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Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister for her letter and enclosures and praises her most recent poem. He asks her to send the enclosed materials to her sons Theodore and Monroe and mentions how difficult it is for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to receive letters from Quentin Roosevelt. Roosevelt also mentions seeing Corinne Robinson Alsop and Joseph W. Alsop.
1918-08-18
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is thrilled to hear that Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering from his illness. She has been traveling on a steam ship and felt anxious when she could not receive news of his condition. Yet she has found time for relaxation in the captain’s suite. She has enjoyed traveling with her friends and seeing the picturesque coast of Africa and the Rock of Gibraltar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-18
Some of the friends and family who greeted Theodore Roosevelt upon his return to the United States. From left to right: Corinne Douglas Robinson Alsop (Roosevelt’s niece), Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (Roosevelt’s sister), Grace Green Alexander (mother of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s fiancee Eleanor), Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Eleanor Butler Alexander (Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s fiancee), Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-18
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed visiting with Anna Roosevelt Cowles and her family. He feels indignant that her husband, William Sheffield Cowles, is not permitted to go to the legislature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-23
President Roosevelt agrees to arrange to see friends of his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and asks if she is going to stop in Washington, D.C., on her way to New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-26
President Roosevelt tells his sister, Corinne Robinson, that he is frequently asked to intercede in appointments and legislation in New York. Even when he would like to offer his support, as in the case of Maria Louisa Schieffelin, if he assists in once case he is bound to assist in every case and must therefore decline to do so. He enjoyed seeing some members of Robinson’s family recently.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-20
President Roosevelt thanks his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the birthday wishes and tells her he enjoyed visiting their mother’s old home on his trip south. He is concerned about what she tells him about her son Stewart Douglas Robinson, and comments that his own son, Ted Roosevelt, admires and respects him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-01
President Roosevelt updates his son, Kermit Roosevelt, on recent happenings. Surprisingly, the presidential elector from Montana was his friend and former ranch foreman, Arthur William Merrifield. He describes his and Ted Roosevelt”s continued boxing matches with Joseph Grant. Archibald and Quentin are recovering from “grip.” Unfortunately, Edith’s horse Yagenka may no longer be ridable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-23
President Roosevelt thanks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the French version of the Song of Roland and updates her on Christmas with his immediate family. All six of his children were able to attend the Christmas celebration and were delighted by their gifts. Kermit Roosevelt has been doing better in school and has even grown some. Roosevelt has heard his niece, Corinne Robinson, was the “most interesting and attractive girl that has come out this year.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-25
Anna Roosevelt Cowles regards Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Hartford, Connecticut, as one of the best Christmas gifts. She is grateful it was on one of her better days when she was “not quite as cripply” and so was really able to enjoy their time together. Everyone else also enjoyed his visit. She is sorry William S. Cowles did not get into the legislature and fears it will be a hard winter since he has no work and she is “not as companionable.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-20
Anna Roosevelt Cowles wishes she could visit with everyone at Sagamore Hill. She comments on the newspapers’ blaming Theodore Roosevelt for the various Democratic majorities. Her family is settling for the winter. William Sheffield Cowles enjoys public school and spending time with his friend Cameron McRae Winslow. Anna is trying to start a Boy Scout group. She reports that politically, Connecticut is “chastened and entangled” with Simeon E. Baldwin for Governor, and the Senatorial fight still rages.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-14
Douglas Robinson has sent President Roosevelt a telegram, but writes him a letter as well to thank him for what he has done for his son, Monroe Douglas Robinson. Robinson believes his son intends to do his best, and he wants to give him every opportunity he can. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has had a bad attack of asthma, so Douglas Robinson will not be able to visit tonight. He hopes to be able to visit the White House the following evening if Corinne is doing better.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-04
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson updates President Roosevelt on her daughter Corinne Roosevelt Cole’s recovery. Robinson also comments on current legislation and discusses a recent speaking engagement at a “Girls’ Club.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-15
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday. She is delighted that his trip to the South went so well. She also tells President Roosevelt news of her family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-27
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
The combined “Books” and “Book Notes” sections contain four lengthy reviews, a brief review essay, and a notice about five works related to the life of Theodore Roosevelt. It also includes a short excerpt from Roosevelt’s writings on conservation and a report by Wallace Finley Dailey on the status of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University. Christopher Volpe praises Edward Renehan’s biography of John Burroughs and highlights Burroughs’s friendships with Roosevelt and the poet Walt Whitman. Volpe notes that Burroughs was a very popular figure as a nature writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but that he fell into obscurity after his death in 1921.
