Rogers and Clarke Family Papers, 1885 - 1986

The Rogers and Clarke Family Papers Series consists of correspondence, manuscripts, genealogies, and assorted other types of papers of individuals and families related to the Rogers and Clarke families which were too small to justify their own individual series. The series gives a broad overview of the families and of the collection as a whole and contains important and interesting items. Among the items included in the Series are some papers of Grace Greenwood (Sarah Jane Clarke Lippincott), a nineteenth century writer, and of her brother, Rufus Lathrop Baker Clarke (1817-1910), a federal judge and the patriarch of the Clarke family; letters from Joaquin Miller, nineteenth century poet; novelist Jeannette Phillips Gibbs and her husband, Arthur Hamilton Gibbs; and prominent, immediate family members A. Mae Rogers, Joseph Sebastian Rogers, james Webb Rogers II, Phillips Huntington Clarke, Sr., and John Rogers. Notes and genealogies can be found on the following families: The Rogers, Clarke, Harris, Shepperd, Alexander, Haywood, Lee, Moorman, Phillips, Ashe, and Baker. The series also contains histories and clippings on houses connected to the Rogers and Clarke fmailies, such as Parthenon Heights and Woodlawn Plantation, and on towns in Maryland such as Bladensburg and Hyattsville. Photographs of individuals and houses are found in the Photographs Series.