Kane, Woodbury, 1859-1905

President Roosevelt thanks Arthur F. Cosby for his letter and informs Cosby that he wrote to the Misses Kane.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-05-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Sallie Kane for sending him the photograph of her late husband Woodbury Kane.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt asks Douglas Robinson to send Samuel McMillan $100 to pay him back for money Roosevelt used, along with his own funds, to obtain food for his regiment. Roosevelt writes about the lack of food and clothing, but mentions that they were able to get some provisions from the Red Cross.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-07-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt writes about mismanagement in Washington and how it is affecting his men. Roosevelt describes his dedication to his men and writes that he suffers through the same hardships as they do, relating to transportation, food, and supplies. He mentions that Robert Ferguson earned a promotion and regrets that Kenneth Robinson, Douglas Robinson’s cousin, was wounded.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-07-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Henry Winchester Cunningham for the letter and volume of the Harvard Class of 1882. He was particularly interested in the sections on Woodbury Kane and Frederick Norton Goddard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Louise Langdon Kane and her sister for their action on the Rough Riders’ monument. He says it was worthy of Woodbury Kane’s sisters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were delighted by Winthrop Chanler’s letter, and Roosevelt remarks that Chanler wrote many things that he wished to write to Owen Wister, “but had not the heart to.” Wister’s other works have been very good, but Roosevelt was sorry to have him write his recent book. Roosevelt believes the beef business will come out all right, and will add to the large number of things achieved by the current Congress. He would have liked to visit with Chanler longer last Sunday, and hopes that he will come visit the Roosevelts soon. Roosevelt jokes about Chanler “looking as if [he] were under thirty while [Roosevelt] is feeling like a worn-out and crippled old man.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses shock and grief at the death of DeLancey Astor Kane’s brother, the Rough Rider Woodbury Kane. Roosevelt wishes he were able to leave Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt would be pleased to have C. Oliver Iselin join him during the naval review.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Woodbury Kane on behalf of Thaddeus Higgins, a former Rough Rider. Higgins would like to be a clerk in the Quartermaster Department of the Army, and Roosevelt asks John Robert Procter to make the proper exceptions for the appointment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt was pleased to see Woodbury Kane, but Ted Roosevelt is still recovering from his illness and will be unable to travel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has been gaining weight despite trying to exercise. He plans to contact Mr. Keating.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Reginald Ronalds sends President Roosevelt a Christmas present: a photo of Richard Harding Davis, Colonel Henry Ware Lawton, and Woodbury Kane taken in Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-22

Creator(s)

Ronalds, Reginald, 1865-1924

Winthrop Chanler critiques the novel Lady Baltimore in a letter to President Roosevelt. He finds the novel to be petty and aggravating. Chanler notes that Woody Kane is the young man who arrives from the north, and he wonders how many copies of the novel would have sold if not for such a figure appearing in it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-21

Creator(s)

Chanler, Winthrop, 1863-1926

Western writer Owen Wister sends President Roosevelt his congratulations on the upcoming marriage of Alice Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth, whom Wister has liked since first meeting him at Harvard’s Porcellian Club. Wister apologizes for not having written sooner, as he was laid up with sickness for a few months and is only just recovering at a resort in Browns Mills, New Jersey. Wister hopes to visit the Roosevelts soon, to discuss Russian Ambassador Vitte, matters in Philadelphia where his wife, Mary Channing Wister, has been active, and the unfortunate passing of their friend, former Rough Rider Woodbury Kane. Wister concludes by wishing the Roosevelts a merry Christmas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-17

Creator(s)

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Governor Brodie asks for a promotion to brigadier general from President Roosevelt but does not know if a vacancy exists. He also discusses the honor guard for the upcoming inaugural parade.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-06

Creator(s)

Brodie, Alexander O. (Alexander Oswald), 1849-1918

Wallace Finley Dailey, curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, recreates an exhibit on Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement with Harvard from his days as a student to his work as an overseer. The exhibit was displayed at Harvard in 1977, 1980, 1996, 2005, and 2012. The exhibit in article form consists of twenty-five photographs, including thirteen of Roosevelt, and numerous documents including letters, certificates, diary and notebook entries, and publications by and about Roosevelt. The accompanying text identifies each photograph and document, noting its source and providing context. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

A handbook for Roosevelt’s Rough Rider Association, which includes a list of association officers, the association’s constitution and by-laws, and a list of the association’s members, honorary members, and the muster-out roll. Handwritten annotations about members or officers is present throughout. Pages 56-57 and 88-89 are uncut in the original and cannot be scanned.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Roosevelt's Rough Rider Association

Colonel Roosevelt describes the thankfulness of all the men at receiving the supplies from the Red Cross and he is grateful to Anna Roosevelt Cowles for helping to get those supplies to them. The regiment is now in a permanent camp with ample food, clothing, and care for everyone. He is extraordinarily proud of his group and the way they all work together. Roosevelt is in good health and hopes he can see William Sheffield Cowles sometime soon.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-07-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Colonel Roosevelt describes operational mismanagement and the appalling conditions under which he and his men are fighting and surviving. Food and medicine are scarce and he is purchasing food for both wounded and able-bodied soldiers with his own money. Of the 600 men with whom he arrived, over 300 are dead or in hospital from disease or wounds. He is very proud of his regiment and thrilled with their accomplishments.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-07-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919