Research
Collections
In addition to the large, well-known collections of Roosevelt papers and ephemera at the Library of Congress and Harvard College Library, the Theodore Roosevelt Center has secured documents from six National Park Service sites connected to Roosevelt and his legacy. The Center is in the process of gathering smaller collections from sites heretofore largely unknown for Roosevelt materials, such as Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia, and Sully’s Hill National Game Preserve near Devils Lake, North Dakota. Cataloged materials are released weekly. Read more about each of the collections currently available below.
America Collection
The America Collection contains items from around the country. Researchers and private collectors submit both digital and physical items. We are proud to share these items that might not otherwise be publicly available.
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Arizona Historical Society
The Arizona Historical Society’s collections illuminate Roosevelt’s relationship to the Great Plains as well as his connections to the Selmes, Greenway, and Ferguson families.
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Boschee Collection
This collection features over 100 postcards of and about Theodore Roosevelt, as well as several pieces of artwork, commemorative items, souvenirs, and memorabilia.
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Buffalo Bill Center of the West
The Buffalo Bill Center collections include rare books, historic photographs, and original manuscripts, including the archive of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
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Buffalo History Museum
The Buffalo History Museum collection documents, newspapers, and scrapbooks related to President McKinley’s assassination and Roosevelt’s first inauguration.
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Charles C. Myers Collection
Donated by his granddaughter, this collection consists of postcards gathered by Myers in the course of his duty as a sailor in the Great White Fleet. It also includes souvenirs and personal effects.
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Denver Public Library
The Denver Public Library Collection consists of copies of a few contemporary letters and articles written by Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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Dickinson State University
In 1958, Dickinson State University marked Roosevelt’s one-hundredth birthday and this collection contains documents related to the celebrations.
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Dr. Danny O. Crew Sheet Music Collection
A music historian and collector, Dr. Crew’s collection includes sheet music, song sheets, and song books as well as commercial recordings.
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Duane G. Jundt Collection
Mr. Jundt has collected stereographs and postcards with a focus on the navy in the early 20th century.
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Fritz R. Gordner Collection
Mr. Gordner’s collection includes hundreds of postcards, campaign buttons, banners, assorted toys, and artifacts.
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Gregory A. Wynn Collection
A prolific private collector, Mr. Wynn has made his holdings of sheet music available for inclusion in the digital library.
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Harvard College Library
This collection includes papers not designated for the Library of Congress, as well as family papers, printed works, photographs, cartoons, and ephemera.
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Library of Congress
Estimated to contain more than 150,000 documents, this collection has letters, speeches, executive orders, press releases, diaries, scrapbooks, and more.
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Marple Collection
The collection of TR reenactors Larry and Julia Marple consists largely of postcards, mainly featuring political cartoons, photographs, and locations visited by Theodore Roosevelt.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
Related items in this collection include photos, letters to Henry Cabot Lodge, and writing to members of the Saltonstall family.
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Mike Thompson Postcard Collection
Mike Thompson collected postcards as he work on his book, The Travels and Tribulations of Theodore Roosevelt’s Cabin.
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
This small collection contains mostly photographs of the sculpting and dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt portion of the memorial.
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National Park Service
Research and digitization was undertaken by former TRNP superintendent Valerie Naylor at the 23 national parks and monuments designated by Roosevelt.
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New York Public Library
This collection includes the handwritten manuscript of The Winning of the West, Volume 1, with annotations and textual insertions.
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Newberry Library
Materials include letters to cartoonist John McCutcheon, letters from Edith Roosevelt, and a scrapbook of materials after Roosevelt’s death.
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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
These collections are a combination of archival and artifact collections, and include the Quentin Roosevelt Collection and the Frank Harper Collection.
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Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
This film archive has footage of TR and the Roosevelt family, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Smithsonian Institution
Many materials of the Smithsonian’s 157 million items are freely available for use, and are being evaluated for inclusion in the our digital collections.
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State Historical Society of North Dakota
Based in Bismarck, this collection has diaries, letters, photos, maps, and other unpublished materials found in the State Archives.
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The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
This collection includes articles that illustrate the disagreements between Sanger and Roosevelt on birth control and reproductive rights.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association
In addition to their quarterly journal published since 1975, the TRA also holds a number of materials including audio and video.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
This collection contains documents and artifacts relating to the 1905 Inauguration, the Roosevelts’ family life and publications by and about Theodore Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
These collections regard President William McKinley’s assassination and Roosevelt’s inauguration.
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Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
The items in this collection document the history of the Island as well as the development and maintenance of the Roosevelt memorial.
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Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation
Materials in this collection include letters from TR to his ranching partners, his contract with partners and local newspapers.
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park
This collection includes federal documents, historical studies, photographs, and objects related to the development of the park.
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation
This collection features a contemporary magazine article and sample 1912 ballot, magazines and magazine covers, and several advertisements for the Marmon Motor Car Company Roosevelt car.
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