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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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Memoir by Frank Harper

Memoir by Frank Harper

Frank Harper, who accompanied Theodore Roosevelt on his South American expedition and acted as his secretary, details activities of the expedition. There are edits in pencil throughout the manuscript.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1913-12-10 to 1914-01-14

Rio de Janiero

Rio de Janiero

Article written for The Outlook magazine, the third in a series of articles written by Theodore Roosevelt about his travels in South America. In this article he discusses Rio de Janiero, Brazil. 

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

In Rio de Janiero

In Rio de Janiero

Article written for The Outlook magazine, the fourth in a series of articles written by Theodore Roosevelt about his travels in South America. In this article he discusses Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Pictures of famous sites are included. 

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

In southern Brazil

In southern Brazil

Article written for The Outlook magazine, the sixth in a series of articles written by Theodore Roosevelt about his travels in South America. In this article Roosevelt describes the Brazilian states of Parana´ and Santa Catarina.
In Parana´ he visited an old friend and cattleman from the American West, Murdo Mackenzie. In Santa Catarina he met many new settlers, many of them from western Europe.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1914-02-07

In southernmost Brazil

In southernmost Brazil

Article written for The Outlook magazine, the seventh in a series of articles written by Theodore Roosevelt about his travels in South America. In this article he discusses the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Includes photographs, some taken by Roosevelt’s secretary Frank Harper.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1914-02-14