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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Grace Stackpole Roosevelt for remembering his birthday. He comments on Archie Roosevelt’s last letter to her and reports that he has grandchildren visiting.
1917-11-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes of Edith Roosevelt sending her first typewritten letter, how pleased they with Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and their other daughter-in-laws, of visits from various military men, the training of the national guard and how proud Roosevelt is of his sons.
1917-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes that he hopes Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt does not feel obligated to visit. Richard Roosevelt is still ill and Ethel Roosevelt Derby is visiting. Roosevelt is sending his latest book to Archie and Gracie.
1917-09-16
Theodore Roosevelt writes that Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt is visiting and understands the possible promotion Archie Roosevelt may receive. Roosevelt hopes Russia continues to make war. He also recently returned from a trip out west and bought a new horse.
1917-10-07
Photograph of the Roosevelt’s family picnic at Lloyd’s Neck in Oyster Bay, New York. From left to right: son Archie, son Quentin, daughter Ethel, Kermit’s wife Belle, former president Theodore Roosevelt, and his wife Edith.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1915
Article announcing the birth of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s third child, Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt. Also included is information on Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s appendectomy.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1915-10-22
Ethel Roosevelt poses with her fiance, Richard Derby.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (left) and her daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby walking down a street.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-1919
An invitation from Theodore and Edith Roosevelt to the wedding of their daughter Ethel to Dr. Richard Derby. The invitation is made out to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his wife Eleanor.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Three of the children now have the measles. Despite the sick children, they have still managed to do a fair amount of socializing. Henry Cabot Lodge has been a “comfort” to wife Edith.
1893-02-12
Douglas Robinson discusses the will of James King Gracie, which allots inheritance in the amount of $30,000.00 to President Roosevelt, $5,000.00 to Ethel, and $5,000.00 to Kermit. Robinson will send Roosevelt a copy of the will after it is probated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-29
Freiherr Hermann Speck von Sternburg comments on explorer Clement Littledale’s visit with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. Sternburg informs Roosevelt of his own plans to visit in November.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-08
Senator Lodge clarifies his earlier comments regarding Wilbur F. Wakeman and explains his confidence regarding the Republican approach to the tariff question. He is very concerned about the Post Office Department and suggests the removal of Mr. Machen. Lodge concludes with an update on the Roosevelt family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-02
Robert Harry Munro Ferguson sends a bronze cast of R. Tait McKenzie’s The Sprinter and suggests it may look good in Theodore Roosevelt’s single-stick “death chamber.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-16
Horace Porter encloses two criticisms of the portraits of Edith Roosevelt and either Alice or Ethel Roosevelt that appeared at a Paris Salon. The criticisms were by Pierre Veber of the Paris Herald and Arsene Alexandre of Figaro.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about family matters, particularly the new motor vehicle, which has caused them to build a new road.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Basic information on Vice President Roosevelt’s marriages and children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Murat Halstead needs more information about the Roosevelt family for his “prosaic publisher.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-10
Thomas B. Reed congratulates Theodore and Edith Roosevelt on the birth of their daughter Ethel. He gives sarcastic commentary about the choice between James G. Blaine and Benjamin Harrison for president in the next election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-08-22
Chester L. Brooks writes to William R. Simmers regarding the possibility of microfilming his father’s diaries. Brooks has been doing what he can to help locate the missing diaries, including mentioning them to Ethel Roosevelt Derby during a recent visit she made to Medora.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-09-06