Letter re: Will Rogers' death
- Title
- Letter re: Will Rogers' death
- Creator
- Rogers, Phyllis D.
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/47905
- Description
- Ranger, Texas. Aug. 16, 1935. Mr. Amon G. Carter, Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Ft. Worth, Texas. Dear Mr. Carter: As one of the many thousands who knew & loved Will Rogers, via the radio, screen & your newspaper, to one of the many who knew him personally, and loved him also, I am writing, & sending this little poem as my meager contribution of love for one of the best loved public figures of the world today. Hoping that you will understand that it is my deepest expression of love & sympathy, I am sincerely, Mrs. Phyllis D. Rogers, Ranger, Texas. A Tribute to the West's Own Will Rogers. Throughout this land he called his own, No name was ever better known; And rising to the sky of blue, A cry rings out, "We loved him too!" And where the sun's burning red rays Spread lacquer fans across the days, We hear a cry from sea to sea, "His wit and humor lifted me!" From north to south where princes meet, All will lay honor at his feet; And thousands will in sadness, say: "How we loved him, who has gone today!" People and realms of every tongue Have known his humor, have shared his fun. And every place we go we'll hear, I feel I've lost some one most dear." His humanness, his great warm heart Will be forever such a part Of this great land that knew him best, That we can say "He loved the West!"
- Date
- 1935-08-16
- Decade
- 1930s
- Subjects
- Rogers, Will
- Post, Wiley
- Source
- Box 157, Rogers, Will 1935, 2 of 21 Folder, Item 004
- Type
- Document
- Formats
- 7.25x10.5 Paper
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph