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Color postcard with cartoon image of Theodore Roosevelt as a billiken, a good luck charm, on safari to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. The image of Roosevelt, a native structure, and the Egyptian Pyramids are imposed inside the coastline of the African continent.
1909-1910
Booklet of cartoons featuring Theodore Roosevelt hunting various animals during his 1909-1910 African safari.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Unknown
Animated caricature of the animals’ attitude towards Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival in Africa. Views of a huge tree filled with frightened animals, as a monkey on the ground peers over a cliff; he begins jumping up and down, pointing and climbing the tree as Roosevelt appears over the rim of the cliff with a gun in his hand.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1909
Kermit Roosevelt is concerned about John Wallace Riddle’s pneumonia and hopes he is feeling better. Kermit and President Roosevelt are busy making plans for their African safari. He describes their planned itinerary. Kermit has been able to see Isabella and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson many times this summer. He will be joining Ferguson for a September hunting trip in Wyoming.
1908-1909
Kermit Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson for the stockings and the picture of Martha Ferguson. Roosevelt describes his travels to New York, Ethel Roosevelt’s dance, and travel plans for the African safari with President Roosevelt.
1908-12-28
Kermit Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson for the compass and Gillette safety razor. Roosevelt has been spending time at home with many other Roosevelt family members.
1909-03-22
Photos of Theodore Roosevelt (dressed in safari garb), J. Alden Loring “Naturalist”, Col. E. A. Mearns “U.S.A., retired, Surgeon,” and R. J. Cunninghame “Guide and Manager.” On reverse side is a description of the upcoming Smithsonian African Expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1909
Ted Roosevelt has been working hard for several weeks at a carpet manufacturing business. He finds the work interesting and is not missing his college days. President Roosevelt seems excited for his upcoming African safari and Ted believes he will enjoy it. Ted cast his first presidential vote for William H. Taft. The election was very important for business and Taft secured a sweeping victory.
1908
Theodore Roosevelt is sending Robert Harry Munro Ferguson a memento of his African trip made from rhinoceros hide. He suggests that Isabella Ferguson could use it as a card case. Roosevelt wishes he could see Ferguson and is dreading an upcoming trip.
1911-02-02
This draft of a satirical magazine articles discusses what will happen when President Roosevelt leaves the White House and embarks on his travels. It suggests that Roosevelt’s greatness will increase as he sails farther away from America and that his trip will outdo those of other former presidents. The article concludes by suggesting that Roosevelt’s hunting trip to Africa will be a “tremendous success.”
1908
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Newland, Tarlton & Company for managing his African trip. He has been satisfied from every standpoint.
1910-02-05
Brief, satirical newspaper making light of Theodore Roosevelt and his African safari.
1910-06-06
Color supplement to the Buffalo Sunday Times with a full-length portrait of a standing Theodore Roosevelt and four oval portraits from different time periods in Roosevelt’s life in the corners. Page includes biographical information about Roosevelt up to 1909 and a timeline of his African safari.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1910
The bust portrait of “Miss Africa” appears over a heart on a Valentine’s card that states “Will You Be My Valentine?”, with two black putti.
Seven and a half years after Theodore Roosevelt, practically in his first days as president, invited the black educator Booker T. Washington to the White House for dinner, Puck chose to traffic in the outrage and opposition to the act with this Valentine cartoon by Frank A. Nankivell.
Performance of “Teddy’s nig” by Beth Hurt, soprano, and Beverly Everett, piano. The song satirizes Theodore Roosevelt’s relationship with native Africans after his 1909-1910 safari and their introduction to western culture. The original sheet music was “dedicated with due apologies to the African jungle folks” by composer Ethelberta Twombly and published in 1910 by Vinton Music Publishing Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.
Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.
The score for “A characteristic jungle symphonie [sic]” is inspired by Theodore Roosevelt’s Africa trip from 1909-1910. On the back cover is an ad for three songs by Henry Lodge. The purple stamp on the back page reads, “C.W. Fulkerson Pianos, organs & music, Phonographs, Sewing machines, 82 Salem Avenue, Carbondale, PA.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1908
Score for a march celebrating Theodore Roosevelt’s homecoming from Africa and Europe in 1910. Advertisements are included on the back cover.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1910
This song and lyrics are based on Theodore Roosevelt’s trip to Africa from 1909-1910. The lyrics by A. Seymour Brown describe the fear of the jungle animals when they hear of Roosevelt’s arrival.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1909
A musical number from the Ziegfeld Revue, The Follies of 1909, describing the fear of the jungle animals when they hear of Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival, based on his trip to Africa from 1909-1910. Lyrics by A. Seymour Brown.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1909
This score and accompanying lyrics commemorate the bonding experience enjoyed by President Roosevelt and his son, Kermit Roosevelt, while on their African Safari. The front cover of this sheet music depicts a young man, wearing suit, cap, and college cardigan vest, smiling while looking up and gesturing at a portrait of Roosevelt. The portrait is a bust of Roosevelt with a huge grin and teeth. Roosevelt is wearing a dark suit with white vest, shirt, and a red tie. There is a red rug on floor, and there are columns in background with a rose border motif on the wall. The back cover contains an ad for “My Pony Boy.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1909