Letter from Frederick Wilhelm Zinn to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers--Death, Burial, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918, World War (1914-1918)
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Captain Zinn writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, including a copy of the official German record of Quentin Roosevelt’s death and place of burial. He advises that Berlin’s Central Effects Depot has two packages of Quentin’s personal items which were turned over by the German government.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1919-04-23
Creator(s)
Zinn, Frederick Wilhelm, 1892-1960
Recipient
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Repository
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between Sagamore Hill National Historic Site – National Park Service and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Frederick Wilhelm Zinn to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [April 23, 1919]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276710. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Zinn, Frederick Wilhelm, 1892-1960. Letter from Frederick Wilhelm Zinn to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [23 Apr. 1919]. Multi-image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276710.
APA:
Zinn, Frederick Wilhelm, 1892-1960., [1919, April 23]. Letter from Frederick Wilhelm Zinn to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276710.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.
APA:
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.
