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Esther Elizabeth Rogers collection
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0.5 cm of textual records (containing 57 leaves)
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Esther Elizabeth Rogers was born 4 October 1894 in Northampton, Carleton County, New Brunswick. She was the daughter of Harrison Wilmot Rogers (1859-1945) and Emily Elizabeth Knox (1865-1941). She attended public schools in her home community and graduated from Woodstock High School in 1910. She also took piano lessons locally from Mrs. George True and Mrs. Adney of Woodstock, New Brunswick. She attended the Mount Allison Ladies’ College during 1914-1915, taking elocution and music. She subsequently taught piano privately in Northampton. She married John Allan Draper (1891-1944) on 28 May 1918. He was the son of Gilbert Abram Draper (1859-1938) and Alice Maude Price (1861-1928) of Northampton. He attended Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Esther Rogers died 23 February 1919 in Woodstock, New Brunswick a victim of Spanish influenza. She is buried in the Northampton Kirk Cemetery near Woodstock, New Brunswick.
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Esther Rogers' letters were kept by her sister Jean Rogers and transcribed by David Rogers, who also recorded an interview with Jean Rogers in 1994. David Rogers donated these transcriptions to the Archives in 1995.
Scope and content
Collection consists of transcriptions of student essays, letters to family, and diary citations dated between 1915 and 1919. Much of the correspondence relates to her year spent at the Mount Allison Ladies’ College. There is also a transcription of an interview with Esther Rogers’ sister, Jean Rogers, conducted in 1994 in which she provides reminiscences of her sister.
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Donated by David Rogers, 1995
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The arrangement of this collection was imposed by the original processing archivist taking the initial arrangement of the collection conducted 24 October 1997 into account.
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- English
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Originals held by Jean Rogers.
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Internal reference no: Accession 9538
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Typescript
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- Rogers, David (Reproducer)