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Letter from Harriet T. O’Brien Stevens to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Letter from Harriet T. O’Brien Stevens to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Harriet T. O’Brien Stevens was shocked to read of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident in the paper and hopes there are no serious consequences. Harriet describes the family’s travel experiences in Europe. John F. Stevens will start working in New York and Harriet will find a house or apartment to live in. Harriet hopes to host Edith and Theodore Roosevelt eventually.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles to say wife Edith enjoyed her ten-day visit and has everything ready to return with the children. Roosevelt really enjoys his work as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Daughter Alice wrote him an entertaining letter and he wants his sister Corinne Robinson to invite son Ted to visit.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-08-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt understands why his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles is wistful about leaving England and returning to America. He looks forward to meeting her husband William S. Cowles and invites his sister Helen Cowles to stay at Sagamore Hill. He believes he will remain a Police Commissioner at least until the new year and does not know what to do after he leaves.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-03-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Helen M. Sanderson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Helen M. Sanderson

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed Helen M. Sanderson’s letter and is glad that she gets to stay near her sons while her husband, Edward L. Sanderson, takes over as headmaster of the school he attended. Although, they will still think of “strange Africa” and wish to return. Roosevelt feels too old to go back to Africa and would hate to leave Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and his home, unless there was a real need such as a war. However, Kermit Roosevelt longs to return. Roosevelt sends the kids his love and hopes Sanderson will continue her writing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-03

Letter from Frank S. Hinrichs to Frank Harper

Letter from Frank S. Hinrichs to Frank Harper

Frank S. Hinrichs is replying to Frank Harper’s recent letter at the request of Thomas H. Netherland, who is “quite sick.” Mr. Young sent a letter stating that all photographs of Theodore Roosevelt were sent to Oyster Bay in a box marked “No. 6,” and the remaining engravings were sent to Harper.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-16

Letter from William Sturgis Bigelow to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William Sturgis Bigelow to Theodore Roosevelt

William Sturgis Bigelow sends to President Roosevelt six jiu jitsu jackets that he purchased in Tokyo. Bigelow expresses relief at being settled in a new home, especially since the Lodge brothers have taken care of moving the furniture while he was away. He invites Roosevelt to visit when he is next in town and paints a vivid picture of the Boston sights visible from his bathroom window. In a postscript, Bigelow notes that a verdict by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis has “waked things up,” and in another, he remarks that the Lodges are doing well and that Anna Lodge’s health has improved.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-15

Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends

The “Odds and Ends” portion of The Wide World Magazine prints a number of noteworthy pictures, complete with descriptions. The first page includes a swarm of locusts in South Africa and a home in Canada that is placed on rollers and moved to its family’s new location. The reverse shows an old fishing boat that has been made into a pony stable in the Shetland Islands and a massive man-eating crocodile that was captured on Lake Victoria.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt

Newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt writes his daughter Alice that he is homesick for his family and their new house will be very comfortable. He asks how she liked the Wild West show and says he arranged school for Ted and Kermit Roosevelt. He mentions the trees in Rock Creek Park are down.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-05-06