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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna requesting that a few items be sent from home to him at college so he can decorate his room. The letter also includes what he has been doing at college since the last time he wrote including a day he spent with Mrs. Shaw.
1876-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Anna Roosevelt for helping him set up his room at Harvard, requests a few things be sent to him, and tells about his new friends and classes.
1876-09-30
President Roosevelt would like the stone lion heads under the mantelpiece in the State Dining Room substituted with stone bison heads, as they are “a much more characteristic and American decoration.” This change will need to be done quickly, and he asks William M. Kendall to consult with Cass Gilbert, as he recently spoke with him and Samuel B. P. Trowbridge about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-18
Theodore Roosevelt apologizes for the earlier thank-you note written by Mrs. Roosevelt being lost, but confirms to William H. Doyle that they have received the lambrequins. He is glad Doyle is a Progressive and agrees with him that the party need not change its name.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-01-28
President Roosevelt found the caribou head “magnificent” and has had it hung.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-12
President Roosevelt is pleased with the Abraham Lincoln picture and regards it as a real addition to the White House. Roosevelt believes the picture represents Lincoln around the time of the debate between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-05
William W. Hart tells President Roosevelt that the remounting job is complete and the heads have been re-hung at Sagamore Hill. Hart has enclosed bills for the work and discusses some of the details of the taxidermy labor and mentions other work that could be done. Hart looks forward to receiving more “fresh specimens” from Roosevelt to showcase his art.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-05
This postcard shows a lavishly decorated room hung with several chandeliers. The room, which Charles C. Myers says was used variously as a dining room, reception room, and antechamber, is named for the bull’s eye window which is situated high on the far wall.
1910-12
This postcard shows the Council Chamber of Versailles, which Charles C. Myers notes was also used as a Study and Wig Room by King Louis XIV of France. The room is ornately decorated, and sports a table in the middle of the room underneath a chandelier, while stools sit at either side of a fireplace. Several large mirrors occupy large sections of wall.
1910-12
Film of the interior of Sagamore Hill. Panning shots of Father’s Dressing Room and the Drawing Room, as well as the Front Hall and North Room. Closeups highlight certain trophies.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1955
Film of Sagamore Hill. Exterior still and panning shots of the porch from several angles. Interior panning shots of the Drawing Room, Nursery, Dining Room, Mother’s Room, Father’s Dressing Room, North Room, Front Hall, and Library. Closeups highlight certain household objects and trophies.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1955
Film of the interior of Sagamore Hill. Panning shots of the Front Hall, North Room, and Library, with closeups of some trophies.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1955
Photograph showing furnishings in President Roosevelt’s bedroom in the White House.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Photograph showing furnishings and paintings in the Red Room of the White House during President Roosevelt’s administration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
Photograph showing the furnishings in the White House Green Room during President Roosevelt’s administration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
Photograph showing furnishings in the White House Blue Room during President Roosevelt’s administration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Photograph showing President Roosevelt’s bedroom in the White House.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Photograph of three White House staff posing in a room in the White House, taken during President Roosevelt’s administration.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Photograph shows furnishings in the White House bedroom of Alice Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt shares her opinions regarding a number of decisions to be made about the renovation and decoration of the White House, including the design of her writing desk, and the shade of color to be used in the Blue Room.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-18