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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.
Carte de visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln (seated at desk, in profile). Signed “A. Lincoln” on bottom front. On verso: “I certify that the President’s signature is genuine.(s) John Hay, Also – Theodore Roosevelt’s handwriting, “Given to father by / President Lincoln; by / father to Aunt Annie; / now to me by Uncle Jimmie / May 1902/ (s) Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1861-05-16
Program and menu for the Inaugural Ball held in honor of President Roosevelt. Printed by W. F. Roberts Company. Booklet tied by white string with pencil at end.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905-03-04
Invitation to President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to the Inaugural Ball.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905-03
This inauguration program includes essays on Theodore Roosevelt (by Francis E. Leupp), Charles W. Fairbanks (no author listed), the Inauguration of the President (by Thomas Nelson Page), and the District of Columbia (by Henry B. F. Macfarland). Printed by W. F. Roberts Company. Booklet tied by red, white, and blue ribbon.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905-03-04
Record of Theodore Roosevelt’s athletic achievements and physical measurements from August 21, 1875 to December 11, 1875.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1875
William King Richardson, recording secretary for Phi Beta Kappa, informs Theodore Roosevelt of his election to the society (Alpha of Massachusetts). The letter was originally dated “Jan. 21st, 1879” but corrected to 1880.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1880-01-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s handwritten account of two months (not five, as he wrote on the first page) in the New York State Legislature, including his often caustic assessment of some of his fellow legislators. The date range is January 2, 1882 to March 1, 1882.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1882
Alice Hathaway Lee, left, seated facing camera, hands clasped in lap, head turned slightly to right. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, center, seated, 3/4 profile view, left side. Anna Roosevelt, right, seated facing camera, hands clasped in lap.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1870-1880
Studio portrait of Anna Minkwitz, with whose family Theodore Roosevelt and other Roosevelt children stayed in Germany.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1872
Studio portrait of Anna Minkwitz, with whose family Theodore Roosevelt and other Roosevelt children stayed in Germany.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1872
Theodore Roosevelt, age 11, writes to Edith Kermit Carow, describing his visit to snow-covered Mount Vesuvius.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1870-01-01
Speech which President Roosevelt delivered to the Great White Fleet upon its return from circumnavigating the globe. Page has Roosevelt’s handwritten edits. This item is incomplete (missing pages).
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1909-02
E. W. Hampden describing the uprising at the 1912 Republican Convention in Chicago and the gathering of signatures of protesters pledging allegiance to Theodore Roosevelt. Printed text at top of signature pages reads: “We, the undersigned, denouncing the fraud perpetrated by the so-called National Convention of the Republican Party, dedicate ourselves to the Progressive Principles advocated and maintained by Theodore Roosevelt, the next President of the United States.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1921-11-28
Draft manuscript of speech delivered in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1906 but postponed his address to the Nobel Prize Committee until after the end of his Presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister, Bamie, about a solo hunting trip he took into the Badlands and how he fared.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1884-06-23
Portrait of Sylvane Ferris, Theodore Roosevelt’s partner in the Maltese Cross Ranch (Medora, North Dakota). Photograph believed to have been taken between 1884 and 1886.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Unknown
Portrait of Seth Bullock, Sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota and friend of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1893
A woman labeled “History” is writing a list of Theodore Roosevelt’s titles: President, statesman, soldier, historian, explorer, naturalist, orator. Each title is crossed out, except the final one on the list, “American.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1919
An admittance card to admit one person to the Inaugural Ball in the Pension Building.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1901
Three unidentified men at work in the office of Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1900-04