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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

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.

Photo of a room in the house of TR's Birthplace. Two windows, chairs, and a piano.

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Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, wearing a white dress, hat with train, and large beaded necklace.

Comments and Context

According to David McCullough in Mornings on Horseback, the necklace worn in this photo was “a prized gift from Theodore, Sr., purchased in Egypt.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Der kandidat

Der kandidat

Miniature book, alternatively titled Thatsachen über den Candidaten (Facts about the Candidates), published during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidential campaign. Item translated from English; printed in Fraktur script. Illustrated; unpaginated [224p.]; Item is incomplete.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904

President Roosevelt and John Muir

President Roosevelt and John Muir

Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite. Both men are standing, mountains and waterfall in rear. Original is black and white; this is a photocopy of the original. Caption on verso: “Photographed from stereograph, copyright 1904, by Underwood & Underwood, New York, President Roosevelt and Mr. John Muir, the Naturalist taken last year on Glacier Point above the Yosemite Valley, California.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1903