Letter from Gordon Russell to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers--Death, Condolence notes, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Gordon Russell writes to the Roosevelts to express his sympathy on the death of Quentin Roosevelt and recalls memories of Quentin as a boy.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-08-05

Creator(s)

Russell, Gordon, 1880-1933

Recipient

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)

Repository

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Page Count

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between Sagamore Hill National Historic Site – National Park Service and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Gordon Russell to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [August 5, 1918]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276629. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Russell, Gordon, 1880-1933. Letter from Gordon Russell to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [5 Aug. 1918]. Multi-image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276629.

APA:

Russell, Gordon, 1880-1933., [1918, August 5]. Letter from Gordon Russell to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276629.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.

APA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.