Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson
Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers--Training of, Children--Care and hygiene, Children--Health and hygiene, Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, Derby, Richard, 1881-1963, Iraq, Military service, Voluntary, Military training camps, New York (State)--Mineola, New York (State)--Plattsburgh, Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979, Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968, Roosevelt, Kermit, 1916-2000, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, Spain, Turkey--Istanbul, United States. Army. Medical Reserve Corps, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps, War, Wars, World War (1914-1918)
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Kermit Roosevelt and his brothers are undergoing military training in Plattsburg, New York. Archibald B. Roosevelt and Ted Roosevelt have received commissions in the reserve corp and Quentin Roosevelt is doing well at the aviation camp. Richard Derby is a major in the Medical Reserve Corps, but has not gone to the front yet. Kermit hopes to be on the Mesopotamian front as he is familiar with that area. Belle Roosevelt is staying nearby and Kermit visits her when he can. Kim Roosevelt has been ill and may have German measles, which Kermit describes as very unpatriotic. They will join Belle’s family in Spain when Kermit goes to the front.
Collection
Creation Date
1917-06-14
Creator(s)
Recipient
Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Arizona Historical Society
Page Count
3
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 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. [June 14, 1917]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292256. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943. Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. [14 Jun. 1917]. Multi-image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292256.
APA:
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943., [1917, June 14]. Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292256.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Arizona Historical Society. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.
APA:
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.