Housing

Photograph of quarters #59, chief ranger’s quarters, at Peaceful Valley Ranch in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1959

Photograph of residence #60 at Peaceful Valley Ranch, located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Photograph of residence #1, former superintendent quarters, at Peaceful Valley Ranch located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Exterior photograph of the park superintendent’s housing unit located at the South Unit in the town of Medora, North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1969

Photograph of the J. V. Smith house located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, with well visible in foreground.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Photograph of the house at the J. V. Smith Ranch with a rubbish pile nearby located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Photograph of the house at J. V. Smith Ranch with well nearby. The house is located in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Photograph of an old housing unit located in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-08-25

A short narrative about a man named Sterret and how the state of his house reflects his own character.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

President Roosevelt thanks Frank P. McLennan for the pictures. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Lily and says he is unsure what his bear hunting trip will produce. McLennan’s house, Cedarcrest, looks lovely, and Roosevelt is glad McLennan appreciated the sketch of Pine Knot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-05

President Roosevelt apologizes to Laura Gertrude Roosevelt Punnett that he cannot advise her about homes surrounding Washington D. C. He explains that there are not many positions in government for women.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-06

President Roosevelt thanks Louise Holmes Vanderbilt for the thousand dollars she sent, and describes how he spent and donated it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-04

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Soley that he already has a house.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt approves of Francis John Higginson’s plan to establish a Sailors’ Rest House near the New York Navy Yard and will do what he can to help. Such an establishment will remove “many of the temptation which now beset Jack while on shore.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-07

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks his brother-in-law, William S. Cowles, for the letter about his wife, Anna Roosevelt Cowles. Henry Cabot Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge want her to visit and offer to help her find a house in Washington D. C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-03

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs George Lockhart Rives that he has already rented a house and cannot take his sister’s house.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-30

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs A. D. Addison that he has already rented a house.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-26

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Florence Martin Vance for her kindness but he recently signed a lease for a house and has no need to see hers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-23

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks William C. Norris for the list of houses, but he has already rented one.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-21

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Bernard P. Mimmack, but he has already rented a house.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-04-21