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Manuscript Collection 1399

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George J. Rodgers (1864 Tunnel Hill, Georgia-1953 Fayetteville, Arkansas), a merchant, lived most of his life in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  He was married to Rozalee Bishop Rodgers (1866 Calhoon, Georgia-1943 Fayetteville, Arkansas).  Their daughter, Lois Rodgers Vancleave, was a 1922 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

The Vancleave Family Collection was donated to Special Collections by Eva Kultermann, Fayetteville, Arkansas, on February 15, 1999.

The collection contains letters of George J. Rodgers and Rozalee Bishop [Rodgers] from Jan 1, 1883 to Aug 22, 1884; Rodgers family correspondence, e.g., letters from his daughter, Lois Vancleave, his nephews and nieces; business correspondence and financial papers, ca 1914-1950; Rozalee Bishop Rodgers Memoirs Book; correspondence and other papers of Lois Vancleave ca 1920s and 1960s; and photographs.  Most of the photographs are unidentified but some portraits have the labels of local photographers--Grabill, Watton, Mrs. Young, and Glass Studios, all situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. There are a few snapshots that have Sowder's stamp on the back.

Processed by Vera Ekechukwu, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 2001.

Box 1

 1. Letters--George J. Rodgers to Rozalee V. Bishop, Jan 1, 1883-Aug 22, 1884.
 2. Family correspondence, ca 1948-1950.
 3. Business correspondence, 1914, 1948.
 4. Other papers and receipts of George J. Rodgers, ca 1930s-1950.
 5. Letters–Rozalee V. Bishop to George J. Rodgers, Jan 15, 1883-May 1884.
 6. Rozalee Bishop Rodgers Memoirs Book, 1943.
 7. Lois Rodgers Vancleave correspondence, ca 1920s and 1960s.
 8. Lois Rodgers Vancleave other papers, ca 1920s.
 9. Photographs, No. 1-17.