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President Roosevelt is glad Kermit Roosevelt will be trying out for the football team and taking six half courses, even if it will be difficult. Roosevelt discusses some of the supplies that he has recently received in preparation for their safari, and asks Kermit how many pairs of shoes he will want.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-06
President Roosevelt encloses materials from Paul Joseph Dashiell regarding controversy during the Harvard-Yale football game, which he refereed. Roosevelt would like Harvard coach William T. Reid to show the materials to Harvard President Charles William Eliot and then return them. Roosevelt notes that each team believes that the opposing team is in the wrong. He does not want to see football abandoned, and thinks that the hysteria surrounding the sport is as bad as the brutality in the sport. He asks Reid to tell Eliot in particular that Dashiell will make a good umpire “with a little of the proper spirit behind him.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-14
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Colton for the “first class pamphlet.” He thinks his son Ted Roosevelt will try out for the “freshmen eleven” football team at Harvard, although he does not expect him to make it. He hopes Colton’s son Henry Douglas Colton will introduce himself to Ted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-02
President Roosevelt was relieved to receive a letter from Alice Roosevelt, who sounded in good spirits despite feeling “wretched.” The President was disappointed not to see the Harvard football game, but will be attending the match between Annapolis and West Point. He is riding the “long-tailed sheep,” as the horse Bleistein is still injured. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has had several successful parties, and President Roosevelt plays bear with his children almost every night, despite the fact that someone always gets hurt. Quentin Roosevelt cannot play because of his asthma, so President Roosevelt tells him stories and sings instead. Uncle Douglas, Aunt Corrine, and Aunt Bye have all been visiting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-29
John Samuel Cranston and Carl B. Marshall thank President Roosevelt for writing their team an inspiring letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-19