Welcome to “The Writings of
Will Rogers!”
Almost everyone has a favorite Will Rogers quote. There are hundreds of them, if not thousands. After all, Will Rogers was a prolific writer and most of his famous sayings can be found within his extensive writings. He put approximately two million words in print—six books, more than 3,600 newspaper columns, and scores of magazine article—in a span of only sixteen years, stretching from the publication of his first newspaper article in 1916 until his last one in August 1935.
Until the creation of this online version, a comprehensive, professionally edited and annotated collection of “The Writings of Will Rogers” was only available in the twenty-one-volume set published by Oklahoma State University Press from 1973–1983. Many of those books have been long out of print, and the others are not easily obtainable. Even when available as a set, searching the several separate volumes for particular quotes or phrases or concepts has been problematic, if not impossible.
Now you and other users worldwide can readily and freely access the four volumes of Rogers’ Daily Telegrams and the early years of his Weekly Articles. When complete, the latter body of syndicated newspaper columns, which he began in 1922, will embrace six volumes. Eventually all twenty-one volumes of “The Writings of Will Rogers” will be available online. You will be able to search easily and quickly by phrases and keywords the full range of his previously published work, plus his weekly radio broadcasts for which sound recordings are available.
Click on the Daily Telegrams and Weekly Articles links below and begin to experience the authentic Will Rogers. Then use the search engine to find what he said about the famous and not so famous, the events that were capturing headlines, the dilemmas that people worldwide faced, and even everyday situations and concerns. Know that what you are accessing is the genuine Will Rogers. After all, there’s no substitute for the real thing.
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Funding for the online edition of The Writings of Will Rogers has been generously provided by the Oklahoma Centennial Commission and the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation.