America

Police Commissioner Roosevelt tenders his resignation to New York Mayor Strong to take effect in two days time. He thanks Strong for appointing him as President of the Board of Police Commissioners, and for the support he gave efforts to reform the police service. Roosevelt is proud of the police force that he has helped shape, and lists his accomplishments in reducing corruption, ensuring the fair enforcement of laws, and improving the force of patrolmen and officers. He regrets that not as much progress was made as he believes would have been possible under a single, unified Commissioner.

The back of the last page of the letter has a short accounting of receipts written in Roosevelt’s hand.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1897-04-17

Collection

America

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Zimmerman, E.

Publication Date

2025-07-31

Language

English

The National Park Service and Theodore Roosevelt Association invite the recipient to a reception at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site to celebrate the anniversary of Roosevelt’s birth and the opening of newly restored period rooms. There will be a special preview performance of James Whitmore in “Bully” prior to the reception. The cover of the invitation features an illustration of the Birthplace site as of 1923, when it first opened to the public.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1977-10-16

Creator(s)

United States. National Park Service; Theodore Roosevelt Association

Homestead certificate for a plot of land deeded to Charlie Morton, near Park Rapids, Minnesota. Signed on behalf of President Roosevelt by Frances M. McKean, a clerk in the General Land Office

Collection

America

Creation Date

1904-06-14

Creator(s)

McKean, Frances M. (Frances Monroe), 1833-1908

Elbert E. Martin writes on behalf of Theodore Roosevelt to thank Marion E. Griffith for her kind letter and good wishes.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1912-10-23

Creator(s)

Martin, Elbert E., 1881-1956

Theodore Roosevelt, dressed in his slightly shredded Rough Rider’s uniform and clutching a “big stick,” flees from a rampant bear.

The postcard is addressed to Leon Meacham, a young boy living in Richford, New York.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1908

President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd of assembled citizens at Independence, Iowa, from the back of his train car.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1903-06-02

Creator(s)

Unknown

Publication Date

2023-09-07

The Montana Homeseeker provides a narrative history of Pierre Wiebaux–a contemporary of Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores–and the W Ranch–located on the border between Montana and North Dakota. While Wibaux made a fortune on cattle, the ranch is now a prime investment location for sheep herders and those in the wool trade, and a company is being organized for investors who would like to get into the business. Maps, photographs, and figures accompany the advertising material, illustrating the area and aspects of the sheep industry.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1906-09

Creator(s)

Montana Homeseeker

This radio documentary describes Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 presidential campaign, highlighting his progressive policies. Although Roosevelt was unsuccessful in this campaign, the progressive movement gained much from his leadership. Many of the issues he strove to address are ones with which America still wrestles today.

Collection

America

Creation Date

2012

Creator(s)

Prairie Public Broadcasting; Lindholm, Meg Luther; Jenkinson, Clay; Unger, Nancy C.

Four people stand in front of a statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback in Minot, North Dakota. The sign behind them appears to read, “[? fine] for [sitting] on [the horse].” The statue was commissioned by Ralph Waldo Coe and designed by Alexander Phimister Proctor in the 1920s.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1920-1929

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt announce the marriage of their daughter, Alice Roosevelt, to Representative Nicholas Longworth.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1906

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

President Roosevelt thanks Franklin Bartlett for his letter and looks forward to seeing him.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1901-09-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt stands with Russell J. Coles. Both are dressed in commencement ceremony regalia, having received honorary degrees from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The picture’s verso states that this is Roosevelt’s personal copy of the photograph, and that it was presented by his son, Archibald Roosevelt, to Murray H. Coggeshall, a graduate of Trinity, in 1947.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1918-06-17

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt and Russell J. Coles stand on floating camp, off southern Captiva Island, Florida. They are dressed for devil-fishing. The photograph is signed by Roosevelt and Coles.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1917-03-26

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt calls William S. Cogswell’s attention to Russell J. Coles, whose name has been suggested for an honorary degree by Trinity College. Roosevelt is interested in Coles’s past work in the field of ichthyology, and tells Cogswell about his current investigation into whether sharks and rays can be possible food sources. Roosevelt hopes Cogswell can endorse Coles’s nomination for an honorary degree.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1917-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt sends Flavel Sweeten Luther, President of Trinity College, a letter he received from Russell J. Coles. Roosevelt has great respect for Coles, a great naturalist regarding sharks and other fish, and wonders if it would be possible for Trinity College to award him an honorary degree as Doctor of Science.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1917-06-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Russell J. Coles tells Theodore Roosevelt his plan for assisting the war effort, since he has not succeeded in getting into the Army or Navy. Coles intends to reduce the high cost of living by increasing the supply of food and leather from sources which are now going to waste. He will identify sharks, rays, or other fish suitable either for eating or for the production of leather. Coles will go to North Carolina to study this question, and he plans to publish an article with his findings. He feels that having a doctorate would lend additional weight to his findings, and he asks Roosevelt if he would be able to help him acquire an honorary degree in order to advance this cause.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1917-06-04

Creator(s)

Coles, Russell J., 1865-1928

Theodore Roosevelt responds to an invitation from Trinity College President Flavel Sweeten Luther to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Roosevelt says he usually does not accept such invitations, but he agrees to accept this one, as long as his friend Russell J. Coles is awarded an honorary degree at the same time.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1917-11-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt stands with his new son-in-law, Nicholas Longworth. Longworth married Alice in 1906.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1906

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt, seated at a desk, is surrounded by four prominent Maine politicians: Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, Charles Bailey Clarke, and Carl E. Milliken. The photograph was taken in Portland, Maine, at the Falmouth Hotel.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1918-03-28

Creator(s)

Unknown