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Rev. Edwin E. Rogers Papers - MS 513

Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The Rev. Edwin E. Rogers Papers, consist of seminary notebooks from Union Theological Seminary, a scrapbook, loose papers, and nearly 400 handwritten sermons, produced by Dr. Rogers between 1878 and 1915.

The collection was transferred to the Center for Archival Collections during April 1988 from the Wood County Historical Museum. This register was prepared by Marilyn Levin son, Curator of Manuscripts, Center for Archival Collections, May, 1989. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection.

Biographical Sketch

Edwin E. Rogers, former pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Ohio, was born on September 19, 1853 on a farm near South Wallingford, Vermont. After graduating in 1881 from Union Theological Seminary with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, he served as pastor for a number of congregations: Hammonton, N.J., 1881-83; Allen State Church, New York City, 1883-86; East Hardwick, Vt., 1886-87; Church of the Covenant, New York City, 1887-88; Zanesville, Ohio, 1880-97; Columbus, Ohio, 1899-1901; and Bowling Green, Ohio, 1901-1920.

Rogers was first married on August 9, 1887 to Mary Hulbert. They had two children, but both died early. Late in life, on March 24, 1919, he married Maude Raydure. He was left a partially paralyzed invalid after a fall in his home in December 1921. He died in Bowling Green, Ohio on September 24, 1937 and was buried in South Wallingford, Vermont.

Scope and Content

The papers of Rev. Edwin E. Rogers consist of nearly 3 linear feet of handwritten sermons, seminary notebooks, a scrapbook of a world tour, and loose papers, covering the period from 1878 until 1915. As the work of a Presbyterian minister active at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the collection provides insight into traditional religious life and views.

The sermons, which are the largest segment of the collection, primarily deal with common religious subjects. The few topical sermons are on such issues as temperance, patriotism, and missionary work. One of the more interesting items in the collection is the scrapbook of newspaper clippings of letters sent to the Bowling Green Daily Sentinel-Tribune by Rogers during a tour of the world 1909-1910, including impressions of Japan, Korea and Manchuria, China, Hong Kong, Burma, India, Egypt, Palestine, and Europe. The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown; it was donated to the collection separately by Marilyn Valentine.

Series Description

CORRESPONDENCE.

MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
1900, 1915.
Includes correspondence from a Black Minister, L.L. Downing, concerning establishing a Black Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS.

ESSAYS.
1887, 1911, n.d.
Essays written for presentation at conferences: "The Christian's duty as to missions", "Eternal life", "The Province of the Law in the presentation of the Word", "China and the Chinese".

SERMONS.
1878-1897.
Arranged numerically.
Handwritten sermons delivered by Dr. Rogers throughout his career. Most sermons note when and where delivered (some pieces were used more than once for different congregations).

RESEARCH NOTES.
1878-1881.
School notebooks from Union Theological Seminary classes, including Church history & polity, pastoral theology, and dogmatics.

SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS.

SCRAPBOOK.
1909-1910.
Scrapbook of clippings from the Bowling Green Daily Sentinel-Tribune, of Rogers' world tour, compiler unknown.

PRINTED MATERIALS.

PAMPHLETS.
1892, 1895.
"Annual report for 1891 of the National Divorce Reform League", and "Memorials of the Evangelical Military Church, founded in Rome", by Luigi Capellini.

Inventory

Box 1

Folders

  1. Correspondence, to E.E. Rogers, Feb 18, Apr 19, May 21, 1900
  2. Correspondence (forms), from Foreign Missions Comm., Feb 2, Apr 28, 1915
  3. Essays: "The Christian's Duty as to Missions", "Eternal Life", "The Province of the Law in the presentation of the Word", "China and the Chinese", 1887, 1911, n.d.
  4. Sermons, 1-5, Jan-Aug 1878
  5. Sermons, 6-10, May-June 1879
  6. Sermons, 11-15, Mar-Aug 1879
  7. Sermons, 16-19, Aug-Dec 1879
  8. Sermons, 23-27, May-June 1880
  9. Sermons, 28-32, June 1880
  10. Sermons, 33-35, July 1880

