Children--Care and hygiene

A list of patrons and members of the Public Schools Athletic League.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08

President Roosevelt is glad to hear from Fitzhugh Lee, who is missed as “Master of Horse” and family friend. Roosevelt gives an update on Ted Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt’s career and education, respectively, and on Archie Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt’s school lives. Roosevelt is proud of Lee, and looks forward to hearing more from him while he is at the cavalry school.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-30

Groton School rector Endicott Peabody is glad to hear that Archibald B. Roosevelt is well enough to attend the school and assures President Roosevelt that his son will return for Christmas in “the very peak of condition.” Peabody finds Archie’s choice of a naval career interesting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about Archie returning home and not looking well. He says they spent Thanksgiving Day with the Rixeys and Cooleys at the du Ponts who own President Madison’s house. Roosevelt talks about horse back riding with Jack Greenway and then gives updates on Ted and Quentin.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-11-30

President Roosevelt invites Hannah Kent Schoff to a conference about the care of orphans in America. Roosevelt believes that it is better for children to be raised in family homes than in orphanages, and comments on developments in Massachusetts where they have been very successful in placing children in welcoming homes with foster parents. He hopes that Schoff will be able to attend.

Copies of this letter are also being sent to a number of other authorities from different states connected with child care, education, charities, social settlements, and various religious institutions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt tells Ernest Hamlin Abbott that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had triumphantly quoted Abbott’s article to him, and that she had always said that it was best to let nursery quarrels settle themselves. Both Roosevelts appreciated the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-08

President Roosevelt asks if Columbia University President Butler can bring his daughter Sarah Schuyler Butler to stay the night at the New Willard on December 4, and at the White House on December 5, when they entertain the Speyers and Burgesses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-24

President Roosevelt will arrange for a private car to bring Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Ted Roosevelt, and Kermit Roosevelt home; as long as Edith thinks it will be safe for the young children to be around the sick boys.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-11

Ted Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt have the mumps and will be isolated in the east wing of the White House, so Stewart Edward White can decide whether or not to visit. President Roosevelt does not think White will have “any danger of infection.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-13

Ted Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt have the mumps and will be isolated in the east wing of the White House, so Owen Wister can decide whether or not to visit. President Roosevelt does not think Wister will have “any danger of infection.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-13

President Roosevelt was concerned about Philip Battell Stewart’s son having pneumonia. He is pleased for the boy’s recovery.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-06

Vice President Roosevelt thanks D. M. Trice for his kindness. His daughter is doing better and hopes his son will improve soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-28

Vice President Roosevelt thanks Charles Gates Dawes for his letter. Two of the Roosevelt children were recently hospitalized, and Mrs. Roosevelt will soon take them to the Adirondack Mountains. Roosevelt might visit them, and then he hopes to see Dawes on his return.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-28

Vice President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Schick for writing. Both his children are recovering. He looks forward to seeing Schick again and returning to the church upon his return to Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Vice President Roosevelt requests the presence of Professor Osborn for lunch on September 15. Roosevelt’s children have been ill and he is unsure if his wife will return from the Adirondacks by then. If Osborn would like to come on the 16th with his boys, Roosevelt could show him the mountain lion and he believes that Mrs. Roosevelt may consent by then to letting Osborn have it for the museum.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Vice President Roosevelt thanks Magrane Coxe for the letter and remembers the time in the club. Quentin Roosevelt has had a “dreadful time” and Roosevelt’s daughter is recovering.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-27

Endicott Peabody is sorry about the ongoing dental situation, and explains to President Roosevelt that if he wasn’t worried about the risk of setting a precedent, he would let Archie Roosevelt go to New York for weekly treatment with Dr. Carrabine. Since Archie is in so much pain, Peabody asks again if it wouldn’t make more sense to work with the local dentist, Dr. Wetherbee. If this is not possible, Peabody asks if Carrabine could speak with Wetherbee personally, and at least explain the treatment plan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-21

President Roosevelt was sorry to hear about the illness of Ambassador Meyer’s daughter. He regrets that Meyer was not ordered back to Saint Petersburg, Russia, three weeks ago as there was a need for an ambassador. Hopefully the need has passed, but Meyer should return as soon as possible.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1905-11-09

Kermit Roosevelt and his brothers are undergoing military training in Plattsburg, New York. Archibald B. Roosevelt and Ted Roosevelt have received commissions in the reserve corp and Quentin Roosevelt is doing well at the aviation camp. Richard Derby is a major in the Medical Reserve Corps, but has not gone to the front yet. Kermit hopes to be on the Mesopotamian front as he is familiar with that area. Belle Roosevelt is staying nearby and Kermit visits her when he can. Kim Roosevelt has been ill and may have German measles, which Kermit describes as very unpatriotic. They will join Belle’s family in Spain when Kermit goes to the front.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1917-06-14

A man labeled “Doctor” and a man labeled “Sexton” stand in the street outside a “Confectionery,” with a large colorful candy stick between them, labeled “Chrome Green, Chalk, Red Lead, Arsenic, Chrome Yellow, Vermillion, Verdigris, [and] Glucose.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-01-07