Randolph Rogers papers
name: label: Creator
content: Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Italy -- Rome
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Italy -- Rome
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 501 was lent for microfilming in 1973 by the Michigan Historical Collection, who received the papers along with Rogers' unfinished plaster casts. The photographs and family tree on reel 3471 weredonated by Elizabeth Torson and Mrs. Daddi, Rogers' granddaughters. Mrs. Lita Bloodgood, a friend of Rogers' descendants, donated the sketches.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Rome, Italy. Born Waterloo, N.Y. Works include figures on Washington Monument, Richmond, Va., military commissions in Cincinnati, Detroit, Providence, seated Lincoln in Philadelphia, and others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Items (Gift: (on partial microfilm reel))
label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (Loan)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1848-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rogerand
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 501; 3471 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 501: Originals in the Michigan Historical Collection.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, biographical sketch, account records, notebooks, sketchbooks, photographs and catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 501: 15 letters, most regarding commissions, one describing a method of cleaning marble sculptures, and two from ----- Miller asking advice on the casting of bronze and clarifying a working agreement between Miller and Rogers. In addition there are 6 articles of agreement, a biographical sketch of Rogers by his wife Rosa G. Rogers, account records, a daybook, a notebook "Brevi Appunti di Storia Moderna", 2 sketchbooks and 20 loose sketches, 2 photographs of Rogers, 35 photographs of Rogers' work, catalogs of Rogers' work at the University of Michigan Art Museum, and 5 letters of his son John R. Rogers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3471: Letters from Rogers' granddaughter Elizabeth Torson to Mrs. Soria about Rogers; 10 sketches by Rogers; photographs, and family tree.