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Fig. 1.Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950) Fig. 2. Beulah Brewster Rollins, age 24, 1896, unknown artist.
Source: https://blogs.princeton.edu/westernamericana/about/ Source: https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2011/11/miss_brew-
ster_age_24.html

Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950)

Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950) was born in New Hampshire to the same year he married Beulah Brewster Pack (1869-1957). The
Edward Ashton Rollins (1828-1885), a lawyer, banker, and politician couple resided in a neo-Georgian mansion that they commissioned
who served as the 4th Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1865 to the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White to construct at 28 East
1869). When Philip was five, his father moved the family to Wyoming. 78th Street, New York, NY, but traveled annually to the American
The culture and landscape of the American West left an indelible West. Mr. Rollins’ deep understanding of the culture of the region led
impression on the younger Rollins, who went on to become a well- him to publish books rectifying the myths propagated by Hollywood.
known author on the topic. He graduated from Princeton University His work on the subject included The Cowboy, His Characteristics,
in 1889, and then studied law at Columbia University and New York His Equipment and his Part in the Development of the West (1922),
University. He established a law practice in New York City in 1895, Jinglebob: A True Story of a Real Cowboy (1927), The Cowboy, An

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