Georgia--Roswell

The photograph that William H. Moyer sent President Roosevelt is of the old house in Roswell. Moyer is sending pictures of the outside of the house and views of the room where Roosevelt’s parents were married. Since the day was dark and stormy good views, especially interior views, were impossible. Moyer will gladly return to Roswell on a bright day to take more pictures.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-16

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and describes his trip to Georgia and Florida. In Georgia Roosevelt visited the family home of his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Roosevelt says he was well-received on the trip.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-10-22

President Roosevelt, family and others outside Bulloch mansion.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Several people gathered around the porch of the home of President Roosevelt’s mother

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Alfred Truitt for the letter and memento from Bullock Hall at Roswell.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-29

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about how his trip through the southern states has gone thus far. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and a cousin, John S. Elliott, accompanied Roosevelt as far as Atlanta, and had a lovely time. They also visited the childhood home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Roosevelt, now accompanied by John Campbell Greenway and John Avery McIlhenny, believes that the next part of the trip will be hard work going forward.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-22

President Roosevelt appreciates the photographs of the house in Roswell, Georgia, and asks William H. Moyer to give his regards to Catherine Evelyn Baker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-19

President Roosevelt informs Robert Foster Maddox he will be unable to visit Atlanta, Georgia, in May. If he does go on a trip at that time, it will be straight to Texas. Nevertheless, Roosevelt tells Maddox that he does plan to visit Atlanta and see Roswell, Georgia–the hometown of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt–sometime during his presidency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-08

Thomas H. Bomar sends Theodore Roosevelt an item he has had for several years that he believes Roosevelt would be interested in–a synopsis of the life of John Chavis, a free African-American educator and preacher who lived and worked in the North Carolina. Bomar tells Roosevelt that his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Bomar, knew Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Roosevelt, when she was a child, and would be very pleased to hear from Roosevelt. Bomar remarks that he, as well as many other Southern Democrats, greatly admires Roosevelt and hopes he will be the next president, and briefly summarizes his own life for Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-04

Fanny King Pratt writes to President Roosevelt regarding the death of Reverend William E. Baker, whose wife was one of the bridesmaids at Roosevelt’s mother’s wedding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-05

Governor Heyward encloses a copy of the marriage record of President Roosevelt’s mother and father, which appeared in the records of Stoney Creek Church in Hampton County, South Carolina. The pastor of Stoney Creek was a cousin of Roosevelt’s mother, and he traveled to Roswell, Georgia, to conduct the ceremony, then returned to his church and recorded the marriage there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-07

Article about the purchase of Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia, by the city and plans for its use and preservation. The article describes the involvement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in the process, notably its financial support. Bulloch Hall was the childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch, and the site of her marriage to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., of New York City in 1853. The article provides background on the Bulloch and Roosevelt families, traces the ownership of the home, examines its architectural design, and discusses plans for its future use.  

A photograph of the front of the home accompanies the article.

In addition to providing a summary of four of the articles published in this issue, John A. Gable uses the highlights the opening of Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia, which was the childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. He notes the passing of Reginald Rose, a longtime member of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, and he talks about the lecture series celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Sagamore Hill as a public house museum. He closes with a plug for the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1978

This article describes a visit to the White House by a delegation from the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to present a set of the Memorial Edition of the Works of Theodore Roosevelt to President Jimmy Carter and his wife to be placed in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. The article lists the members of the delegation, provides information about the Roosevelt Room and the donated books, and describes the interaction between Ethel Roosevelt Derby and the Carter family.

A picture of John A. Gable and P. James Roosevelt of the TRA with President Carter opens the article on the front page of the issue.

The fifty-fifth annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) was held on October 27, 1974, at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. In its description of the proceedings, this article notes some of the guests and highlights reports given by John A. Gable and P. James Roosevelt of the TRA as well as the work of the Nominating Committee. Additionally of note was a slide show presented on Bulloch Hall, the childhood home of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1975

President Roosevelt’s recent tour through the Southern United States was a success, and saw him give speeches to many enthusiastic audiences along the way. In addition to visiting several state capitals, Roosevelt visited his mother’s hometown of Roswell, Georgia, and spoke with a number of people who knew her. Other highlights of Roosevelt’s trip included a stop he made at Tuskegee, Alabama, and a speech he made at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spoke out against lynching. In an editorial, the Christian Herald praises Roosevelt’s trip as having been very productive in demonstrating that the North and South have put away the resentment which had previously existed between them. Other articles present on these pages include editorials on life insurance management, missionary work in India, commentary on “National righteousness,” and a request for charitable contributions.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

Creation Date

1905-11-08

This film consists of views of the childhood home of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, in Roswell, Georgia, and of the last remaining bridesmaid in Martha’s wedding, Catherine Evelyn King Baker. There is a long shot of Bulloch Hall, which was a stately Greek Revival home, designed, as were many other classic homes in the Roswell area, by Willis Ball. A medium-close shot of unidentified men sitting and standing on the front porch follows. Next, a closer view of the columned porch, followed by views of the side of the house, with a grape arbor visible, the barn and outbuildings, the skyline, and a well. Then there is a view from inside the house of men approaching a doorway, followed by a medium-close shot of Baker, wearing a long dark dress, seated in a chair outdoors.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1923

Belle Manley is informed that the sender has no more cards on hand but will be traveling to the city in about a week to get some. Postcard image features a replica of the childhood Georgia home of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt showcased at the Jamestown Exposition.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1908-02-14

An African American man and woman stand in the dining room at Bulloch Hall, the scene of the marriage of President Roosevelt’s parents. Written on verso: Otey B. Mitchell, Bulloch Hall, dining room.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-03-27

A photograph of the family home of President Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Bulloch Hall in Roswell, Georgia. The Georgia Building at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 was modeled after Bulloch Hall.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1907-03-29