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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY In Their Own Words Research on the lives and careers of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans is limited by the fact that their personal and professional papers, as well as those of their longtime manager and friend W Arthur Rush, are unavailable. On the other hand, Rogers and Evans have been forthcoming about their careers and have published two autobiographies, Happy Trails: The Story ofRoy Rogers and Dale Evans with Carlton Stowers (Waco: Word Books, 1979) and Happy Trails: Our Life Story with Jane and Michael Stern (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), that provide a general outline of their careers and furnish much rich personal detail. Moreover, Dale Evans's twenty-eight published books contain information that illuminates their personal and professional lives. Especially important among these is The Woman at the Well (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1970), which combines her spiritual beliefs with autobiographical detail. Evans's Dale: My PersonalPictureAlbum (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1971) provides interesting and rare photographs of Evans and the Rogers family. Also, her books on the Rogerses' children , Angel Unaware (Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1953), To My Son (Old Tappan , NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1957), Dearest Debbie (Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1965), Salute to Sandy (Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1967), add a personal dimension to the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans story. The same can be said of Growing Up with Roy and Dale, by Roy Rogers Jr. with Karen Ann Wojahn (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1986), a personal, positive, and honest view of the Rogerses' family life. Just as important is Cheryl Rogers Barnett and Frank Thompson, Cowboy Princess: Life with my Parents Roy Rogers andDale Evans (New York: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003). Rogers and Evans talk about various aspects of their lives and careers in Georgia Morris and Mark Pollard, Roy Rogers: King ofthe Cowboys (San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1994). Other first-hand information on Rogers and Evans comes from published or recorded interviews with the two stars. David Rothel's The Singing Cowboys (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1978) and The Roy Rogers Book (Madison, NC: Empire Publishing, 1987) ptovide two meaty interviews with Rogers. Also important is the interview ofDale Evans by Ronald L. Davis on April 25, 1982, in Fort Worth, transcript no. 247 in the Oral History Collection on the Performing Arts, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University , Dallas. Significant published interviews include James Morgan, "Conversations 505 Copyrighted Material 506 Bibliographical Essay with the Cowboy King," TWA Ambassador, October 1976, 16; "Q & A: Roy Rogers Traces the 'Happy Trails' His Life Has Taken," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, September 6, 1978; Joan Winmill Crown, "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans-A Marriage Made in Heaven," Saturday Evening Post, April 1980, 50-53; Jeanne A. Dunn, "Happy Trails," Possibilities, March-April, 1986, 8-13; "Roy Rogers: King of the Cowboys," Hollywood Studio Magazine, May 1981, 11-17; Tom Caroll and Jerry Osborne, "The Roy Rogers Interview," DISCoveries, October 1991; Neil Pond, "Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys ," Country America, February 1992, 34-38; Michael Bane, "Roy Rogers Answers the Call: 20 Questions with Roy Rogers," Country Music, March-April 1992,32-33; Dave Kyle, "Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys," Vintage Guitar, September 1998, 62-64 (probably Rogers's last published interview). Mark Goodman takes a condescending view toward Rogers in "The Singing Cowboy," Esquire, December 1975, which is based on Goodman's two-day visit with Rogers in Apple Valley, California, and contains extensive quotes from both Rogers and Art Rush. Rogers and Evans have been interviewed innumerable times on television, and while most of these conversations are brief and repetitious, one or two provide solid and interesting information: Good Morning America , June 24, 1981, with host John Forsyth interviewing Rogers, and The Tom Snyder Show, January 6, 1994, in which Snyder interviews Rogers and Evans on a variety of subjects. My personal interview with Art Rush (February 12, 1987, North Hollywood, California), provided general and background information on Rogers and Evans's professional careers, as did a telephone interview on August 9, 1988. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS Libraries and archives throughout the country hold voluminous and varied amounts of research material that relates to the careers and personal lives of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. These institutions range from large facilities like the Library of Congress to small county clerks' offices. In these collections, one finds films, videos, recordings, studio records, government documents, genealogical information, trade publications, newspapers, books, fan magazines, comics...

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