P. Burwell Rogers Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

P. Burwell Rogers Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
4.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Rogers, Powell Burwell, 1909-1976
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

P. Burwell Rogers Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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: .

Acquisition information:
Both accessions are gifts of his sister Sarah Rogers.
Processing information:

Processed by Elizabeth Engelken in 1989.

Physical description:
607 items