John A. Gable admires the cartoons and commentary found in J. David Valaik’s Theodore Roosevelt, An American Hero in Caricature which reproduces forty-seven caricatures of Roosevelt found in the pages of Puck magazine. Gable also favors Caleb Carr’s historical novel, The Alienist, which revolves around Roosevelt’s tenure as Police Commissioner of New York City. Gable, deeply skeptical of fictional portrayals of Roosevelt, finds Carr’s treatment “entirely accurate,” and he notes how other characters that people the novel have roots in real persons.
James G. Lewis reviews Char Miller’s Gifford Pinchot: The Evolution of an American Conservationist and notes that the work challenges the established view of the relationship between Pinchot and John Muir. Lewis says that Miller is “writing revisionist environmental history” by providing a nuanced portrait of Pinchot. Some of the selections as well as some of the commentary found in Mario R. Di Nunzio’s Theodore Roosevelt: An American Mind are questioned by the anonymous reviewer.
Wallace Finley Dailey, Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, provides a detailed update on manuscript and book additions to the collection; the use of the collection holdings by numerous authors; and the adoption of new computer based cataloging technology. Dailey also discusses fundraising efforts, exhibitions using the collection materials, and donations from members of the Roosevelt family. Photographs of Burroughs, Pinchot, Carr, and Valiak appear in the sections along with a view of the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery at Harvard.
Three works come under consideration in the “Book Reviews” section. Cole Patrick looks at both the 1941 and 1989 editions of the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia. He comments on the work of Albert Bushnell Hart in compiling and editing the first edition, and he quotes from William Allen White’s foreword from 1941. Patrick explains the various additions made to the 1989 edition by John A. Gable of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), including a bibliography, a chronology of Theodore Roosevelt’s life, and a history of the TRA.
Tweed Roosevelt examines Bartle Bull’s Safari: A Chronicle of Adventure and highlights its coverage of Theodore Roosevelt’s African safari of 1909-1910, and he also looks at other figures, British and American, who made safaris. He praises the book’s organization and illustrations but faults it for not giving a sense of who the hunters were as people, Roosevelt included. Marilyn E. Weigold praises Elizabeth Winthrop’s novel, In My Mother’s House, for its “precise descriptions of life in Manhattan in the last few decades of the nineteenth century.” The novel’s main character is based on the life of the daughter of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt’s sister.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1989
Theodore Roosevelt was “overjoyed and relieved” to hear of the birth of Corinne Douglas Robinson. He is currently hosting Lispenard Stewart and Doctor Taylor at his ranch. They are getting along well but are very sore from yesterday’s long ride. Roosevelt gave a Fourth of July speech in Dickinson to a “great crowd of cowboys and grangers.” He is reluctant to accept Mayor William Russell Grace’s offer and if he continues to make long stays in Dakota Territory he may entirely give up his eastern life.
1886-07-05
Theodore Roosevelt is happy that the safari has been a success, although he is homesick and will not listen to those who tell him he should wait to travel home until after the fall elections. Roosevelt is eager to see his articles published in book form, and hopes that it will be received as well as the recent publications were.
1909-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt is greatly concerned about William Sheffield Cowles Jr.’s health and for Anna Roosevelt Cowles given the anxiety she has over her son’s recovery. Roosevelt and his wife, Edith, will meet Anna in New York as soon as she is able to travel there. Roosevelt offers to have his great-nephew “little Joe” Alsop for a visit, and he is eager to show him books about exotic wildlife.
1915-02-28