Letter from Jarvis A. Wood to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers--Death, Burial, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918, World War (1914-1918)

Jarvis A. Wood writes to Edith Roosevelt about visiting Quentin Roosevelt’s grave, placing poppies, and recalling Quentin’s “supreme sacrifice.”

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1924-11-24

Creator(s)

Wood, Jarvis A., 1854-1925

Recipient

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Language

English

Period

Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-Present)

Repository

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Page Count

3

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 Jarvis A. Wood to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [November 24, 1924]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276799. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Wood, Jarvis A., 1854-1925. Letter from Jarvis A. Wood to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [24 Nov. 1924]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 1, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276799.

APA:

Wood, Jarvis A., 1854-1925.: , [1924, November 24]. Letter from Jarvis A. Wood to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276799.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
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 Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 1, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.

APA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.