Harvard University

Photograph of Henry Cabot Lodge with inscription, “Class photo. 1871.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1871

Creator(s)

Unknown

Photograph of the O.K. Society, a group of publication editors, at Harvard University, taken in 1880. Theodore Roosevelt is on the far right standing in the second row.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1880

Creator(s)

Unknown

The diploma witnessing that the degree of Doctor of Laws has been conferred upon President Roosevelt by Harvard University has been sent by registered mail.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-07

Creator(s)

Greene, Jerome D. (Jerome Davis), 1874-1955

Theodore Roosevelt notifies Anna Roosevelt Cowles of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s injuries from being thrown from her horse, and despite her injuries, the doctor is not concerned for Edith. Roosevelt informs Cowles that Archibald B. Roosevelt will delay his trip out west due to her accident but is doing well in his examinations and will most likely get into Harvard University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-03-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932

Language

English

Edward Sandford Martin informs Theodore Roosevelt of a private dining room on the top floor of The Century where he could host Taylor, James G. Croswell, and three of four other men for lunch. Martin suggests it will pay to meet Croswell. Martin will be reading Roosevelt’s recent editorial from The Outlook tonight and asks if Roosevelt has read History of Freedom by Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, mentioning it works well in Taylor’s book.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-17

Creator(s)

Martin, Edward Sandford, 1856-1939

Bradley Gilman wishes Theodore Roosevelt to know he has always believed in Roosevelt and been loyal to Roosevelt even though they have never spoken for more than two minutes. Gilman is a writer and will be traveling South with Booker T. Washington soon. The only thing Gilman wants from Roosevelt is to know that Roosevelt knows Gilman believes in Roosevelt and his high aims.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-17

Creator(s)

Gilman, Bradley, 1857-1932

Admittance card for the 1909 Decennial Spread Harvard Class Day.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1919-06-17

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt informs Kermit Roosevelt that Edward North Buxton has sent the boots, and reminds Kermit that he absolutely must get back to Harvard by September 30. In Oyster Bay, Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt went for their last row and had the townspeople over for a nice afternoon. The Winchester rifles arrived with improper sights, and Roosevelt has responded with a harsh letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University, he had been able to stand against Andrew Dickson White but concedes when the President of his alma mater writes, he has to make an exception. While it may be right for the good of the service, Eliot does not know how difficult it is to keep an approximate geographical equality for the service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt supposes the letter from Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot is “extending the olive branch.” Therefore, Roosevelt believes he and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon have to put Merrill on the list.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Witter Bynner for a book of poems, and says he takes particular interest in the work of a Harvard man.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt approves of the response sent to the Smart Set magazine in response to a request for his endorsement. He says reports of Ambassador Reid’s “ostentation” and other unflattering news reports about official embassy conduct are harmless; he appreciates all the speeches Reid has made in an effort to unite the “right classes” of Americans and English people. Roosevelt agrees with Reid regarding pursuing arbitration in a treaty dispute with Great Britain over fisheries in Newfoundland. He also comments briefly on the result of the trial of Big Bill Hayward, calling it a “gross miscarriage of justice.” Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciates the silver bowl Elisabeth Mills Reid sent as a gift.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has been told by his son that his young friend Otohiko Matsukata is coming to Washington, D.C. with his younger brother. He asks Japanese Ambassador Aoki if they can lunch with him either Saturday or Monday during their visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is going to tell Curtis Guild and George Lyman that he is going to Harvard and Groton to see his sons. He is glad that William Sturgis Bigelow has contacted Arlo Bates about meeting over breakfast and wonders if they can also invite Samuel McChord Crothers and Le Baron Russell Briggs. In a handwritten postscript he informs Bigelow that Oliver Wendell Holmes will be unable to join them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt approves of Arthur C. Blagden’s plan to have J. D. White introduce him on the platform where he will deliver his speech to the Harvard Union. He also plans to share his thoughts on the meaning of the Harvard Political Club and what it should aim to accomplish.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt cannot come to Detroit to speak as Rome G. Brown requests. He is already speaking at Harvard in February and cannot make a special trip to Detroit for another Harvard related engagement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt declines an invitation from John Davis Long because he must dedicate that day to Harvard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would be happy to speak at Harvard Union. It will be a short speech, not written in advance, and regarding “things which are chiefly of interest to Harvard.” He would like White to arrange for no reporters to be present, as they “invariably lay emphasis only on the sensational.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt, writing as “Brother Honorary Roosevelt, father of Brother Initiative” Ted Roosevelt, congratulates F. Meredith Blagden, and states that he will meet him at Philippi.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919