Rev. Edwin E. Rogers papers

The papers of Rev. Edwin E. Rogers consist of handwritten sermons, seminary notebooks, a scrapbook of a world tour, and loose papers, covering the period from 1878 until 1915. As the work of a Presbyterian minister active at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the collection provides insight into traditional religious life and views.

The sermons, which are the largest segment of the collection, primarily deal with common religious subjects. The few topical sermons are on such issues as temperance, patriotism, and missionary work. One of the more interesting items in the collection is the scrapbook of newspaper clippings of letters sent to the Bowling Green Daily Sentinel-Tribune by Rogers during a tour of the world 1909-1910, including impressions of Japan, Korea and Manchuria, China, Hong Kong, Burma, India, Egypt, Palestine, and Europe. The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown; it was donated to the collection separately by Marilyn Valentine.

Includes correspondence from a Black Minister, L.L. Downing, concerning establishing a Black Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

ESSAYS. 1887, 1911, undated. Essays written for presentation at conferences: "The Christian's duty as to missions", "Eternal life", "The Province of the Law in the presentation of the Word", "China and the Chinese".

SERMONS. 1878-1897. Arranged numerically. Handwritten sermons delivered by Dr. Rogers throughout his career. Most sermons note when and where delivered (some pieces were used more than once for different congregations).

RESEARCH NOTES. 1878-1881. School notebooks from Union Theological Seminary classes, including Church history and polity, pastoral theology, and dogmatics.

Scrapbook of clippings from the Bowling Green Daily Sentinel-Tribune, of Rogers' world tour, compiler unknown.

"Annual report for 1891 of the National Divorce Reform League", and "Memorials of the Evangelical Military Church, founded in Rome", by Luigi Capellini.