Bio of ROGERS, Robert C., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 502, 505
ROBERT C. ROGERS
Robert C. Rogers, manager of the Minneapolis branch of the Burns International
Detective Agency, is best known for his literary work, for which he has a more
than national reputation. Like so many American authors he entered the world of
letters through the avenue of journalism, beginning on the editorial staff of
the Courier-Journal of his native city of Louisville. He is the son of Simon and
Alice (Fox) Rogers, the father a native of Ohio and the mother born in Milton,
Kentucky. Robert C. Rogers began his education in the parochial and public
schools of Louisville and continued under the direction of a tutor, a Catholic
priest, with whom he studied philosophy and history. To this tutor he is
indebted, perhaps more than either of the two men has ever realized, for the
broad view of life that characterizes his writings. His study of history and
philosophy was conducted from the standpoint of their world significance and
kept remarkably free from national or partisan bias.
Taking up journalistic work, Mr. Rogers was more than fortunate in his
association with that nationally prominent journalist, Henry Watterson of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, under whose direction he worked for nine years as a
member of the editorial staff of that paper. For six months he held a position
as an editor on the Louisville Herald, then went to New York city, where he
worked on the editorial force of the New York Evening Mail for a year. At the
end of this time he joined William J. Burns in the detective business in New
York, and a year later, in 1918, was sent to Minneapolis as manager for the
Burns International Detective Agency, which position he still holds.
Mr. Rogers has written many short stories for magazines, some of the best known
of which are: "Mystery of the Channel Islands," which prognosticates the use of
electricity during the World war; "The Remarkable Discovery of Jefferson
Rhodes;" and "The Issue," a discussion of Bolshevism in relation to white
Chris­tianity. His book, "Mar's Master," has been accorded most favorable
recognition by eastern critics, while the most unique evidence of its high
quality is found in the fact that the French government wrote to him asking for
a copy of the book to place in its archives. In this country it has had a wide
sale and has enjoyed a great popularity. It has been dramatized and was played
before the Law Enforcement Society of Hennepin county, on January 31, 1923. The
underlying purpose of all Mr. Rogers' writing has been to help the world to a
better understanding 6f its problems, to inspire and teach humanity and the
spirit of mutual helpfulness.
Mr. Rogers married Miss Georgiana Adams and they have one son, Wilton B. Rogers.
In the literary circles of Louisville, Mr. Rogers is well known. He belongs to
the Louisville Literary Club and to the famous Filson Club, one of the great
clubs of the south, and of the nation, for that matter. To be one of its members
is to have attained one of the highest honors to which a Kentuckian can aspire.
In this city he is identified with the Minneapolis Athletic Club, in which he
holds a life membership.