Box 2

Folders

  1. Sermons, 36-45, July-Sept 1880
  2. Sermons, 46-55, Sept 1880-June 1881
  3. Sermons, 56-65, July-Sept 1881
  4. Sermons, 66-75, Sept-Nov 1881
  5. Sermons, 76-80, Nov 1881
  6. Sermons, 200-205, Aug 1883
  7. Sermons, 206-211, Aug-Sept 1883
  8. Sermons, 212-218, Sept-Oct 1883
  9. Sermons, 241-250, Feb-May 1884
  10. Sermons, 251-259, May-July 1884

Box 3

Folders

  1. Sermons, 260-270, July-Oct 1884
  2. Sermons, 271-275, 319, 321-324, Oct 1884-Jan 1886
  3. Sermons, 325-334, Feb-July 1886
  4. Sermons, 335-341, July-Aug 1886
  5. Sermons, 342-350, Aug-Oct 1886
  6. Sermons, 351-360, Oct-Dec 1886
  7. Sermons, 424-429, 431-433, Nov 1888-Feb 1889
  8. Sermons, 434-445, Feb-June 1889
  9. Sermons, 446-455, Nov-Dec 1889
  10. Sermons, 456-465, Dec 1889-Feb 1890
  11. Sermons, 466-470, Feb-Mar 1890

Box 4

Folders

  1. Sermons, 471-479, Mar-Oct 1890
  2. Sermons, 480-488, Apr-July 1890
  3. Sermons, 491-500, July-Nov 1890
  4. Sermons, 529-536, Nov-Dec 1891
  5. Sermons, 537-546, Dec 1891-Feb 1892
  6. Sermons, 561-566, Apr-June 1892
  7. Sermons, 567-570, 600-603, July-Dec 1892

Box 5

Folders

  1. Sermons, 604-610, Dec 1892-Feb 1893
  2. Sermons, 611-617, Feb-Apr 1893
  3. Sermons, 618-624, May-July 1893
  4. Sermons, 625-631, July-Sept 1893
  5. Sermons, 632-637, Sept 1893
  6. Sermons, 638-639, Oct 1893

Box 6

Folders

  1. Sermons, 675-676, 686-688, Apr-June 1894
  2. Sermons, 689-692, 697-699, June-Sept 1894
  3. Sermons, 700-704, Sept-Oct 1894
  4. Sermons, 705-709, Oct-Nov 1894
  5. Sermons, 710-713, 719, 723, Nov 1894-Mar 1895

Box 7

Folders

  1. Sermons, 725-729, Mar 1895
  2. Sermons, 730-735, Mar-May 1895
  3. Sermons, 736-742, May-June 1895
  4. Sermons, 748-751, 753, 755, Aug-Oct 1895
  5. Sermons, 771-779, Feb-Mar 1896

Box 8

Folders

  1. Sermons, 780-786, Mar-Apr 1896
  2. Sermons, 787-793, Apr-May 1896
  3. Sermons, 795-799, 815-816, June-Nov 1896
  4. Sermons, 820-827, Dec 1896-Feb 1897
  5. Sermons, 828-829, 848-850, Feb-July 1897

Box 9

Folders

  1. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Hitchcock), Sept 1878
  2. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Hitchcock), Sept 1879
  3. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Hitchcock), Jan 1880
  4. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Hitchcock), Oct 1880
  5. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Hitchcock), Feb 1881

Box 10

Folders

  1. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Prentiss), Sept 1879
  2. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Prentiss), Oct 1880
  3. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Shedd), Sept 1879
  4. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Shedd), Oct 1880
  5. Notebook-Union Theological Seminary (Dr. Shedd), Nov 1880
  6. Scrapbook-Clippings on E.E. Rogers' world tour, 1909-1910
  7. National Divorce Reform League. Report for 1891, 1892
  8. Capellini, Luigi. Memorials of the Evangelical Military Church, founded in Rome, 1895

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