Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson

Subject(s): Christmas, Military service, Voluntary, Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968, War--Public opinion, World War (1914-1918)

Kermit Roosevelt sends Christmas greetings and hopes they might spend a Christmas together soon. He outlines his family’s plans for where they would like to live and work in the future. Argentina is on the “right side” regarding attitudes towards the war and Roosevelt would be enlisting if he were not married.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1914-12-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

Recipient

Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922; King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953

Language

English

Period

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

Repository

Arizona Historical Society

Page Count

2

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 Arizona Historical Society. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson. [December 23, 1914]. Arizona Historical Society. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292253. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943. Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson. [23 Dec. 1914]. Multi-image.
Arizona Historical Society. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292253.

APA:

Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943., [1914, December 23]. Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson.
Arizona Historical Society. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292253.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Arizona Historical Society. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Arizona Historical Society. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.

APA:

Arizona Historical Society. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.