W. H. Rogers Collection
This collection consists primarily of a journal that W. H. Rogers kept between 1844 and 1848. In it, he discusses his work as a Methodist circuit rider in the southeast, including the places he visits and the people he meets. The blank pages of the book have been used to transcribe a Semi-Centennial Sermon and to record the April 1877 transactions of a local chapter of the American Bible Society. The collection also houses a number of newspaper clippings, a letter requesting information about Rogers' work in the 1840s, advertisements, and an essay entitled The M. E. Church South 1844 and its Connection with Slavery.
Dates
- 1844 August 29-1848 January 7, 1877 April, 1915 April 6
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of a journal that W. H. Rogers kept between 1844 and 1848. In it, he discusses his work as a Methodist circuit rider in the southeast, including the places he visits and the people he meets. The blank pages of the book have been used to transcribe a Semi-Centennial Sermon and to record the April 1877 transactions of a local chapter of the American Bible Society. The collection also houses a number of newspaper clippings, a letter requesting information about Rogers' work in the 1840s, advertisements, and an essay entitled The M. E. Church South 1844 and its Connection with Slavery.
Biographical/Historical Note
William Hurd Rogers was born in White County, Tennessee on March 22, 1818. Although he was only able to attend school for three months of his life, he read widely and as a result became very well informed. Rogers worked as a Methodist minister for many years and rode a circuit in East Tennessee and Western Virginia during the 1840s. He also served as the Chaplain of the 5th Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers in the Mexican-American War and was a charter member of the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church when it was organized in 1865. William Rogers died on March 17, 1891 and is buried in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This collection consists of two folders.
Acquisition Note
Wallace Rogers donated these materials to the University of Tennessee on March 17, 1923.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository