Looking Back and Looking Forward: A 2012 Libraries and Archives Blog Review

Posted by mfurnier on January 31, 2013 · 1 Comment 

Left: Cover from NBC press booklet for Bonanza's first season, David Dortort Collection, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2004-118-13. Center: Sketches and swatches for Pee Wee King. Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors Archives, 1950-1994, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MSA.30; Box 35, Pee Wee King folder, undated. Right: An early image of Roy Rogers in his singing cowboy days. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

The Libraries and Archives of the Autry blog began in January 2010 as a way to share highlights from our research collections and related events. In 2012 the Libraries and Archives of the Autry blog debuted 64 new posts. Though most of our blog visitors hailed from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, … Read more

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Happy Trails

Posted by mfurnier on December 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Vote for Rogers poster, undated, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. The journey of arranging, … Read more

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The Power of the Rogers Image

Posted by mfurnier on November 9, 2012 · 5 Comments 

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. Roy Rogers received mountains … Read more

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“Son of Bullet”

Posted by mfurnier on October 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Thalhimers Department Store Puppy Contest, Photograph from Colonial Studio Richmond, VA, undated, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. The blog previously explored … Read more

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Roy Rogers Recreation

Posted by mfurnier on September 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

In 1959 the Ohio Department of Natural Resources wrote to Roy Rogers and requested color transparencies of him posing with one or two of their hunting safety posters. Rogers' Publicity Director Carl Schroeder replied in a December 7, 1959 letter that Rogers was happy to pose for the pictures, and "in the field of sports [Rogers] knew of no cause more important than your campaign for safe hunting.” Cover of The Ohio Conservation Bulletin, Volume 24, Number 1, January 1960, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. The Roy Rogers and … Read more

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Rogers and Evans Sing-A-Long

Posted by mfurnier on August 2, 2012 · 2 Comments 

"The Sunshine of paradise Alley" words by Walter Ford and music by John W. Bratton, Dale Evans stars on the cover, advertised as a singer over W.B.B.M. Chicago for Columbia Broadcasting System, 1940, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. The latest phase of … Read more

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Processing the Rogers and Evans Archive: An Intern’s Perspective

Posted by autryguest on July 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Press Bureau Clippings, which comprise a large portion of the newspaper clippings in the Rogers and Evans Archive, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Intern Lisa Reinert spent weeks getting her hands (literally!) dirty in the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive as she assisted with processing the newspaper clippings series.  Here is her take on working in the Archive and spending time getting to know Roy and Dale: The Autry acquired pieces from the personal collection of Roy … Read more

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Rogers, White, and Blue

Posted by mfurnier on July 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Trigger and Roy Rogers in shades of red, white, and blue in an undated image clipping, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. What makes a hero?  … Read more

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Dale Evans for Victory

Posted by mfurnier on June 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Front page of The Bomb Bay Vol. 2 No. 19, Fresno, California, May 12, 1943, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. In the early 1940s, … Read more

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Rogers and Evans: LIVE!

Posted by mfurnier on May 10, 2012 · 3 Comments 

Ticket order form for Cedar Rapids, Iowa Appearance, undated, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive, Autry Library, Autry National Center; T2010-28.

Part of a Series: Exploring the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Archive The Autry Institute is currently processing the generously donated business archive of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. At the beginning of each month, the Autry Libraries blog will feature highlights from the collection in anticipation of the processing’s completion. Roy Rogers and Dale … Read more

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