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Theodore Roosevelt sends Arthur F. Cosby an autographed picture of himself, and congratulates Cosby’s wife, Virginia Dousman Cosby, on the birth of their third daughter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-11
Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of William Hard’s letter. Roosevelt believes that women should have political rights that give them equality with their husbands with regard to their children and property. Roosevelt thinks that Hard’s objective, which is concerned with the welfare of millions of women, is very practical.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-09
Colorized postcard showing a family traveling to Nagasaki, Japan. The father carries a bamboo pole with luggage on one side and a child in a basket on the other. The mother carries another child on her back. Text on the reverse of the postcard describes this method of travel.
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This postcard shows a large family standing outside a sizable building.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A typical roadside bunch of natives in Ceylon.”
Charles C. Myers Collection
This postcard shows a large group–including many children–posing for a group photograph near a road in Colombo, Ceylon.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Showing another bunch of natives.”
Charles C. Myers Collection
Black and white photograph of Charles C. Myers, Myrtle L. O’Dell, and Myer’s nephew, Lee W. Myers, standing behind a wooden ladder next to a tree in Novelty, Missouri.
Charles C. Myers Collection
1912-10-13
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt celebrates her 76th birthday with friends and family. They are on Stehli beach at Bayville, New York. There is a birthday cake and flowers on a large table. Roosevelt greets guests and kisses her great-grandson William Roosevelt Jr.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1937-08-06
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt celebrates her 76th birthday with family and friends. They are on Stehli Beach at Bayville, New York. Roosevelt cuts her birthday cake and kisses her great-grandson William Roosevelt Jr.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1937-08-06
Photograph of Esker C. Johnson and Anna Jeanette Johnson with two of the three pairs of their twin children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Unknown
Jackson Elkins lists the names of his twenty-four children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03
Frank Scott and his wife are looking for a home in Oklahoma with plenty of land for their thirteen living children, of the nineteen born over their ten-year marriage. Recently, Mrs. Scott and the thirteen children, all under the age of five, rode on one first-class train ticket, to which a conductor protested, not believing they were all her children until proven otherwise. The children’s names, all starting with “a,” and their ages are listed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-28
Henry F. Bernard’s poem laments the case of couples who do not have children, suggesting that by not having babies their life is lacking. Bernard encourages such couples to recognize their situation early enough to be able to rectify it by having children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-27
Frank Scott and his wife are looking for a home in Oklahoma with plenty of land for their thirteen living children, of the nineteen born over their ten-year marriage. Recently, Mrs. Scott and the thirteen children, all under the age of five, rode on one first-class train ticket, to which a conductor protested, not believing they were all her children until proven otherwise. The children’s names, all starting with “a,” and their ages are listed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-18
In this cancelled draft of a letter, Theodore Roosevelt thanks the recipient for sending him articles about the Bransky family. He says Mr. Bransky is a good citizen, and Mrs. Bransky is a better one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt sends Frantz C. Norman his congratulations for Peter Sand and his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-24
President Roosevelt holds a “strenuousness” kit as he walks toward Washington, D.C. Behind him is a paper trail in the shape of “1904,” including “songs by the Roosevelt club,” endorsements, “presidential song as sung by the ladies glee club,” “come agains,” “Ohio endorsement,” “dedicated buildings,” “photos of the Yellowstone,” “photos of largest families,” and “addresses of welcome by Democratic mayors.”
A case of a cartoonist biting off more than he can chew is this drawing, which is likely by William Donahey (later cartoonist of the comic feature The Teenie Weenies), not at this point in his career, as proficient as later, or as his brother, the Cleveland Plain Dealer‘s chief political cartoonist J. H. Donahey.
President Roosevelt returned, at the time of this cartoon, from an extended tour of the Dakotas (including Dickinson and Medora, which was near the site of one of his old cattle ranches), Yellowstone Park and other pristine wonder lands, and speeches in Washington and Oregon.
President Roosevelt sits in the White House attic with a variety of items: ears of corn with the label of “presidential tips to farmers,” a picture of Edward Henry Harriman with “my dear Harriman” crossed out and replaced with “undesirable citizen,” “the big stick,” several books, including “How to choose a successor,” a crib “for larger families,” and a coffin of a “nature faker.” Roosevelt holds a book entitled, “Science of Pseudology.” Caption: Mr. Roosevelt–“I wonder how much of this stuff Bill wants me to leave behind.”
The brilliant but largely forgotten body of cartoons that W. A. Carson drew for the front pages of the Utica Saturday Globe — centered, below the masthead and dateline, always in bright colors — often were accompanied by perfectly superfluous printed explanations. Carson’s work was so direct and documentary that written guides were useless; and the work of the anonymous editor was invariably vapid and redundant.
President Roosevelt holds up a photo of a family that has eight children. Caption: Roosevelt: “That’s what makes a hit with me!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-15
This film includes a number of quotations from Theodore Roosevelt about his home at Sagamore Hill, as well as images of both the interior and exterior of his home. Additionally, this item includes film clips of Roosevelt on the property surrounding his house and in the community of Oyster Bay, New York, and highlights his love of family.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
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Color postcard with image of a man holding two infants, with two others held in the pockets of a large green coat and the caption, “You should take Teddy’s advice” below.
1901-1907