Mike Rogers Congressional Collection at Oakland University

Mike Rogers Congressional Collection at Oakland University The Mike Rogers Congressional Collection, at Oakland University includes thousands of physical and digital documents, photos, videos, and artifacts.

Mike Rogers was born on June 2, 1963 in Livonia, Michigan. In 2000, Rogers competed in an election for the 8th District US House of Representatives seat in Michigan and defeated his challenger by 111 votes. In 2010, House Speaker John Boehner awarded Rogers with the chairmanship of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2010. The committee is tasked with overseeing intelligence ag

encies such as the CIA and National Security Administration. Rogers led it for five years before retiring in 2015. The Rogers Collection can be accessed at Oakland University's Special Collections Department and includes:

- A wide selection of campaign advertisements
- Drafts of hundreds of speeches by the Congressman. The Collection consists of speeches from Rogers’ career in the Michigan Senate (1994-1999) and the second half of his career in the US House of Representatives
- The vast majority of press releases Mike Rogers released during his entire political career, with a full run of releases from 1997-2004, and 2006 to 2014
- Nearly 200 video appearances on ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and other networks
- A complete run of Rogers’ Coffee Break News newsletter. In his six years in the Michigan Senate, Mike Rogers’ staff produced a newsletter, released to constituents approximately each month
- Dozens of framed photographs, awards and other objects given to Mike Rogers in the performance of his work as a Michigan Senator and then as member of the House of Representatives

08/15/2017

Thank you, Sylvia Hannah Warner, for a wonderful interview in Lansing. Mrs. Warner has graciously participated in the Mike Rogers Oral History Project, which will provide future scholars with greater context for the career and achievements of Congressman Mike Rogers.

06/27/2017

David Wagner, archivist on the Mike Rogers Congressional Collection, interviewed former Rogers' Constituent Relations Aide 'Stuart Pigler today. This interview was part of the Mike Rogers Congressional Collection Oral History Project. Thanks for talking with us, Stuart -- your interview and its transcript will be a valuable resource for researchers!

06/14/2017

Welcome to the official page for the Mike Rogers Congressional Collection at Oakland University. This page explores the life and public career of Michael J. "Mike" Rogers (1963- ). Rogers served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives between 2001 and 2015, representing Michigan's 8th District. He was the chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence between 2010 and 2015. Before his election to the U.S. House of Representatives he served as a Senator in the Michigan Senate in 1994-2000.

Here, Oakland University offers background information regarding his tenure as a U.S. Congressman and before that, as a Michigan Senator, through highlights of our collection.

The Mike Rogers Papers, held at Oakland University, include thousands of physical and digital documents, photos, videos, and artifacts. They can be accessed by the public at Oakland University's Kresge Library, in the Archives and Special Collections department.

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