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Andrew J. Corcoran submits a proposal to take down the windmill and tower at Sagamore Hill and replace it with a new tank, pump, supporting tower, and re-erect the windmill for a cost of $3,786. If President Roosevelt also wants to replace the existing wheel the total cost would be $4,248.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-19
Colonel Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, is organizing the selection and shipment of tindalo lumber to be used in President Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill. The lumber was part of the Philippine exhibit at the World’s Fair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-07
C. G. Gunther’s Sons provides Sagamore Hill Superintendent Noah Seaman with a list of regular prices they charge to customers, but says that they have done the work for President Roosevelt’s house “at a special price and more for the pleasure of the President than for what profit there is in it at such rates.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-07
President Roosevelt fills out papers on his desk, his suitcase with tags reading, “Oyster Bay” and “Washington.” Uncle Sam says to Roosevelt, “Bid me ‘howdy’ before you go.” Presidential secretary William Loeb has a bag over his shoulder and reads a paper, “R.R. Time Table: Next train (presidential) leaves Oct.” A teddy bear reads “23 Jingles”: “In again, out again, presidential train!” In the background is the Washington Monument.
President Roosevelt, as pictured in this drawing by Clifford Kennedy Berryman, was set to embark on one of the longest trips of his presidency. As depicted in this cartoon, published on September 25, 1907, Roosevelt’s plans would take him to Ohio (for the funeral of President William McKinley’s widow), Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee, to deliver speeches. Then he planned speeches and a two-week bear hunt in the canebrakes of Louisiana, followed by speeches and appearances in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia, before returning to Washington.
Three secret service men and a bull dog quietly walk away from a house on Oyster Bay saying, “Hush!” “Don’t make a noise, he’s asleep!” “Sh-h-h-h!! He’s sleeping” and “He is asleep!” Inside the house the following noises are made: “Z-z-z-z!! Bzzz! Z-z-zoch!! Z-z-z! B-z! B-z-zip! Bz-z!” Caption: “‘A live bear has taken up his home in the woods on Sagamore Hill, and in the early hours this morning he paid a visit to the home of President Roosevelt. Secret service men hastily organized a hunting party. The hunt lasted until 6 o’clock. The bear got away. It is the belief that it has been living here for several days.’ — Extracts From a News Item From Oyster Bay.”
Cartoonist Ralph Wilder, the stylistic disciple of John T. McCutcheon in Chicago, humorously illustrated a news item on a slow-news day in the mid-August of President Roosevelt’s long vacation in Oyster Bay. If a bear was in the vicinity, and did in fact escape the notice of the nation’s most famous bear hunter, Wilder confused the issue by drawing bear tracks that look like human footprints.
While hidden, President Roosevelt watches two men who look like hobos, Edward Henry Harriman and John D. Rockefeller, march toward “Sagamore Hill.” There are two signs on the mountain, “Beware of Pete” (President Roosevelt’s bulldog) and “Keep off the grass.”
This cartoon by Kirk L. Russell in The Washington Post was published two months to the day before the Wall Street Panic, a “banker’s crisis” that financier J. P. Morgan helped to keep from becoming a Depression.
President Roosevelt sits and reads while on vacation at Oyster Bay. Caption: President Roosevelt in characteristic attitude when resting from the strenuous life he leads even while on his vacation at Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-08
President Roosevelt sits and talks with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Jutarō Komura and two other men around a campfire at “Camp Sagamore.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-28
On May 27, 1916, groups of men, the 7th Regiment Band, and several children march on the road from the Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill to demonstrate their support of Theodore Roosevelt for the 1916 Presidential nomination. Views of Roosevelt addressing the large crowd assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill. The rally was organized by the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League of New York City.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1916
Theodore Roosevelt addresses a group of men and women at the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on September 8, 1917, at Sagamore Hill. Film includes a side view of Roosevelt and a frontal view shot from the rear of the crowd. A woman and a man appear on the porch behind Roosevelt. Immediately in front of the porch, a man who may be a reporter takes notes.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1917
On Oyster Bay, Theodore Roosevelt rows alone away from shore. In the second sequence, his son Archie and an unidentified boy beach the boat as Theodore Roosevelt looks on.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1914-1915
On May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican Party and Progressive Party conventions, the newly formed Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsored a demonstration of support for TR at Sagamore Hill. Many prominent men are included in the over 2,000 people who traveled from New York City to Oyster Bay to see TR and hear him speak on “Americanism.” Segments included in the movie include panning shots of crowd gathered around porch, Roosevelt shaking hands, and Roosevelt addressing the crowd. The man who appears to be addressing Roosevelt may be Richard M. Hurd, chairman of the committee which arranged the demonstration. A brief sequence of TR speaking in the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, on July 21, 1915 also features in this film.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1915-1916
Film is the opening of the second New York State suffrage campaign on September 8, 1917, at Sagamore Hill. The first campaign, beginning in 1913, was unsuccessful; the woman suffrage amendment was rejected by the voters in 1915. On November 6, 1917, the suffrage amendment to the New York State Constitution was approved by the voters. The suffragists invited to Sagamore Hill were headed by Mrs. Norman deR. Whitehouse, State Chairman of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party. Sequence of Roosevelt talking to three women: the woman in the dark hat and coat is Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid; the woman dressed in furs next to Roosevelt is Mrs. Whitehouse; and the tall woman in the light hat and jacket is Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1917
Theodore Roosevelt speaks to several unidentified people, including a man who looks like Roosevelt, on the porch at Sagamore Hill. There are two views of Roosevelt addressing soldiers assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill: the first segment shows his back as he speaks; the second is a long shot of him, shot from the rear of the group of soldiers.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1917
First film footage taken of Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, summer of 1912. Mounted on his horse Sidar, Roosevelt shakes hands with William P. Helm, Associated Press correspondent. Roosevelt rides his horse away from Sagamore, returns to Sagamore, dismounts and feeds the horse from his hand, plays with his three dogs, and then reviews his mail assisted by his son, Archie Roosevelt. Final scene shows Roosevelt, with axe in hand, walking down the driveway.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1912
Film with two sequences of Theodore Roosevelt. In the first sequence, Roosevelt is shown walking onto the porch of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y., facing the camera, and then speaking on military preparedness during the First World War. In the second sequence, Roosevelt is shown sitting at his desk in the Metropolitan Magazine office in New York City and speaking with a man who may be Carl Hovey, editor of the magazine.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1916
The sculpture, “The Crowded Hour at San Juan,” was created by artist James Edward Kelly for President Roosevelt at his request. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback as a Rough Rider. Roosevelt enjoyed Kelly’s work due to his artistic “American” style. Included is a handwritten note to a Mr. Balch from Kelly dated June 3, 1928.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1902-07-20
A contract between Assemblyman Roosevelt and carpenter John A. Wood to construct a stable and lodge at Sagamore Hill for $5,160.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1883-10-20
On one side is a pencil sketch of the size and shape of the Sagamore Hill House, drawn by Theodore Roosevelt. On the opposite side Roosevelt sketched the estate grounds, labeling various areas (fields, orchards, etc.). It is labeled “Map made by T. R. for his mother and aunt when he first bought this property. Sagamore Hill”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1883
A painting of Sagamore Hill about 1900.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900