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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-09
Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis thanks President Roosevelt for his friendship. Jacob A. Riis is away for his health in California, but is expected to return soon. Riis writes that she and her family will do their best to be present at Roosevelt’s inauguration, and that only death or sickness will stop them. The rest of the Riis family is doing well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-27
Finley Peter Dunne thanks President Roosevelt for the interest in his son and for a previous visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-23
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
Commissioner Roosevelt writes to Gertrude Tyler Carow informing her of the recent birth of his son, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt. The birth went well and Roosevelt describes the excitement and reactions of his children.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1894-04-09
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps staff and family having a picnic in the Killdeer Mountains of Dunn County, North Dakota. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1937-05
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps staff and family having a picnic in the Killdeer Mountains of Dunn County, North Dakota. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1937-05
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps staff and family having a picnic in the Killdeer Mountains of Dunn County, North Dakota. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1937-05
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps staff and family having a picnic in the Killdeer Mountains of Dunn County, North Dakota. The children photographed belong to Joe Naze, Civilian Conservation Corps company clerk. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1937-05-16
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps staff and family having a picnic in the Killdeer Mountains of Dunn County, North Dakota. Photographed: Joe Naze (kneeling), Mrs. Hoyt (white shirt), Don Fous (holding the pot), and Weldon Gratton (next to Fous). Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1937-05-16
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps staff and family at the “Oakdale” residence in the Killdeer Mountains of Dunn County, North Dakota. (Left to right) Weldon Gratton, Joe Naze, Don Fous, (white beard) Mr. Palmer. Photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles for the birthday present she sent. The family has arrived in Washington and he registered the two little boys in school. Roosevelt compliments his boss, Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, and is headed to Ohio to speak on behalf of Senator Hanna.
1897-10-28
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. holds his infant daughter, Grace, while his wife Eleanor looks on outside their home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-10
President Theodore Roosevelt and family at Oyster Bay, New York. Left to right: Kermit, Archie, the President, Ethel, Mrs. Roosevelt, Quentin, Ted (standing).
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907
Standing: John White Alexander, Grace Green Alexander (Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s mother). Sitting: Elizabeth Alexander (wife of John White), [unidentified man], Mr. S. Pomeroy.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Unknown
Theodore Roosevelt family at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York. Left to right: Ethel, President Roosevelt, Ted, Archie, Alice, Kermit, Edith, Quentin.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
Alfred Roosevelt with his children, Elfrida, Katharine and James Alfred.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1889-1891
A Roosevelt family photograph taken at the White House in 1908. From left to right: Ethel Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Quentin Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Nicholas Longworth.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from Sarah Bancroft Leavitt. He wishes Leavitt could have been at the Orthopaedic. He always associates Leavitt with his father, mother, and aunt Anna Bulloch Gracie who had such fun together and did so much good for others.
1916-02-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit and daughter-in-law Belle to say he is happy and surprised they are able to live together. He tells Belle to take care of herself and says he is glad Kermit is with the artillery. Roosevelt says Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Quentin’s fiancee Flora Payne Whitney are coming down to stay with Mother who is heart-broken over Quentin’s death, and Archie Roosevelt will be sent home soon as well. He closes by saying he is asking for the money from his Nobel Prize back from Congress so he can give it to charities. Enclosed was a sheet of French stamps.
1918-08-22