Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
Subject(s): Characters and characteristics, Education, Secondary, Entertaining, Howe, Henry Marion, 1848-1922, Parent and child, Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943, Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Tutors and tutoring
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President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt that he is sorry about the decision Kermit came to, but that there is no more to say about it. He agrees with everything that Kermit’s mother, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, wrote to him. Roosevelt promises to get his son a tutor, and asks if he has any preference in this regard. He reminds Kermit that the most important thing is for Kermit “to show both before and after entering college not merely power of mental concentration but that stoutness of moral fiber.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-04-25
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt. [April 25, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o195346. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt. [25 Apr. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o195346.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1906, April 25]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o195346.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
