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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-23
Roosevelt, John Kean, 1889-1974
Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979
English
Registry return receipt for a letter sent to Archibald B. Roosevelt from The Outlook.
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1912-04-20
Registry return receipt for a letter sent to Archibald B. Roosevelt from The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-16
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-30
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-09-03
English
President Roosevelt updates Archibald B. Roosevelt on the activities of the family, in particular Quentin’s baseball playing and an Easter egg hunt. Roosevelt is glad that Quentin has taken up baseball, because he is “altogether too soft.”
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1908-04-19
John Campbell Greenway suggests that Dwight B. Heard would be a helpful contact for Archibald B. Roosevelt’s cousin. He regrets not being able to provide more information on the matter. Greenway has been examining mines in Asia and is dealing with a slight depression in business.
1913-12-30
Theodore Roosevelt has received dozens of clippings and letters about Archibald Roosevelt’s wounds and Croix de guerre. He believes that the public felt “genuine pride” in Archie’s achievements. The great German offensive has been launched at the British. It is a bitter thought to Roosevelt that the government’s “folly” in preparing for war could not place American forces and equipment in place to prevent the offensive in the first place. The government’s efforts continue to frustrate Roosevelt but he keeps working to “press forward our preparations.”
1918-03-24
Theodore Roosevelt sends news from home to an injured Archibald Roosevelt. The family is very proud of Archie, and Roosevelt is enjoying spending time with his grandchildren. The German offensive has made it clear to the public that American forces are “helpless to give substantial aid” to their allies. American forces do not have sufficient equipment and supplies, or any immediate prospect of being properly supplied.
1918-04-14
Theodore Roosevelt is receiving information about Archibald Roosevelt from a variety of sources and is pleased that Archie has moved to the Red Cross hospital in Paris, France. If suggested by his superiors, Roosevelt hopes that Archie will agree to return home to convalesce. He offers Sagamore Hill to serve as Archie’s “headquarters” if he returns home. Spring is slowly arriving and the electric lights installation is almost complete. Roosevelt is frustrated at not being able to help the war effort and disappointed with the “governmental dawdling and fussy inefficiency.”
1918-04-20
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to receive a letter from Archie Roosevelt and is hosting his family, Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and their son, Archibald Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill. Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Richard Derby also visited and Roosevelt was amused when Richard rode Archie’s old pony, Algonquin. Kermit Roosevelt has been appointed a Captain of Artillery in the American Expeditionary Force and now all of Roosevelt’s sons are fighting under the same flag. Ted Roosevelt is likely at the front with the 1st Division and Quentin Roosevelt is distressed at the lack of aircraft preventing him from serving at the front.
1918-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt is enjoying spending time with Archie Roosevelt’s family, Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and Archibald Roosevelt. Major Joyce visited and suggested that Archie could recuperate faster at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt agrees and hopes that Archie will accept the opportunity if it arises. Roosevelt encloses an article he wrote regarding the government’s “hideous failures” to prepare for war and supply the armed forces.
1918-05-05
Theodore Roosevelt was visited by LeRoy Percy and Dr. Lambert, both of whom had just seen Archibald Roosevelt. They spoke with admiration of Archie and Ted Roosevelt. Each recommended that Archie be sent home to recuperate as he would recover and return to service quicker. Roosevelt hopes that Archie will make no objection if his superiors suggest that he return home. He continues to enjoy the company of Archie’s family, Grace Lockwood Roosevelt and Archibald Roosevelt. Flora Whitney has obtained permission from her father to marry Quentin Roosevelt in Europe if she can get a passport.
1918-05-12
Theodore Roosevelt shares details of his involvement with the Red Cross, speaking engagements, and his efforts to raise awareness on the government’s “inefficiency and delay” in the war effort.
1918-05-19
Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and her son Archibald Roosevelt are leaving Sagamore Hill after visiting for a month. Theodore Roosevelt is preparing for a speaking tour for the American Security League. He is finding it difficult to find the right tone for his speeches. Roosevelt cannot attack the Wilson administration too much so he generally speaks frankly about the breakdowns and delays in the war effort. He believes that his efforts are having some effect speeding up the war as the administration is afraid of him and wants to neutralize his speeches.
1918-05-23
Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and her son Archibald Roosevelt have left Sagamore Hill. It appears that Grace’s father will not live much longer. Kermit Roosevelt has received the British Military Cross and is traveling to Madrid, Spain, to receive his orders after being transferred to the American military. The War Department will not allow Flora Whitney to travel abroad and marry Quentin Roosevelt. Ted Roosevelt is likely fighting at the front and Quentin continues to be frustrated due to the lack of aircraft. Roosevelt encourages Archibald Roosevelt to return home to recuperate as he believes that Archie would be able to heal faster. Roosevelt has returned from a speaking tour and believes that the public is becoming “more warlike.”
1918-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were able to see Archie’s wife Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and their son Archibald Roosevelt. He thinks that Archibald looks like his father. Grace is the “dearest girl imaginable” and the Lockwoods were very understanding about Grace and Archibald visiting Sagamore Hill in May. Josh Hartwell provided more detailed information about Archie’s injury, including that he had to remain in the trenches for fourteen hours after being wounded.
1918-03-31
Rumors about Quentin Roosevelt’s death arrived on July 16 but were not confirmed until today. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is suffering and Flora Whitney is brokenhearted. Quentin “died as the heroes of old died.” Congress returned some Nobel Prize money to Roosevelt and he has decided to donate it to the Salvation Army. He agrees with Archie Roosevelt’s thoughts on the government’s failure to prepare for war and that many people, like Quentin, will pay with their blood. Ted Roosevelt was recently injured with a “bullet through his leg.”
1918-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt does not think that one brother should serve under another, as accusations of favoritism are inevitable. He requests that Archibald B. Roosevelt write occasional letters to Robert Perkins. Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt is delighted to be pregnant and is leaning toward the name Dabney if the baby is a girl. Roosevelt delivers speeches occasionally and is having a difficult time fending off constant requests for patriotic speeches. He regrets that he was not allowed to raise troops and serve with them in France. Original and typewritten copy.
1917-08-23
Theodore Roosevelt concludes a letter to Archibald Roosevelt. First page of letter is missing.
1917