Form for verification of author’s edition
The note attests that the edition in question is an author’s edition.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-01
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Certificate
Birth certificate of Eleanor Butler Alexander
The birth certificate of Eleanor Butler Alexander, future wife of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1888-12-26
Baptismal certificate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
The certificate of baptism for Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1888-01-18
Citation from General Petain commemorating Quentin Roosevelt
A citation commemorating the service of Quentin Roosevelt as a pilot before he was “gloriously killed during an aerial battle.” Translation included.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-11-29
Certificate of appointment to 1st Lieutenant for Quentin Roosevelt
This is a certificate to mark the appointment of Quentin Roosevelt to 1st Lieutenant in the Aviation Section, Signal Officers Reserve Corps in the Army of the United States. It is signed by H. P. McBain, Adjutant General.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1917-06-06
Certificate of the United States Army: in memory of Quentin Roosevelt
This certificate commemorates Quentin Roosevelt who “laid down his life” in taking active service in the United States Army, 1st Lieutenant in the 95th Aero Squadron. It is signed by John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-07-14
Certificate of departure for Quentin Roosevelt
Harvard University certifies that Quentin Roosevelt left Harvard to attend active service before completion of requirements for a Bachelor’s of Arts degree.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-06-20
Student’s military instruction camp certificate for Quentin Roosevelt
Certificate stating completion of instruction at Plattsburgh, New York, by Quentin Roosevelt, with rank, recommendations.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1915-08-06
Theodore Roosevelt centennial certificate of participation
Certificate presented by the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission and the Theodore Roosevelt Association to the State Teachers College of Dickinson, North Dakota, in recognition of valuable participation in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.
Collection
Creation Date
1958
Farm Name Certificate: Peaceful Valley Ranch
Certification that Carl B. Olsen owns Peaceful Valley Ranch in Billings County, North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1922-03-09
Membership card for the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and Badlands Association
Josephine Wojahn’s charter membership card in the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and Badlands Association.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1959
Certificate of loan
Certificate verifying a fifty dollar loan from Josephine Wojahn to the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and Badlands Association.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1959-09-19
Certificate of membership
A certificate of honorary membership in the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims presented to Theodore Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-12-29
Domain of Neptunus Rex
A humorous certificate, usually issued when sailors cross the Equator for the first time, names Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt “one of our trusty shellbacks” and an honorary member of the Ancient Order of the Deep.
Comments and Context
The U.S.S. Louisiana, a Connecticut-class battleship, was sailing south around South America to reach the west coast of the United States as part of the first leg of the Great White Fleet’s journey around the world.
Collection
Certificate of membership
A certificate certifying that President Roosevelt is an Honorary Life Member of the Kansas City Zoological Society signed by W. V. Lippincott, president, H. R. Walmsley, secretary, and G. W. Davies, secretary.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-26
Certificate of donation
Frank B. Bigelow, head librarian of the New York Society Library, acknowledges President Roosevelt’s donation of ten volumes of the series, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-04
The American Cross of Honor honorary membership certificate for Theodore Roosevelt
The American Cross of Honor honorary membership certificate for President Roosevelt, signed by President Thomas H. Herndon.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-16
The Slavonic Society
The document is a translated certificate giving reasons why Mr. Arthur Tcherep-Spiridovich, vice president of the Slavonic Society of Moscow, is traveling to the United States. The reasons include forming relationships with American based societies and others sympathetic to Slovak issues.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-18
Certificate from the Constitution Club of the City of New York to Theodore Roosevelt
The Constitution Club of the City of New York presents a certificate to President Roosevelt granting him honorary membership.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-13
Horse breeder’s certificate
Official attestation that the horses taken by James W. S. Langerman to the United States are of the best stock in Morocco, accompanied by an English translation of the document along with the confirmation of the U.S. Consul General that the document was translated by the translator of the Consulate General.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-01