Letter from Frank Harper to G. Lenox Curtis
Frank Harper informs G. Lenox Curtis that his best plan would be to put “Hon. Theodore Roosevelt” on the Canadian Camp stationery.
Collection
Creation Date
1911-01-18
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Camps
Letter from Frank Harper to G. Lenox Curtis
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, Frank Harper thanks Doctor Curtis for his letter. He informs Curtis that Roosevelt will accept the position of Vice President of the Canadian Camp, so long as his membership does not require him to contribute funds or time to the Camp.
Collection
Creation Date
1911-01-05
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Letter from J.L. Vincent to Theodore Roosevelt
J.L. Vincent asks Theodore Roosevelt to become an honorary social member of the Theodore Roosevelt Camp, Modern Woodmen of America, praising his character and public standing and enclosing an application for membership.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-12
Creator(s)
CCC enrollees near a building
Photograph of two Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, Herb Fandrich and Judge Hall standing in front of a camp building in the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1930-1939
Creator(s)
CCC camp moving day
Photograph of an original picture of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees and trucks moving camp from the North Unit to the South Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1930-1939
Creator(s)
CCC enrollees in camp
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees standing in front of the camp barracks in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
Park Superintendent Allyn F. Hanks speaking at reclamation jubilee
Superintendent Hanks speaks at the reclamation jubilee held at the Cottonwood Campground in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-06-15
Creator(s)
Governor C. Norman Brunsdale speaking at reclamation jubilee
North Dakota Governor C. Norman Brunsdale speaks at the park reclamation jubilee at the Cottonwood Campground in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1952-06-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Waldo J. Clark
Former President Roosevelt thanks Waldo J. Clark for the letter and remembers him from when Clark dropped into camp.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-05-24
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Willis Physioc
Theodore Roosevelt is concerned upon learning about Willis Physioc’s difficulties in starting an outdoors camp for New York City boys. While he believes Physioc’s prior Army experience means he is perfect for working with people, Roosevelt personally knows no one who can help Physioc’s project financially.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-30
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt asks if his son Archie needs him to write to Brewster or do anything else to arrange for his trip. Roosevelt admires the artwork Ted Pitman has prepared for his next book. He is also glad that Archie will be going to the summer camp for military training over the summer, and he hopes that Quentin will go too.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-03-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip J. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt sympathizes with the hard work Philip J. Roosevelt is doing at Camp Rainsford, a summer camp for disadvantaged boys from New York City. Roosevelt was glad that his son Theodore Roosevelt worked there for a time, and hopes his son Kermit Roosevelt will also work there.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-25
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Letter from E. LeRoy Piper to Theodore Roosevelt
E. LeRoy Piper sends Theodore Roosevelt a pamphlet about Camp Sagamore and invites him to visit the camp and dine with the boys.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-31
Creator(s)
Letter from John P. Maxwell to Theodore Roosevelt
John P. Maxwell encloses a resolution passed at the last State Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans, which they hope to bring before the National Encampment in August. They would like Theodore Roosevelt to endorse it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-19
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Letter from Endicott Peabody to Theodore Roosevelt
Endicott Peabody praises Archibald Roosevelt for his performance at Sidwell Friends School. Peabody informs Roosevelt that Kermit Roosevelt is at camp this week which “will be a capital thing for him.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-24
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Letter from Ernest Thompson Seton to Theodore Roosevelt
Ernest Thompson Seton thanks President Roosevelt for his kind letter, which he read aloud to his campers. He says that the campers will show Roosevelt a “sturgeon-match that will excel the wildest foot ball game.” Seton also enclosed a chapter of The Birch Bark Roll previously kept from publication which he thinks may interest Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-09-11
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Letter from Franklin W. Cristman to John W. Vrooman
Franklin W. Cristman tells John W. Vrooman that a local camp was named the “Col. John W. Vrooman Camp of United Spanish War Veterans” and invites him to visit the camp.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-28
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Letter from John Joy Edson to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
John Joy Edson thanks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for her previous donation to the Summer Outings Committee, and asks if she would renew her subscription for the present year.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-01
Creator(s)
Letter from John Joy Edson to Theodore Roosevelt
Chairman Edson solicits a donation from President Roosevelt for his Summer Outings Committee.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-01
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“When ‘Teddy’ Comes in Camp”
Postcard showing President Roosevelt speaking to several men and soldiers at a camp in Newark, New Jersey. Text on the front indicates this postcard is part of the U.S. Army and National Guard Series.
Collection
Creation Date
1905