Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle

Subject(s): Books and reading, Fourth of July celebrations, Minnesota--Saint Paul, New York (State)--Oyster Bay

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks John Wallace Riddle for the small library that he sent and for providing her and her guests their summer reading. She hopes that Riddle will not return to St. Paul, Minnesota, early in the summer and instead spend the Fourth of July with them at Oyster Bay, New York.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1889-05-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Recipient

Riddle, John Wallace, 1864-1941

Language

English

Period

Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)

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 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle. [May 8, 1889]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292326. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948. Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle. [8 May. 1889]. Multi-image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292326.

APA:

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948., [1889, May 8]. Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292326.

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. February 26, 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.