Awards

A decree presenting Theodore Roosevelt Jr. a first class medal of honor in 1943 by the Bey of the Kingdom of Tunisia.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1943-10-30

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates William T. Hornaday on being recognized by Yale University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-06-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that the enclosed letter, regarding his appointment as a Knight of the Legion of Honor, “explains itself.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has spoken to Ambassador J. J. Jusserand about Brander Matthews receiving the Legion of Honor from the French government, as both Roosevelt and Peter Townsend Barlow desire for him. Jusserand assured Roosevelt that it would be done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Baron Rosen asks Secretary of State Bacon to arrange an audience with President Roosevelt for Count Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich, who hopes to present Roosevelt with a gift in recognition of his contributions at the Portsmouth Conference on behalf of the Slav Benevolent Society of Moscow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-14

Creator(s)

Rosen, Roman Romanovich, Baron, 1847-1921

Henry Lane Wilson describes the presentation of a diploma for President Roosevelt from the International Olympic Committee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-03

Creator(s)

Wilson, Henry Lane, 1857-1932

Secretary of War Taft jokingly tells President Roosevelt that he was unaware that the president had received a medal of honor from the Philippines Exposition of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and that the president is of now the same class as Taft’s wife Helen and everyone on the Philippine Islands. Taft says he could not have stopped Dr. Gustav Niederlein’s reckless awarding of medals and would be glad to talk to Roosevelt about it later.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Pierre de Coubertin writes to congratulate President Roosevelt on the election results, to thank him for letting Coubertin dedicate his latest book (the first copy of which was sent with the letter), and to inform Roosevelt that the will be awarded a “diplome d’honneur” from the IOC as “the greatest living sportsman.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

Creator(s)

Coubertin, Pierre de, 1863-1937

President Roosevelt rejoices that Mayor Wells has given him the keys to the city of St. Louis. A teddy bear holds the keys while a policeman prevents Thomas Henry Carter, Henry Clark Corbin, and former President Grover Cleveland from exiting a building.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-02

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about the latest German offensive and visiting Archie Roosevelt’s wife Gracie and their new baby. He has enclosed a newspaper clip of the occasion. He says Archie’s wounding garnered a lot of attention in America. Roosevelt tells stories about two of his grandchildren, Richard and Edie and says Colonel Rondon was awarded the gold medal by the American Geographic Society.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-04-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Historian Ray h. Mattison receives a Department of the Interior award from Superintendent Warren D. Hotchkiss inside the South Unit visitor center of the park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1966-02-15

Creator(s)

National Park Service; Wintch, Michael Ott, 1937-

President Roosevelt calls for marksmanship prizes to be given to the most accurate big-gun crews in the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

A series of nine vignettes shows men putting themselves at risk in one way or another. One man gets up in the middle of the night to attend to a screaming infant, another tests breakfast cereals, a third dares to enter the kitchen to reprimand the cook, others survive the street railroads, one suffers the attack of mosquitoes, while others endure rude opera attendees, rural life, and a tour guide. At center, each “hero” receives a pension from Andrew Carnegie who is wearing a traditional Scottish kilt.

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-08-24

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

Creator(s)

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

Robert B. Nelson tells Edith Roosevelt that he won the Quentin Roosevelt Prize at Episcopal High School. He writes that he will try “to live up to the high standard” symbolized by the prize. Envelope included.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1925-06-07

Creator(s)

Nelson, Robert B., Jr.

Chester Noyes Greenough, the Acting Dean at Harvard College, reports that Quentin Roosevelt is to be awarded a posthumous A.B. degree for “honorable service in the war.” He offers congratulations and sympathy. Letterhead: “Harvard College”

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1919-06-13

Creator(s)

Greenough, Chester Noyes, 1874-1938

Raymond Poincaré, president of France, writes to Theodore Roosevelt to send a French diploma (which French soldiers receive) in honor of Quentin Roosevelt and his death.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-3

Creator(s)

Poincaré, Raymond, 1860-1934

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frederick B. Dalzell for the photographs and promises to send the check once he receives it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs Jennie A. Rightmire that Theodore Roosevelt has no involvement with the granting of Carnegie prizes for bravery. They suggest she write to the secretary of the Carnegie Foundation in New York City.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-13

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Richard R. Sinclair, accepting an honorary membership to the Aero Club of New York “with pleasure.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919