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The sculpture, “The Crowded Hour at San Juan,” was created by artist James Edward Kelly for President Roosevelt at his request. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback as a Rough Rider. Roosevelt enjoyed Kelly’s work due to his artistic “American” style. Included is a handwritten note to a Mr. Balch from Kelly dated June 3, 1928.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1902-07-20
One photograph shows the sculpture, “The crowded hour at San Juan,” which depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback as a rough rider. Another photograph shows the sculptor, James Edward Kelly. Included is an envelope addressed to “Mr. J. E. Kelly” from “The Vice President’s Chamber, Washington, D.C.”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1901-06-08
President Roosevelt describes his appreciation of the artist Frederic Remington to Arthur W. Little. Roosevelt appreciates Remington’s depiction of a “vanishing type of American life,” notably the soldiers, cowboys, ranchers, and Native Americans of the American West. Roosevelt also remarks on Remington’s mastery of not only sculpture but also painting and literature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-17
President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the statue from Frederic Remington, and says that the statue will be very appropriate, as “undoubtedly paleolithic man feasted on oysters long before he got to the point of hunting the mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.” He hopes Remington and his wife will be able to visit Washington D.C. in October.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-06
Frederic Remington presents President Roosevelt with Paleolithic Man, a bronze sculpture which he describes as representing the “original inhabitant of Oyster Bay.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-06
Gregory A. Wynn chronicles the work of the sculptor Vincenzo Miserendino who Wynn believes has produced the finest likenesses of Theodore Roosevelt. Wynn highlights two Miserendino bronze sculptures of Roosevelt placed in Mount Vernon, New York, and Boone, Iowa. Wynn provides a biography of Miserendino and notes his body of work, but he focuses on the five different sculptures he created with Roosevelt as his subject. Wynn notes the location and status of Miserendino’s Roosevelt sculptures.
Six photographs of Miserendino’s sculptures supplement the text.
Art Koch reveals that no reader has been able to identify the subject of “TR-era image” number eight which had been misidentified as Theodore Roosevelt in an earlier issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Koch asks his readers to identify the subjects and context of image number nine which shows members of the Rough Riders in a line waiting their turn to shake Roosevelt’s hand.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the ninth “TR-era image” which shows Colonel Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with members of his Rough Riders cavalry regiment at its mustering out of service on September 13, 1898. Frederic Remington’s bronze sculpture of “The Bronco-Buster” can be seen on a table near Roosevelt. The tenth TR-era image is a stereoscope view of a wrecked ship.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898-09-13
Advertisement for a bronze bust of Theodore Roosevelt offered for sale by Philips & Co. of Buffalo, Minnesota. The bust depicts Roosevelt in Western dress, and the ad notes that a portion of the sales will be donated to the Theodore Roosevelt Association. The advertisement includes a photograph of the bust and an order form.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1997
This article describes the dedication ceremony for a bronze portrait bust of Theodore Roosevelt placed in the Oyster Bay, New York Town Hall Annex on October 27, 1975. The piece notes those in attendance– including Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Roosevelt’s daughter–and provides a brief biography of the sculptor Gleb W. Derujinsky.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
A receipt for artist James Edward Kelly from the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for their casting of his bronze equestrian statue for President Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1902-11-12
Matted photograph of James Edward Kelly’s 1902 bronze sculpture of Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider on horse. Photograph is signed and inscribed by Kelly to his patron, George Hope Ryder.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1919-01-28
Page 30 from a proof copy of a posthumously published booklet on the work of James Edward Kelly, compiled by Robert Bruce in 1934. Excerpt concerns Theodore Roosevelt’s first meeting with Kelly, which occurred on April 19, 1900.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1934
Vice President Roosevelt writes to James Edward Kelly regarding his attire and the horse he rode, along with the saddle. Roosevelt is sending Kelly the saddle and bridle but wants them returned.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1901-08-31