The collection dates from circa 1900 to 1904 and is comprised primarily of invitations along with a poem dedicated to the World’s Fair, newspaper clippings, blank address postcards from Paris, and a school report card. Most of the events relate to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition but there are also a small number of invitations to local graduation ceremonies, a wedding, and a wedding anniversary celebration in New York. The bulk of the collection dates from April through June 1904 and is arranged alphabetically by topic and/or type of document. Most of the collection relates to exhibition openings at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition fairgrounds. Several of the invitations are for events held at the St. Louis Women’s Club. There are a small number of cards presumably related to fair events that do not match the chronological fair invitations. There is also an advance copy of the Hymn of the West, a poem dedicated to the World’s Fair, numbered #5 of 30 copies. The Paris postcards most likely date from the time Prof. Rogers served as Director of Education and Social Economy for the United States during the Paris exhibition of 1900. Several items in the collection do not relate to the 1904 World’s Fair, such as a school report for Joseph Rogers, who attended the Smith Academy. There are also a program and newspaper clippings for a recital at the St. Louis Women’s Club arranged by Mrs. Rogers for her sister, Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter, a vocalist and composer. Local high school and college graduation announcements and invitations date from May to June 1904. There are also invitations to the Grace Simpson – Theodore Taylor weddinging in St. Louis and to a wedding anniversary party in New York.