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Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
On behalf of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, Secretary Winthrop H. Wade invites the recipient of the invitation to a meeting on December 13, 1911 at 11:00 a.m. in Boston, Massachusetts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-06
Photograph shows the Harvard Advocate board with Theodore Roosevelt standing on the right in the back row and Albert Bushnell Hart seated in the center.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1880
Photograph showing a young Theodore Roosevelt, as a freshman at Harvard, with side whiskers, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing left.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1876
Photograph showing a young Theodore Roosevelt, as a freshman at Harvard, with side whiskers, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing left, with pencil and ink additions.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1876
The Harvard Club of Keene and the Harvard Club of New Hampshire invite Theodore Roosevelt to attend the summer meeting of Harvard alumni at Walpole, New Hampshire, on July 28.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07
Harvard University President A. Lawrence Lowell announces the death of Harvard College Fellow Francis C. Lowell, and gives the date and time of his funeral services.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-06
President Roosevelt has enclosed a copy of the letter that he sent J. D. White in order for Ted Roosevelt to make plans with him. Ted Roosevelt can “pilot” Roosevelt around the Harvard Union. Roosevelt will not talk about Harvard president Charles William Eliot, and will accept that some of what he says will leak, but asks that reporters not be present.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-11
Lawrence F. Abbott thinks it is interesting that colleges, which are so strong in their teaching of science, can be so weak in their teaching of literature and journalism. He asks if President Roosevelt knows whether he will be attending an editorial conference on March 10 or March 17, as his father, Lyman Abbott, will be out of the country for a time but wishes to return to attend the same session as Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-10
President Roosevelt does not know when George von Lengerke Meyer will join the Cabinet. Meyer was a class ahead of Roosevelt in college.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1906-11-27
After great hesitation, and because of their long friendship, H. D. Minot writes to express his displeasure at Theodore Roosevelt’s recent behavior. At Harvard, Roosevelt did not admire drunken or debauched antics, so Minot was very much alarmed to observe Roosevelt “talk shameful grossness before a woman… and muddled nonsense about fighting sensible Charlie Ware with dueling pistols.” Minot is sorry to speak so severely to Roosevelt but does so as a testimony of sincere friendship.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1879-12
Sheet music for “The School Where Lincoln Went,” a popular song with a chorus toasting Theodore Roosevelt attending Harvard University, President Taft attending Yale University, and Abraham Lincoln attending “the old red school house.” The cover features an eagle atop an illustration of a red school house surrounded by pendants for Harvard and Yale.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
“The Roosevelt bears at Harvard” is number 13 in a series of postcards depicting scenes from Seymour Eaton’s “Roosevelt Bears” books.
1907-10-21
The postcard is addressed to Harold Jolles of Indianapolis, Indiana, but there is no message. The front of the postcard shows a color image of the U.S. Capitol building and two prints of President Roosevelt. The oval image on the left shows a younger Roosevelt standing next to a row of tents, dressed for war. The oval image on the right shows a bust of Roosevelt, wearing a suit and spectacles. Beneath the image of the Capitol, there is a brief biography of Roosevelt: “Theodore Roosevelt Born in New York 1858. Graduated at Harvard 1880. Col. Rough Riders, 1898. Governor New York, 1899-1900. Vice-President, 1901. President September 14, 1901. Re-elected 1904.”
1907-01-16
The front of the postcard shows a black and white print of the U.S. Capitol building and two prints of President Roosevelt. The oval image on the left shows a younger Roosevelt standing next to a row of tents, dressed for war. The oval image on the right shows a bust of Roosevelt wearing a suit and spectacles. Beneath the image of the Capitol, there is a brief biography of Roosevelt: “Theodore Roosevelt Born in New York 1858. Graduated at Harvard 1880. Col. Rough Riders, 1898. Governor New York, 1899-1900. Vice-President, 1901. President September 14, 1901. Re-elected 1904.”
1906
Fannie B. Dodd heard that Lillian Guntley may visit California. She hopes that she will come and would like Guntley to let them know when she will be in Los Angeles. Dodd writes the message on a postcard printed with a photograph and biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
1912-06-24
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson consoles John Campbell Greenway on the death of Patty Macomb Flandrau Selmes, discussing how alike Greenway and Selmes were and acknowledging their bond. She requests that Greenway please write her a line about Isabella Ferguson, and in a handwritten addendum acknowledges that she later received a telegram from Ferguson. Robinson discusses her son’s and grandson’s travel plans, and hopes that Greenway might take an interest in her grandson Douglas Robinson.
1923-07-26
Commissioner Roosevelt asks Charles Macomb Flandrau whether he has seen Roosevelt’s friend George Cabot Lodge. He would like to introduce Flandrau to a couple of people once Flandrau is settled at Harvard. Roosevelt advises Flandrau to socialize only with underclassmen during his first year at Harvard.
1891-10-23