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President Roosevelt tells Colonel Scott that he will not be able to attend the game and thanks him for the pamphlet on the Arapahoes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-07
President Roosevelt sends his childhood nurse, Dora Watkins, twenty dollars and wishes her a merry Christmas. He describes his sons Archie and Quentin playing in the snow with their cousins behind the White House. He shares his plan to play hide-and-seek with the children and their friends inside the White House on Saturday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-19
President Roosevelt agrees with his son Kermit’s thoughts on Nicholas Nickleby, and says that in general, he prefers novels that have joyous and noble aspects, rather than ones that are depressing and have sorrow, shame, and suffering in them. He updates his son on the activities at the White House, including a visit from African big game hunter Frederick Courteney Selous, and Quentin Roosevelt’s birthday celebrations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-19
The Roosevelts enjoyed hosting Nick Roosevelt, who has been “good as gold” and became close friends with Archibald Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-29
President Roosevelt’s sons Kermit and Theodore inform their father of a game score.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-25
Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
The Republican Club of the 30th Assembly District invites Theodore Roosevelt to their annual Clambake and Games meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09
President Taft will open the Blind Workers Exhibition on April 26. There will be demonstrations of how blind merchants work, how blind students are educated, and how the blind enjoy games and recreation. The exhibition shows the public what is being done to help the blind. A list of committee members is included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-15
Two bears play leap frog while a third reaches through the fence to swipe their lunch basket. Addressee side contains handwritten entry “Howard.”
1902-1907
Kermit Roosevelt recently saw Martha and Robert Munro Ferguson. He has been taking a photography seminar and spending time with Olivia Cutting. Roosevelt will be visiting Saranac soon and would like to “do everything except sleep at your house.”
1908-12-21
Kermit Roosevelt makes arrangements for his upcoming visit to see Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson. President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be coming back to Oyster Bay, New York, from Washington, D.C., soon. Roosevelt has been working hard at school and is attempting to join the track team.
1909-01-10
Kermit Roosevelt describes playing with Martha and Robert Munro Ferguson in New York. He wishes Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson could have come along on the last Mayflower trip. Roosevelt practiced his photography while on board. He asks when he should arrive at Saranac Lake.
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Commissioner Roosevelt describes the Boone and Crockett Club dinner and Kermit Roosevelt’s antics. He has not been getting much exercise but takes the eldest children for walks on Sundays and goes horseback riding with Senator Lodge. Politics are at a “fever beat” and Roosevelt is enjoying it but wishes he could go on a wilderness expedition with Robert Harry Munro Ferguson.
1894-01-31
A “Silverite,” a “Democrat,” a “Populist,” and a “Republican” hold a sheet labeled “Politics” with which they are tossing a “Business Man.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-06-10
Theodore Roosevelt appears as a two-faced Janus chess game piece. On the left is an angelic “Roosevelt The National Savior” and on the right a devilish “Roosevelt the National Menace.” Caption: It all depends on the way you look at him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-11-09
Box for deck of playing cards.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Deck of 48 cards. On the back of the cards is the image of Theodore Roosevelt from the rear, shooting an animal. On the faces of the cards are various animals, people, and places associated with Roosevelt’s 1909-1910 safari.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Boxed board game on the theme of Theodore Roosevelt’s trust busting efforts.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Unknown
This cardboard game-box has a circular clear plastic window on top, under which are shown circular portraits of Theodore Roosevelt (on left) and Alton B. Parker, Roosevelt’s Democratic opponent for the Presidency (on right). A metal rod runs between the two sides; four V-shaped metal pieces shake loose in the box. Sides of the box read “Get the voters / on the fence,” “Put ’em on / the fence,” “Keep the / politicians guessing,” and “Try it! / It’s easy.” The object of the game is to get all four metal pieces to hang from the rod at the same time.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1904
Theodore Roosevelt, wearing a blindfold labeled “The Tariff,” plays blind man’s bluff with a child-like figure labeled “Competition.” Caption: The Administration admits that its efforts to bring about competition among the trusts have been futile.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-08-21
A rotund elderly man plays quoits, a ring-toss game, with pretzels which he has tossed over a dachshund. Another man smoking a pipe has a pretzel under his arm. Caption: The Spring Number.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-03-22