A. Robert Rogers
1927-1985
A. Robert Rogers was born 9 September 1927 in Berry Mills, NB, a small community near Moncton. He died 22 June 1985 in Ravenna, Ohio at the age of 57. Rogers graduated from Moncton High School in 1944 and then entered the University of New Brunswick as a Beaverbrook Scholar in September of that year. He earned his BA in 1948, majoring in philosophy and history. The outcome of his studies in London was a bibliography entitled Books and Pamphlets by New Brunswick Writers, 1890–1950. He later continued his professional education at the University of Michigan and was awarded a PhD in Library Science in 1964; his two-volume doctoral thesis was entitled “American Recognition of Canadian Authors Writing in English, 1890–1960.” Rogers was the editor of The Fiddlehead from 1947-1948 and again from 1951-1953. He became the magazine’s business manager beginning in 1953. He published poetry in a variety of literary magazines, including The Fiddlehead, Saturday Night, Contact, Canadian Forum, Canadian Poetry Magazine, and The Albatross. His most significant literary publication was a collection of sixteen poems called The White Monument.
Belier, Patricia L. "Amos Robert Rogers." The New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Fall 2010. Accessed 23 March 2023.
Predominant New Brunswick Residences:
Berry Mills, Fredericton
Archival Material
A. Robert Rogers' unprocessed archival material located at Kent State University is intended to be folded into their iSchool records (the current name of the University's Library Science School). It covers the years 1961-1990. The bulk of the contents are photographs of the Kent State library and Library School, with many of these photos taken by University Photographers probably in the 1970s. There are a few folders of Library School newsletters and memos, committee reports, etc. mostly from the 1980s. There are no personal papers in the Kent State material, and no poetry or manuscripts.
UNB Archives & Special Collections has a copy of Recent Poets of Fredericton by A. Robert Rogers in the Hathaway collection and also holds upwards of a dozen talks/lectures by Robert Rogers to such campus and city groups as the SCM (Student Christian Movement), YWCA, UNB Philosophy Club, and Kiwanis Club. He also broadcast some talks on CFNB and CBC radio (for “Anthology”). The CBC “Anthology” essay was on the “Tenth Birthday of The Fiddlehead [literary magazine].” Researchers interested in more information regarding Amos Robert Rogers should also consult the Biographical files, Fiddlehead Papers, and A.G. Bailey Papers at Archives and Special Collections.
A. Robert Rogers, Dean, School of Library Science, 1977-1985.
Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Accessed 3 March 2023.
See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.