Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): England--Lincoln, Fan mail, Friendship, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Owen Wister has enclosed a letter from Eva M. Bicknell, a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s from Lincoln, England. Wister misses Roosevelt and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and hopes this illness will pass soon so that they might get together. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-20

Creator(s)

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt. [May 20, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o67948. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938. Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt. [20 May. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o67948.

APA:

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938., [1911, May 20]. Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o67948.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.