Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
Subject(s): Associated Harvard Clubs, Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980, Poetry, Report cards, Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, Running, Taxidermy, Travel
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Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit on a number of topics including thanking him for visiting Quentin Roosevelt, hanging the Devon stag’s head, congratulating him on joining the Pudding Club at Harvard, his grades, running races and dreading the rest of his Western trip. He adds that Mother is enclosing a poem that reminds them of Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Collection
Creation Date
1911-02-28
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Harvard College Library
Page Count
4
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
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 Kermit Roosevelt. [February 28, 1911]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o281535. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt. [28 Feb. 1911]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o281535.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1911, February 28]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o281535.
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 5, 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.
