Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Fanny Youngs

Subject(s): Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941, Publishers and publishing

Theodore Roosevelt writes that he is delighted with the book by Mary Fanny Youngs, Nursery Songs of Oyster Bay Cove. He offers to write the foreword and advises her to take the book to Robert Bridges of Charles Scribner’s Sons for publication.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Youngs, Mary Fanny, 1880-1960

Language

English

Period

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

Repository

Harvard College Library

Page Count

1

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

Electronic copy sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. For reproduction or publication permission, contact the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Fanny Youngs. [February 1, 1918]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280785. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Fanny Youngs. [1 Feb. 1918]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280785.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1918, February 1]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Fanny Youngs.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280785.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Harvard College Library. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.

APA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.