On Part 1 (Tapes 7 & 8), George Rogers talks about his early education and training in economics, how he came to Alaska in the closing days of WWII, how he and Jean met, the federal government's assessment of Alaska pre- and post-WWII, his time on the city council (doesn't specify which city), his impression of Ernest Gruening, the Territorial tax system, competing Federal bureacracies in the Territory, the fight for statehood, the Alaska Statehood Convention, Bill Egan, Frank Heintzleman, and federal judicial districts.

On Part 2 (Tapes 9 & 10), George Rogers talks about economics of mining and fishing during Territorial days, fish traps, Ted Stevens, getting his Ph.D. in economics, what would have happened to Alaska if it hadn't become a state, early knowledge in the oil industry of Alaska's petroleum potential, Tom Stewart, the Permanent Fund, whether Alaska is a colony of the U.S., George Sundborg, and his work with the University of Alaska Institute of Social and Economic Research.

On Part 3 (Tapes 11 & 12), George Rogers talks about the Alaska Constitutional Convention, the proposed capitol move from Juneau to Anchorage, the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the late 1940s-50s, the Federal Field Committee, Frank Heintzleman, Mike Stepovich, Jr., Bob DeArmond, and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Lands.

On Part 4 (Tapes 17 & 18), Jean Rogers talks about about building their house in Juneau with George, her personal history, Mildred Herman, Alaska in the late 1940s, attending the Alaska Legislative sessions for fun, the six children they adopted, her volunteer work at the Juneau Public Library, their domestic life, her books, Goodbye, My Island and King Island Christmas, working with Rie Munoz, the Albion Teacher's College reunion, her fondness for Jane Austen, their house burning down in 2001, and Marshall and Lois Lind. The remainder of this tape is the start of the interview with Judge Tom Stewart (H2005-01-02 ORAL HISTORY)