The day he made the ‘varsity eleven
E. B. Bloss describes an underclassman’s successful football tryout at Harvard.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11
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College athletes
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anne Chiffelle Hawkins Howze
President Roosevelt tells Anne Chiffelle Hawkins Howze that he considers her young son Robert L. Howze, “center rush of the football team for 1925,” as “distinctly more” to her credit than to her husband’s.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-03-08
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt relates to his son Theodore Roosevelt a humorous comment that Quentin made at breakfast. He praises Ted’s football performance so far in the season, but says that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are glad that he will be done after next Saturday. He reminds Ted to write him about how he wants the moose horns, so that he can tell Alexander Lambert.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Orville G. Frantz
President Roosevelt congratulates “the eleven” and feels they have had a positive impact on Harvard.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-12-02
Letter from John Harsen Rhoades to Theodore Roosevelt
John Harsen Rhoades thanks President Roosevelt for his $25 donation to the fund being raised to help pay the cost of Harvard athletes competing in England. Rhoades also tells Roosevelt that he will make sure that Roosevelt’s name is not connected to the donation as he requested.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-07-02
Letter from John Harsen Rhoades to Theodore Roosevelt
John Harsen Rhoades asks President Roosevelt if he would like to contribute money to the fund being raised to cover the cost of athletes from Harvard and Yale traveling to compete in England against athletes from Oxford and Cambridge.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-06-29
Letter from Le Baron Russell Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt
Le Baron Russell Briggs discusses the potential for Ted Roosevelt finishing a degree at Harvard in three years. Briggs mentions a couple of other Harvard grads who were able to finish early while also participating in athletics.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-06
Letter from E. B. Bloss to Theodore Roosevelt
E. B. Bloss is writing a book about Harvard athletes, and, if he can find a publisher, would like to send President Roosevelt a copy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-01