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Theodore Roosevelt arrives back in New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. He is seen waving his top hat surrounded by a welcoming party of family and friends as the ship sits in quarantine.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-18
Theodore Roosevelt arrives back in New York on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. He is seen waving his top hat under the flag pole surrounded by a welcoming party of family and friends as the ship sits in quarantine. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is on the far left wearing a straw hat and his fiancee Eleanor Butler Alexander is in all white holding the railing. Franklin Delano Roosevelt can be see on the far right in a straw hat in profile.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-18
Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s childhood room at 25 West 45th Street, New York City.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Unknown
An article details the luxurious ball hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin at the Waldof.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897
The Automobile Show, Madison Square Garden, at Fourth Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street, New York City.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900
Fifth Avenue above 53rd Street in New York City about 1890.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1890
Mrs. Henry A. Alexander with her brother-in-law, Elisha M. Fulton Jr., at the Horse Show in New York, about 1898. From a tintype.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898
The birth certificate of Eleanor Butler Alexander, future wife of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1888-12-26
A press release regarding the recent endowment by James Speyer of the Theodore Roosevelt Professorship of American History and Institutions at the University of Berlin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-13
The writer of an editorial expresses support for a speech in which Isthmian Canal Commission Chairman Theodore P. Shonts suggested naming the completed interoceanic canal in Panama the Roosevelt Canal. President Roosevelt has been a champion of the canal as vital to the carrying out of the Monroe Doctrine since he was governor of New York, and as President he is its most powerful supporter. Other editorials on the page discuss the political situation in Chicago and William Randolph Hearst’s attempts to settle the disputed New York City mayoral election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-13
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson and encloses pictures of Roosevelt and Ted jumping their horses. Roosevelt mentions that the excitement over the conspiracy, revealed by Senator Boies Penrose while drunk, has died out. He adds that big business in New York is against him and Republican Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is leading the fight. Roosevelt closes by mentioning speeches he has to finish and Archie.
1907-04-11
List of patrons, life members, and annual members of the Public Schools Athletic League of the city of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt not to worry about his marks not being as good as he wanted. Roosevelt went to New York for two days and made a speech on the race question and visited the East side. His exercise has mostly been in the form of boxing, and he will see Kermit in twelve days for the inauguration.
1905-02-19
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit that John Hay is ill and Frank Travers has died. He also mentions going to New York to give away Eleanor Roosevelt in marriage. He has been riding a lot with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and has been playing tennis with Matt and Ted. The birds have returned and Archie and Quentin played with friends.
1905-03-20
Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce writes to President Roosevelt to discuss arranging a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Sergie Witte and Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-04
Article is a reprint of a Frederick B. Eddy’s poem in The Outlook on the “silhouette” of New York.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1911-11-15
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes an editorial supporting the expected nomination of Seth Low for Postmaster of the City of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-15
A newspaper article speculates on who will be named the postmasters of New York City and Washington, D.C. In New York, postmaster Cornelius Van Cott died and the office is vacant. It has been reported for some time that President Roosevelt does not intend to reappoint John A. Merritt as the postmaster of Washington, D.C., despite Merritt having support from Senator Thomas Collier Platt and the late Postmaster General Henry C. Payne.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
F. Norton Goddard reassures President Roosevelt that his recommendation for Marcus M. Marks is a sound one. Goddard suggests that negative comments about Marks have been presented by those with jealous motives.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-14
F. Norton Goddard seeks to assure President Roosevelt that he is not asking for a favor but that he is sure Marcus M. Marks is the best candidate for postmaster. Goddard encloses a report of Marks’ references as requested by Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-14