Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby
Subject(s): Adulthood, Africa--Lake Victoria, Africans--Social life and customs, Americans--Travel, Elephant hunting, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943, Safaris, Tusks
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Theodore Roosevelt is excited that he will see Ethel Roosevelt in two and a half months. Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt have done well and are in excellent health. Kermit has turned into a grownup and is growing a mustache that you must be attentive to see. He is proud of Kermit’s “prowess and hardihood.” Roosevelt wrote to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about killing a charging elephant and is not sure if she will want him to keep the tusks. The last ten days have been spent traveling from Lake Victoria and Roosevelt has been greeted by the African leaders like a king.
Collection
Creation Date
1910-01-02
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
African Safari (March 1909-1910)
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 Ethel Roosevelt Derby. [January 2, 1910]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286195. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby. [2 Jan. 1910]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286195.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.: , [1910, January 2]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286195.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 4, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.
APA:
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.
