New York (State)--Mount Marcy

Theodore Roosevelt confirms that he was on the summit of Mount Tahawus in a letter to H. N. Carruth.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-22

Christina Rainsford recalls her childhood memories of observing Theodore Roosevelt and his family while on vacation near Mount Marcy in upstate New York. She describes the events surrounding Roosevelt’s notification that he must return to Buffalo, New York, to assume the Presidency upon the death of President William McKinley.

 

An illustration of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site and a handwritten message from Eilhu Root to Roosevelt supplement the article. This article also appears in the Summer 1981 issue, volume 7, #3, of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal under the title “A Momentous Ride: Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Eighty Years Ago.” 

 

Christina Rainsford recalls her childhood memories of observing Theodore Roosevelt and his family while on vacation near Mount Marcy in upstate New York. She describes the events surrounding Roosevelt’s notification that he must return to Buffalo, New York to assume the Presidency upon the death of President McKinley.

A listing of the officers and members of the executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Description of the services that marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s elevation to the presidency in September 1901. The commemorative event was held at the North Creek, New York Railroad Station. The article notes the remarks given by William D. Johnston of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the festive atmosphere surrounding the occasion, and the reenactment of Roosevelt’s arrival by wagon at the station.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1977

Reprint of an article that originally appeared in Ms. Magazine in August 1976. Author Harriet Shapiro interviewed Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby at her home in Oyster Bay, New York. Much of the piece is devoted to Ethel’s memories of life with her family at their family home Sagamore Hill. She relates how her parents, Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, dealt with the children, and she notes how the Roosevelt siblings paired off, and she talks of her relationship with her older sister Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

A familiar picture of the assembled Roosevelt family and a close-up of Ethel Roosevelt Derby accompany the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

This article says that the Holiday Inn of Lake George, New York decided to rename its renovated restaurant in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. It says that the owners of the restaurant recognized the importance of the area to Roosevelt as he traveled through this region of the Adirondack Mountains on his way to Buffalo, New York following the assassination of President William McKinley. The restaurant features three dining rooms with Roosevelt related themes.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1976