Letter from Betty Kilral to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Subject(s): Knitting, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Betty Kilral, a student from a Girl’s Latin School in Boston, writes to Edith Roosevelt that her Latin teacher told her of a friend who taught Quentin Roosevelt to knit while on train from New Hampshire to Boston.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1932-07-18

Creator(s)

Kilral, Betty

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

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 Betty Kilral to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [July 18, 1932]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276817. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Kilral, Betty. Letter from Betty Kilral to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [18 Jul. 1932]. Multi-image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276817.

APA:

Kilral, Betty., [1932, July 18]. Letter from Betty Kilral to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276817.

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. January 29, 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.