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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.
Major Adams writes to express his condolences on the loss of Theodore Roosevelt’s son, Quentin Roosevelt. He also shares that his own son, Briggs K. Adams, a service pilot, was also shot down and killed in combat in March 1918.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping announcing the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping discussing Theodore Roosevelt and the death of his son, Quentin Roosevelt, in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping discussing the reactions of French newspapers to the death of Quentin Roosevelt. Quotes liberally from “Temps” and “Journal”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping announcing the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping announcing the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping announcing the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping discusses Theodore Roosevelt and the death of his son Quentin in combat during World War I. The article calls it another chapter in French-American fellowship.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping announcing the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping reporting that Quentin Roosevelt is missing in action. It is believed he is either a prisoner of war or that he died when his plane went down.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
Article reporting on the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I. It also reports on the rest of the Roosevelt sons fighting in the war.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A newspaper clipping discussing the death of Quentin Roosevelt in combat as well as his father and his brothers.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
A short story regarding the ability to have an “inner man” who will wake you up when you want him to. As the story continues, Quentin Roosevelt’s inner man becomes unreliable and he has to buy an alarm clock.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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Quentin Roosevelt’s stories from this issue of The Grotonian, of which is he is one of the editors. The stories included by Roosevelt are “One Man with a Dream” and “Typical.” Also included is a mention that Archibald Roosevelt has recently visited the school.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1915-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his son Quentin for sending him a copy of the Grotonian. He hopes that, unlike the rest of his family, Quentin Roosevelt will keep writing. Theodore hopes that over Easter the family can be together at Oyster Bay. He thought of visiting Groton School over Washington’s birthday but did not think he would be able to see Quentin then, so he has postponed his visit until the spring.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1915-03-08
A typed copy of Quentin Roosevelt’s story “Less Noise” which appeared in the Ozone Park Messenger on October 18, 1914. The back of the last page has scratch notes of mathematics equations.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1914-04-17
A short narrative about a man named Sterret and how the state of his house reflects his own character.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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A short story with handwritten corrections and additions, telling the tale of an aspiring gambler on his way to Chicago when he gets pulled into a poker game with bigger stakes than he thought. The back of the last page has a scribbled note and a title for a new story “Sweet Tale,” not started.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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Quentin Roosevelt writes a short story about an unadventurous city boy going off to Africa to deal with the “natives.”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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Quentin Roosevelt writes a short commentary of the power of gossip in society.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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