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President Roosevelt talks of horseback riding with Edith, and how he has been reading to Archie and Quentin while she is sick. Roosevelt attended the Army and Navy reception where Chief Joseph and seven other Nez Perce Indians came in full war dress. John Singer Sargent is staying at the White House and painting Roosevelt’s picture.
1903-02-15
Chief Joseph needs his travel fare and expenses paid. He should be directed not to return to Washington, D.C., unless instructed by the Secretary of the Interior. President Roosevelt respects him and will give him consideration on this occasion. However, his fare will not be paid in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-08
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
Gregory A. Wynn explores the life of American photographer Edward S. Curtis who photographed Theodore Roosevelt’s family in 1904 and 1905. Wynn argues that Curtis’s 1904 portrait “is the single best studio photograph” of Roosevelt. Wynn details Curtis’s decades long struggle to photograph, write, and produce his multi-volume The North American Indian, and he highlights the roles played by Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan in promoting and financing the project. In an addendum to his essay, Wynn notes that the Roosevelt collection of his friend Peter Scanlan came to auction, and he highlights the sale of pieces that have been featured in previous editions of his material culture column.
Five Curtis photographs supplement the text along with the title page of The North American Indian and illustrations of three items from the Scanlan auction.