Bulloch, Irvine S.

Photograph of Irvine Bulloch, Theodore Roosevelt’s uncle, seated and wearing a uniform.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1860-1880

President Roosevelt thanks Fannie L. Galt for sending the photograph of Roosevelt’s uncle, Officer Irvine S. Bulloch, who served on the CSS Alabama.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-24

President Roosevelt thanks James W. Hardison and the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of Confederate Veterans for the invitation. Roosevelt will stop in Paris, Texas, during his trip to San Antonio, Texas, if possible. Roosevelt informs Hardison he had family who fought on both sides during the Civil War and mentions two recent appointments he has made of the descendants of Confederate veterans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-22

President Roosevelt explains to Admiral Smith his uncle Irvine Bulloch’s role firing the final shots with the 32-pounder in the naval battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, which took place in 1864.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-06

James Morris Morgan is asking Theodore Roosevelt a genealogy-related question about his late uncle, James Dunwody Bulloch, as he has already exhausted all other sources that might’ve known the answer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Ella Sears Bulloch asks President Roosevelt to give “a specially warm handshake” to Lieutenant T. E. Greenshields if he is presented to the President in the entourage of the Prince of Wales. Greenshields is the son of a close friend of Roosevelt’s uncles James Dunwoody Bulloch and Irvine S. Bulloch. Bulloch is following news of Roosevelt’s planned trip to Africa, and is “in admiration of Edith [Kermit Carow Roosevelt]’s unselfishness and courage” in agreeing to be left alone for a year. Bulloch is glad Roosevelt is keeping his word to not run for another term as president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-21

Margaret Howell Davis Hayes thanks President Roosevelt for his speech in Vicksburg in which he offered praise of Hayes’s father, Jefferson Davis. Hayes thinks Roosevelt is a man of rare courage and says he has her admiration. Her father had fond memories of Roosevelt’s mother and uncle, and recognized Roosevelt’s leadership qualities even in his college days.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-26

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

John B. Ashbaugh examines Theodore Roosevelt’s complicated views on race and charts his history with various ethnic and racial groups, including Native Americans, African-Americans, and Jews. Ashbaugh highlights the influence of Roosevelt’s southern born and raised mother and her brothers, both of whom served the Confederacy during the Civil War. Ashbaugh stresses that Roosevelt’s views evolved over time, and he demonstrates how Roosevelt believed in and promoted the Progressive views of his time such as the assimilation of Native Americans, but that he also respected many aspects of Native culture and had enduring friendships with individual Native Americans. Ashbaugh presents Roosevelt’s views on Jews and immigration, and he details many aspects of Roosevelt’s feelings toward and relationship with African-Americans, including his condemnation of lynching, his White House dinner with Booker T. Washington, and the Brownsville incident.

Five photographs and two illustrations appear in the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Edward Renehan examines Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong interest in naval affairs: naval history, strategy, and the building and deploying of a naval fleet. Renehan highlights the exploits of Roosevelt’s uncles, James Dunwoody Bulloch and Irvine S. Bulloch, and the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan as influencing Roosevelt’s views. Renehan also notes the importance of Roosevelt’s history, The Naval War of 1812, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and his construction of battleships while president.

Two photographs, one of Roosevelt’s flag as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and the other of Renehan with Alexandra Roosevelt Dworkin, supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

In three speeches on October 20, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a variety of topics in front of crowds in Roswell and Atlanta, Georgia. Roosevelt notes the courage and devotion to duty of soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, and he states that he can take pride in his Southern heritage. Roosevelt asserts that large corporations should be regulated by the federal government and that political corruption should be identified and eliminated. He notes that the problem of Chinese immigration needs to be addressed by Congress, and he comments on the importance of cotton to the Southern economy. Roosevelt also states that he enjoys the stories of Georgia’s Joel Chandler Harris precisely because they have moral themes that imbue him “with the purpose of being a better man.” John A. Gable provides an introduction to the speeches.

Six photographs of Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia, accompany the text as does a photograph of nearby Barrington Hall. A text box lists the members of the executive committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1881. Roosevelt lives in New York City with Alice Lee Roosevelt and attends Columbia Law School. Major events for the year are a summer trip through Europe and Roosevelt’s election to the New York State Assembly from the 21st district. The diary concludes with notes on Roosevelt’s personal finances.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1881

Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt are having a splendid time in Liverpool, England. Irvine S. Bulloch, Roosevelt’s uncle, is the “jolliest, kindest host.” Roosevelt has been discussing naval history with his other uncle, “the blessed old sea-captain” James Dunwody Bulloch. He has convinced him to publish a work regarding “naval operations abroad” during the American Civil War. Bulloch was a Confederate agent in Great Britain and managed these operations. Roosevelt really enjoys speaking with his uncle, even though had Roosevelt been of age during the war he would have served the Union.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1881-09-14

Charles Pratt believes that the photograph of President Roosevelt’s parents in the Atlanta Journal does not depict Roosevelt’s mother the way he remembers her. He consulted with others who also knew Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and they agree. Pratt encloses photographs of locations important to the Bulloch family. He tells the story of when he and Roosevelt’s uncle, Irvine S. Bulloch, painted a Confederate flag on the old academy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-27