Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Subject(s): Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, Executive-legislative relations, Fathers and daughters, Presidents--Recreation, Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918
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President Roosevelt writes his wife Edith in praise of their daughter Ethel Roosevelt and how she mothers her younger brothers. He describes a “scramble” he took with the children and meeting with senators who came on “every conceivable errand.”
Collection
Creation Date
1904-11-14
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
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 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [November 14, 1904]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o283311. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [14 Nov. 1904]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 24, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o283311.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1904, November 14]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o283311.
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. March 24, 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.
