Rogers, Cornelia Barnes, 1871-1958
Person
Biography
Cornelia Barnes Rogers (1871-1958) was the daughter of John Sanford Barnes and Susan Bainbridge Barnes born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She was an elocutionist. She married Francis Stetson Rogers, an opera singer and teacher. She and her husband entertained the U.S. Army in the battlefield during World War I offering over 100 concerts. He was also a teacher. She is buried with her husband in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Nellie Rogers, Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, N.Y. to Sweet Coms [Mildred Bliss] , July 11, 1940 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 102Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Rogers 1940.07.11
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Nellie Rogers [Mrs. Francis Stetson Rogers] to Mildred Bliss acknowledges that Mildred has a million things on her mind. "I [Rogers] went down to address the W.O.S.L. [Women's Overseas Service League] Convention on Wednesday morning about this women's division of the National Security League, which General Bullard has asked me to head up. I flew down late on Tuesday after a very busy day in New York and got to the Wardman Park Hotel, the Washington headquarters,...