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Quentin Roosevelt writes to his father discussing his attempts to see a hospitalized Archibald Roosevelt at the front but that he was denied until Archibald is in a Paris hospital. Quentin is eager to move to the front and see action.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-03-29
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his mother about his delay in getting to Western front, Archibald Roosevelt’s war wounds and Quentin’s pledge to see his brother at hospital if he can do so.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-04-07
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his mother about life at Air Service School, his brother Archibald Roosevelt, his friend Cord Meyer and also encloses the copy of a poem his mother had given him two years before.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-04-15
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his mother about making a crash landing in a tree (due to motor malfunction) and hurting his wrist.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-05-04
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his father about not receiving nor sending mail recently and worried mail from United States might have been lost at sea. He then discusses the state of the US air forces in France, seeing Archibald and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and asks if his father has any news on why his fiance Flora Miller cannot come to Paris right now.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-05-12
One of the last letters written by Quentin Roosevelt to his father. Quentin recounts shooting down a German airplane over enemy lines on July 11, 1918. Pages are missing from the letter as the last sentence stops in the middle of a thought.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07
Quentin Roosevelt cables his mother that he and Hamilton Coolidge are finally moving to the front.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-06-08
One of last letters written by Quentin Roosevelt to his mother. Postmarked in Oyster Bay, Aug 5, 1918, three weeks after his death and forwarded to Edith Roosevelt in Maine. Quentin talks about his first weeks on the front and what life will be like when he gets back to the States.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-06-25
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his mother about the long wait to leave for Europe, his hopes to see London before moving onto France and to thank her for a package he received. A postscript notes a return for Christmas is looking impossible.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-08-06
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his mother about managing a 200-truck convoy; working long hours, checking supplies for theft and loss. He also talks about how he is happy his mother likes Flora Whitney, his fiancee.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his father about his busy daily activity as supply officer at the American Aviation School.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-08-22
“Well love all especially Flora.”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-08-15
Quentin Roosevelt informs his mother they should arrive in Europe soon. He writes of boredom and homesickness on board.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-08-10
Quentin Roosevelt writes of his frustration of being kept at a port for a week and becoming bored. Envelope notes a censor has looked at the letter.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917
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
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
Unknown
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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