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Rogers' Personal Papers
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Rogers' Businesses
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Rogers parlayed his backpacking expertise and PCT connections into various business ventures including numerous publications (Western Camping Magazine, PCT Quarterly, Camp Directors Digest, PCT Voice, the PCT Relays booklet), his PCT Pocket Guide maps and the Food Pack service which supplied meals to hikers along the trail. The folders are arranged alphabetically by name of product, service or related subject. Rogers set up trail registers at certain points along PCT and excerpts from those logs are in this series, some of which have Polaroids of the hikers attached. His position as elder PCT statesman brought him in contact with hikers from all over the world, as shown in the "Hikers, PCT" folders. For the Camp Directors Digest publication, Rogers collected research data from camps across America, and these files are arranged alphabetically by camp name in Boxes 50-52 (Series 4c). The maps he used for trail update information are also in a separate section, Boxes 34-48 (Series 4a). These boxes are initially arranged by state - Washington, Oregon and California (which reflects the preferred PCT route by hikers) - and then alphabetically by national forest or other geographic area. Box 48 contains maps for British Columbia, Idaho and Nevada. Box 49 contains Series 4b, the over-sized PCT-related maps.
Series 4
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Warren Lee Rogers papers
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The daunting task of coordinating the interests of three states, their respective government agencies, and an alliance of some thirty conservation and recreational associations, all with their own agendas and perspectives, was pivotal to Clinton Clarke's quest for a Pacific Crest Trail, and makes his correspondence one of the highlights of the Warren Lee Rogers Papers. Clarke's essays show he not only wanted to preserve the wonderlands of the Pacific slope, but all wilderness areas he saw threatened by a "Coney Island" mentality destroying the natural beauty of the west. He denounced the effects of mechanization on society and its youth, whom he thought would be better off strengthening their bodies and minds in the great outdoors than sitting on soft chairs in front of radios. The Pacific Crest Trail experience is featured in many portions of the collection, beginning with Clarke's descriptions in his publications. The Y-Relays series contains correspondence, photographs, radio scripts, participants' surveys and transcribed portions of the log book carried on the trek - all giving a variety of perspectives of the Trail experience. The PCT registers and hikers' correspondence can be found in the Rogers' Businesses series. Approximately 27 percent of the collection, of course, is the many maps, ranging from those used in the Y-Relays, to the large assortment Rogers used to update his pocket maps; the latter files also contain visitor guides and brochures from an amazing array of national forests and parks in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere. The Rogers collection offers many insights into the world of outdoor recreation, education and camping from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. While some of his business ventures focused on the Pacific Crest Trail, his publications covered a broader range of recreational subjects. The files on camps and maps (filled with brochures and guides), for example, cover the United States from roughly 1930 through 1970. The Outdoor Recreation and Organizations series illuminates the workings of such groups as the American Camping Association, the Association for Outdoor Education, YMCA, and other groups affiliated with religions. The series also contains periodicals and documents on a range of related subjects.
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Other media
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The six "Stenorette" tape magazines at 45 minutes each (circa 1959) have not been transcribed, as a playback device is not available. The 105 color slides and transparencies are related to Rogers' PCT talks, featuring map symbols, wind velocity, bus stops near the trail, rock formations, fault lines, wilderness areas, national forests and parks. There are a few slides of YMCA Camp Campbell (Rogers in a red plaid shirt). The slides are arranged in presentation sheets, but are grouped as they were in their original boxes.
Series 6
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Mary Rogers, Undated
Manuscripts
Correspondence and other papers of Warren Lee Rogers and Clinton Clarke dealing with the Pacific Crest Trail. Included are Clarke's publications, the Y-Relays correspondence, photographs, radio scripts, participants' surveys and transcribed portions of the log book; the PCT registers and hikers' correspondence, maps, visitor guides and brochures of national forests and parks in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere. Correspondents include Ansel Adams, Hanson W. Baldwin, Devereux Butcher, Oscar L. Chapman, Ernest A. Dench, Newton Bishop Drury, Roland C. Geist, Francis P. Farquar.
Series 7: Rogers' Personal Papers
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Stationery, Rogers', undated
Manuscripts
Correspondence and other papers of Warren Lee Rogers and Clinton Clarke dealing with the Pacific Crest Trail. Included are Clarke's publications, the Y-Relays correspondence, photographs, radio scripts, participants' surveys and transcribed portions of the log book; the PCT registers and hikers' correspondence, maps, visitor guides and brochures of national forests and parks in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere. Correspondents include Ansel Adams, Hanson W. Baldwin, Devereux Butcher, Oscar L. Chapman, Ernest A. Dench, Newton Bishop Drury, Roland C. Geist, Francis P. Farquar.
Series 4: Rogers' Businesses
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Seminars, Rogers' PCT (topics): undated
Manuscripts
Correspondence and other papers of Warren Lee Rogers and Clinton Clarke dealing with the Pacific Crest Trail. Included are Clarke's publications, the Y-Relays correspondence, photographs, radio scripts, participants' surveys and transcribed portions of the log book; the PCT registers and hikers' correspondence, maps, visitor guides and brochures of national forests and parks in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere. Correspondents include Ansel Adams, Hanson W. Baldwin, Devereux Butcher, Oscar L. Chapman, Ernest A. Dench, Newton Bishop Drury, Roland C. Geist, Francis P. Farquar.
Series 4: Rogers' Businesses