Carter families.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id135314
Correspondence and Notes on the Burwell Family; "Behind the Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House" by Elizabeth Keckley1968-1987Scope and Contents
Genealogical matter on the Burwell and Brooke families.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id135319
Will of Robert (King) Carter, as documented in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (April 1898)
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id135323
Genealogical Materials on Garland and Jones Families1921-1978Scope and Contents
Genealogical information on the Garland and Jones families.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id135325
Programs of Musicals and Theatre Productions1922 May 16 - 1935 February 18
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id135328
Programs of Musicals and Theatre Productions1935 - 1941 November 17
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id135330
Programs of Musicals and Theatre Productions1941 January 24 - 1968 July 30
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id135331
Programs of Musicals and Theatre Productions
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id135335
Photographic prints1930-1978Scope and Contents
4 1/2" x 3", 5" x 7", and 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", black and white, and color, of P. Burwell Rogers and of the Burwell School in Hillsborough, N.C. Including, Ph., n.d., photographic prints, 2 1/2" x 4" and 5" x 3 1/2", black and white, of Robert Burwell, his wife Anna Burwell and Will C. Jones.