Greetings from Theodore Roosevelt
A postcard containing dried flowers, with Theodore Roosevelt’s African name, Bwana Tumbo, printed across the top.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1910
Your TR Source
Africa
Dee-lighted-!
Statue of Liberty bending to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s upstretched hand from boat in New York Harbor. One in a series of postcards celebrating Roosevelt’s return from his trip to Africa and Europe.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1 to June 10, 1910
President Roosevelt’s diary, dated January 1 to June 10, 1910, records details of the animals he and his son, Kermit Roosevelt, killed during their African safari. The diary includes sketches of the animals, with dots marking where they were shot; places Roosevelt and Kermit visited; and meetings with European dignitaries.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
Theodore Roosevelt with an elephant
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and his African safari guides, R. J. Cuninghame and Leslie J. Tarlton, posing with a dead bull elephant. Cuninghame stands on top, Roosevelt and Tarlton in front.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
The Saturday Evening Mail: welcome home
Special issue of the magazine section of the Evening Mail commemorating the return of Theodore Roosevelt from his hunting trip in Africa. Contains pictorial accounts of Roosevelt’s travels, articles by Jacob Riis and others, and excerpts of speeches by Roosevelt.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1910-06-18
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel from his African safari to say everything is going well. Kermit is a constant source of worry because he does not his own limitations. Roosevelt enjoys his pigskin library.
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Creation Date
1909-06-24
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel to say he enjoys her letters and it seems she is getting everything out of her European trip that she ought to. He says he feels bad that he must take first shot at all big game because it is of greater value to the museum for him to get the animal rather than Kermit Roosevelt. Roosevelt says he has grown attached to his companions and native attendants on the safari. He adds that he is in “wonderful country.”
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Creation Date
1909-09-26
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt describes his safari to his daughter Ethel. He praises Kermit Roosevelt’s skills but says he is still too reckless. Roosevelt has become very attached to Edmund Heller, R. J. Cuninghame, and Leslie J. Tarlton. The porters amuse him as well. Roosevelt has read almost all the books in his pigskin library.
Collection
Creation Date
1909-11-13
Creator(s)
Roosevelt the Man
A poster with four pictures and a timeline of the life of Theodore Roosevelt. Included is a detailed timeline of Roosevelt’s trip to Africa.
Collection
Creation Date
1909
Creator(s)
Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler encloses a letter to President Roosevelt that Leigh Hunt sent from Africa.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-12
Creator(s)
Letter from Edward North Buxton to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward North Buxton asks Theodore Roosevelt to become an honorary member of Buxton’s new society, an association for the protection of the wild fauna in Africa and other parts of the [British] empire. Roosevelt has already been helpful in the Sudan, as people have learned from him what can be done with a national park.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-18
Creator(s)
Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary Bellamy Storer informs President Roosevelt of a recent visit by King of the Belgians Léopold II. Storer discusses tensions in the Congo between the British and Belgian governments and European colonization in the Congo, referencing editorials in The Times, the Treaty of Berlin, the French explorer Pierre Savorgnon de Brazza, and rumors of Belgian atrocities in Congo, using Belgian explorer Henry M. Stanley as an exemplar.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-10-22
Creator(s)
Letter from Edward Schinck to Theodore Roosevelt
Edward Schnick blames Theodore Roosevelt for the Democrats gaining control of New York and the United States and releases his indignation at Roosevelt and his politics. He complains about the activities of Roosevelt at the 1912 Chicago Republican Convention. He thinks that Roosevelt sold President Taft out on account of his ego. He says that Roosevelt’s return from Africa looked like a “Barnum Circus.” He promises never to vote for Roosevelt again and urges him to retire from the public sphere.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-11-08