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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. The collections held at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site are a combination of archival and artifact collections. Many of these collections were simply in the house when it was handed over to the National Park Service in 1962.

This collection has been digitized and cataloged on site at Sagamore Hill and then received by digital library staff. Our digital library currently holds four collections from Sagamore Hill, two of which have been reviewed and are included in the digital library. See below to view items from this collection in the digital library.

The Quentin Roosevelt collection contains report cards, school work, and correspondence from Quentin to his parents both from school and during World War I. It also includes the many newspaper articles and letters of condolence received by the family following Quentin’s death in combat in 1918. The Frank Harper collection primarily contains items pertaining to Theodore Roosevelt’s South American trip in 1913. Harper was Theodore Roosevelt’s personal secretary at the time. Menus, programs, tickets, invitations and newspaper articles chronicling Roosevelt’s tour of South American countries are the bulk of that collection.

Digitization of items at the National Park sites was possible through National Park Service Centennial Challenge funding in partnership with Dickinson State University.

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Searching for remains of Admiral John Paul Jones, etc.

Searching for remains of Admiral John Paul Jones, etc.

In this message, President Roosevelt recommends that Congress fund an appropriation to search for the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones in Paris, France. Roosevelt believes it is improper for a national hero like Jones to lie in an unmarked grave and urges Congress “to do proper honor to the memory of Paul Jones.” Roosevelt also recommends the erection of monuments to Jones and Admiral John Barry, since they “hold unique positions in the history of the birth of our Navy.” A report from Ambassador to France Horace Porter about the subject is also included.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1905-02-13

Fever slaying Santiago troops

Fever slaying Santiago troops

This brief headline notes the deleterious effect fever is having on American troops stationed in Santiago, Cuba, and mentions the round robin letter sent by Theodore Roosevelt and several other officers demanding their men be brought north immediately.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1898

Restoration of the White House – Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Report of the Architects

Restoration of the White House – Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Report of the Architects

A volume summarizing and recording the 1902 restoration and renovation of the White House, including the report by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White summarizing the extent of work that was done, historical notes regarding the White House, and many drawings and photographs of the construction work on the White House and Executive offices.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1903

Letter from Hamilton Coolidge to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Letter from Hamilton Coolidge to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Captain Hamilton Coolidge writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt after the death her son, and his friend, Quentin Roosevelt. Coolidge reflects on Quentin’s efforts in aviation and believes his attitudes helped establish the squadron’s “slight but definite supremacy in the air.” Coolidge hopes to find the time to write a small biography of Quentin.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-10-12

Letter from Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Letter from Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett has seen Ambler Mason Blackford’s article in The Outlook about Quentin Roosevelt during his time at Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia, and adds to this account her own remembrance of Quentin. Fawcett reflects on the receiving photographs, letters, and kind words remembering her own son, Lieutenant Richard Hartshorne Fawcett, who also was killed while in the Air Service.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-10-21

Letter from Edward G. Fischer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edward G. Fischer to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward G. Fischer writes to Theodore Roosevelt that a camp of soldiers have chosen as an informal name of their camp, “Camp Quentin.” The men are “honored by this association with the name of a hero.” Fischer sends this letter to inform Roosevelt of the name and to send sympathy from every member of his camp.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-19

Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

French Ambassador to the United States J. J. Jusserand writes to Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his son on behalf of the French President Raymond Poincaré to extend the same engraved statement memorial offered to the bereft mothers and fathers of France. Jusserand includes with his note a case containing the document and a letter from President Poincaré. Jusserand also knew Quentin as a child.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-21

Letter from Mary H. A. Allen to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Mary H. A. Allen to Theodore Roosevelt

Mary H. A. Allen writes a letter of condolence to Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his son Quentin Roosevelt. Allen cares for wounded infantry men who speak “admiringly and affectionately” of Quentin. Allen relates an amusing anecdote of meeting Quentin as a boy while visiting Leila Roosevelt Reeve-Merritt. Quentin’s early death is reconciled with the thought that he died “before ever sorrow had a chance to touch him.”

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-10-01

Letter from H. A. Maxwell to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from H. A. Maxwell to Theodore Roosevelt

H. A. Maxwell writes a note of condolence to Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his son Quentin Roosevelt. Maxwell met Quentin at the Issoudun aviation camp where Quentin was a “Y man,” and Maxwell shares a few fond anecdotes relating his good character. Maxwell did not have time to visit Quentin’s grave site in France.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-13