Grafter hounds
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-04-23
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate
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Poem
A tribute to Dr. Archibald
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-09
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
(1909, March – 1910) African Safari
Poem “Good morning, Mr. President”
Archie and Nick Roosevelt wrote this poem for President Roosevelt after he advised them to explore the White House at night.
Collection
Creation Date
1903-11-28
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979; Roosevelt, Nicholas, 1893-1982
Poem “Good morning, Mr. President”
Archie and Nicholas Roosevelt wrote this poem for President Roosevelt after he advised them to explore the White House at night.
Collection
Creation Date
1903-11-27
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979; Roosevelt, Nicholas, 1893-1982
The Rough Riders
American diplomat James Jeffrey Roche pays homage to President Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in a short poem.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-12
Creator(s)
Theodore Roosevelt
In this anonymous, undated poem, the author praises Theodore Roosevelt: “he would lift the burden of the weak.” The poem is written on stationery from the “Hotel Woodward, New York.”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1901-1919
Creator(s)
Teddy, the buster
This poem details the events of President Roosevelt’s life and presidency, calling him “buster in war and buster in peace.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-26
Creator(s)
Despot of Guam
Poem titled the “Despot of Guam.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-28
Creator(s)
Sunset on the marsh
A poem written by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. when he was about eighteen and published under the pen-name Jacob Van Vechten in Scribner’s Magazine.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-1906
Creator(s)
Roosevelt the man
This poem encourages the public to vote for President Roosevelt in the presidential election. The author states that Roosevelt “has proved himself a true defender” and notes that the country was not prosperous when the Democrats were in power.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08
Creator(s)
From a skyscraper
In a letter dated February 28, 1911, Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his son Kermit that his mother wanted to enclose this poem for him because it reminded them of the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Collection
Creation Date
1911
Creator(s)
Selections from “Leaves of Grass”
Selected verses from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905
Creator(s)
Roosevelt Park
Poem about the North Dakota Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Bad Lands of North Dakota and Chalnors Crossing
Two poems about the North Dakota Badlands.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Poem
“Because it is his nature…”
Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Poem from Lelia Miller Pierce to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
A poem by Lelia Miller Pierce sent to Edith Roosevelt in which she praises Quentin Roosevelt. Envelope included.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1921-11-24
Creator(s)
A lyrical wreath for a wooden cross
A poem entitled “A Lyrical Wreath for a Wooden Cross,” inspired by Quentin Roosevelt.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Poem from Léon Carré to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Le´on Carre´ sends Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a poetic tribute to Quentin Roosevelt.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1927-06-22
Creator(s)
Armistice Day -1927 (For Q.R.)
Poem by unknown author memorializes the death of Quentin Roosevelt.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1927
Creator(s)
Young fellow, take notice
A poem regarding “doing what you ought,” etc.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918