Examinations

Theodore Roosevelt notifies Anna Roosevelt Cowles of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s injuries from being thrown from her horse, and despite her injuries, the doctor is not concerned for Edith. Roosevelt informs Cowles that Archibald B. Roosevelt will delay his trip out west due to her accident but is doing well in his examinations and will most likely get into Harvard University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A copy of a letter sent by New York City Police Commissioner Roosevelt to New York Governor Frank Swett Black. Roosevelt talks of enclosing the results of the test given to police recruits and the wrong answers given to history questions. He feels the civil service exams are not infallible but do serve as a good measure of a candidate’s aptitude.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-01-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt reminds his son Theodore Roosevelt that he must properly balance his checkbook or risk embarrassing himself in business circles if he does not keep track of his finances. Roosevelt explains to Ted that he also had friends with larger allowances than him at college, but even they still tended to overspend so Ted should begin to practice living “economically.” He praises Ted for giving up the “theater and drinking, and also smoking anything except a pipe,” and for keeping up with his studies. Roosevelt talks about clubs at Harvard and plans for his upcoming trip to Cambridge then onto Groton where Ted and Roosevelt will visit Kermit Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Carl T. Bauch explains that his son, Herbert W. Bauch, failed a makeup examination at the United States Naval Academy due to extenuating circumstances. He hopes Theodore Roosevelt will advocate for Herbert W. Bauch’s reinstatement in his class.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-07

Creator(s)

Bauch, Carl T., 1863-1928

Mary Josephene Burton Frazer expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that she invites him and Edith Roosevelt to contribute a small item or letter for a baby show in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Creator(s)

Frazer, Mary Josephene Burton, 1852-1933

Ella Sears Bulloch petitions her nephew, President Roosevelt, on behalf of her sister’s godson, Gifford Cutler, who failed his exam for the United States Navy. She lists his relatives that Roosevelt would know. She explains that he passed in all subjects except spelling and is doing well in a quality technical school in Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Creator(s)

Bulloch, Ella Sears, 1849-1911

Civil Service Commissioners Black and Greene inform President Roosevelt that the Commission cannot proceed with establishing a labor register nationwide. The Commission lacks the local personnel to perform the required medical examinations, as well as, the funding to pay for any medical examinations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-10

Creator(s)

Black, John Charles, 1839-1915; Greene, Henry F. (Henry Fay), 1859-1915

Theodore Roosevelt writes from Harvard to his mother to request his hat. He reports that he is doing well in his classes, and complains about having his Sunday School class taken from him. He says he will go to Chestnut Hill to see the girls, referring to his future wife Alice Hathaway Lee.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1879-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Commissioner Roosevelt writes to Avery De Lano Andrews, and other police board members, that the Civil Service Board will stop accepting applications for patrolman.  The current list of applicants far exceeds the needs for the upcoming year.  

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-03-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Freshmen college students are being tested for “Beer Capacity,” on the “Cigarette Tester,” and the “Rah Rah Recorder” at “Sis Boom University.” Caption: The freshmen are taking their entrance exams.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-09-19

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Corinne about his time spent with Alice Lee at Chestnut Hill. He expresses his happiness, but mentions that examinations are coming up and he will not be able to visit again until they are finished.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1880-04-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister in anticipation of an upcoming visit home. Roosevelt also mentions examinations.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1878-03-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt returns Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt’s exam papers to Edgar Huidekoper Wells. It appears Archie was confused by the civics questions. Roosevelt tried to get Wells out but could not contact him. He thanks Wells for the letter to Kermit Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edgar Huidekoper Wells of his two sons, Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt. Archie passed two of his four subjects this year, of which Roosevelt is very pleased and may allow him to get in to Harvard University next year. Roosevelt asks if he might get the test papers for Archie’s civics test to better understand what Archie failed in. Kermit Roosevelt was granted permission to start school a few days late so he might finish hunting moose, caribou, and beaver in New Brunswick on behalf of the National Museum. Kermit wrote of his hunting experience and his essay was accepted by Scribner’s Magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells his son, Kermit Roosevelt, that he has tried the double-barreled Holland elephant rifle and is very impressed. However, the rifle’s recoil is powerful and he wants Kermit to practice shooting it in Africa before they begin hunting. It will be the best weapon for large game. W. S. Rainsford has warned him that hunting lions, elephants, buffalo, and rhinos is particularly dangerous and they should “take every precaution.” Roosevelt takes this advice seriously.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Robert Bacon relating William Atherton DuPuy’s scores on the consular examination. DuPuy did not earn a high enough average score to pass the test, and must do better on his language skills at his July reexamination. Roosevelt says that there have been more failures from the South, but that Secretary of State Elihu Root is writing to Senators in an effort to appoint more Southern men.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt suggests to Secretary of War Taft that the current examinations for army chaplains may be too difficult. Roosevelt appreciates the need to be careful and get the right kind of chaplain, but thinks the academic portion of the exam may be too difficult, as many pastors and priests he knows outside the army neither have nor need knowledge of mathematics. He realizes that Taft is very busy, and asks him to have Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver or someone else take up the matter and bring him the examination papers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Charles Read Nutter for the English examinations report.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Baury De Bellerive Bradford requests permission to take the examination for Assistant Paymaster in the Navy and has received several endorsements. President Roosevelt would like to know if Secretary of the Navy Moody finds this course of action proper.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would like to know why Mr. Jackman was refused reexamination and Mr. Cardwell was reexamined.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919