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Located at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site is a reconstruction of the house Roosevelt was born in on that site in 1858. Acquired in 1919 by the Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association (later a part of the Theodore Roosevelt Association), they began an extensive renovation of the property to revert it to an exact reproduction of how it would have looked when Roosevelt was a boy. After a three year renovation, the memorial opened to the public in 1923.
This collection has been digitized and cataloged on site at Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and then received by digital library staff. The collection contains documents and artifacts relating to the 1905 Inauguration, the Roosevelts’ family life and publications by and about Theodore Roosevelt. See below to view items from this collection in the digital library.
Digitization of all images from the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site made possible by a generous grant from the Leon Levy Foundation.
Harvard Yard at Harvard University. Matthews Hall is visible on the left, with several large American elm trees in the foreground.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1872-1882
Notman, William, 1826-1891; Notman, William McFarlane, 1857-1913 (William Notman & Son)
A photograph of the house at 16 Winthrop Street, Theodore Roosevelt’s living quarters during his four years at Harvard.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1921
Signed studio portrait of Theodore Roosevelt as a young man. View of photograph in mat.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1879-1889
Signed studio portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1884
Studio portrait of Alice Roosevelt, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1884-1886
Studio portrait of Alice Lee Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1882-1884
Copy of Page 231 from the county record book containing the written record of Theodore Roosevelt’s marriage to Edith Kermit Carow at St. George’s parish church in Hanover Square, London.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1886-12-02
An announcement sent by Mrs. Gertrude E. T. Carow alerting society to the marriage of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1886-12
A political announcement written by the Committee of One Hundred discussing Theodore Roosevelt’s merits as a candidate for the mayor of New York City.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1886-11
Photograph of the Roosevelt family and fellow travelers taken during a trip to Egypt. Back row: Francis Merriam, Nathaniel Thayer, Smith Clift. Middle row, seated from left to right: Bessie Clift, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., Mrs. Smith Clift, Edith Clift, and Augustus Jay. Front row, seated on the floor: Anna Roosevelt, Corinne Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Elliott Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1872-1873
During their stay in Germany, three Roosevelt children and their Elliott cousins formed the Dresden Literary American Club, which met on Sundays to write stories and poetry. Left to right: Theodore Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Matilda Moxley “Maud” Elliott, Corinne Roosevelt, and John Elliott.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1873-07-01
A message from President Roosevelt to the troops and the New York Bible Society, which speaks of honoring the teachings of the New Testament.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1917-06-05
A draft of a telegram sent by President Roosevelt to General Pershing, thanking him for his kindness toward the Roosevelt family after the death of Quentin Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1918-07-18
Typescript of a speech carried by Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee on October 14, 1912. The speech was folded in his jacket pocket at the time of the attempted assassination. Bullet holes indicate how the speech helped to break the force of the bullet. The speech is now bound and presented as a book. The speech attacks Woodrow Wilson for nativism and xenophobia while defending immigration and the racial, religious, and cultural diversity of the United States population.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912-10-12
President Roosevelt inscribed the fly-leaf of A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Enchiridion, translated by George Long, saying the copy was lent to him by Major Shipton and was carried by Roosevelt throughout South America, including the exploration of the “River of Doubt.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1915-02-08
President Roosevelt inscribed the fly-leaf of A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Enchiridion, translated by George Long, saying the copy was lent to him by Major Shipton and was carried by Roosevelt throughout South America, including the exploration of the “River of Doubt.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1915-02-08
President Roosevelt inscribed the fly-leaf of The Thoughts of Emperor M. Aurelius Antonius, translated by George Long, saying the copy was lent to him by Major Shipton and was carried by Roosevelt throughout South America, including the exploration of the “River of Doubt.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1915-02-08
Letter authenticating the pencil stub that President Roosevelt used to write a letter to Viscount Lee of Fareham from the River of Doubt, and subsequently presented to Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1925-04-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes Major Shipton to thank him for the use of his books, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, during the journey to South America. Roosevelt also thanks Shipton for his kindness toward Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt over the winter and says that he hopes he can see Shipton and his wife soon.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1914-06-29
President Roosevelt’s diary, dated January 1 to June 10, 1910, records details of the animals he and his son, Kermit Roosevelt, killed during their African safari. The diary includes sketches of the animals, with dots marking where they were shot; places Roosevelt and Kermit visited; and meetings with European dignitaries.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910