Historical information

This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand.

Significance

The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.

Physical description

Circular compass, marked by degree to 360. Metal case with cracked glass upper surface. Metal ? with brass pivot. North marked by an exterior metal knob

Inscriptions & markings

Interior labelled with N,S,E, and W in large print. NW, NE, SE and SW in smaller print. Outer circle marks the degrees, notated in 20 degree steps
Numbered KH311