Rogers, Andrew Locy, Jr., and Rebecca Smith Rogers

File — Box: 8a, Volume: 5

Identifier: VI

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This book contains the writings of Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr., and his second wife, Rebecca Smith Rogers. Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr.'s, writings consist of a journal kept between September 1900 and April 1901. This period covers a trip from Snowflake to Pleasant Grove, Utah, his enrollment in the Brigham Young Academy, and the first part of his trip across the United States prior to sailing for Europe on a mission for the Mormon church. After the journal of Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr., his wife Rbecca apparently used the rest of the volume to record a selection of her own writings. These writings fall into two categories. The first category is composed of three synopses and criticisms of literary works, probably school assignments. Following these writings are copies of poetry, songs, and other verse, composed by her. The copy of this journal was given to the University of Utah Libraries by Mrs. Thora R. Lambert.

Pages 1-10: Left Snowflake, Arizona, on September 3, 1900, with his mother and younger sister. Traveled to Marysvale, Utah, by wagon, and the proceeded by train to Pleasant Grove, Utah, where they stayed with relatives.
Page 11: Attended the semi-annual conference of the Mormon church in Salt Lake City, Utah, in October 1900.
Pages 12-13: Wrote to fathere in Arizona and asked to be allowed to remain in Utah to attend school. Return letter to his mother directed Andrew Locy Rogers, Jr., to take the missionary course at Brigham Young Academy.
Pages 13-15: Returned to Marysvale and brought wagon to Pleasant Grove. Mother and sister left for Snowflake while Andrew, Jr., was bringing the wagon north. Enrolled in Brigham Young Academy on November 1, 1900.
Pages 26-27: Set apart as a missionary for the Mormon church on April 16, 1901, Made arrangements for transportation to East Coast and Liverpool.
Pages 28-31: Decription of trip eastward across the United States. Passed through Denver, Colorado; Lincoln, Nebraska; Chicago, IIIinois; Buffalo. New York; and Boston, Massachusetts.
Page 33: Boarded an oceanliner for Liverpool, England.
Pages 42-133: Rebecca Smith Rogers's writings.

Dates

1857-1986

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