New York (State)--Oyster Bay--Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt in his study at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1905

This view of Sagamore Hill shows an unidentified man on the right side of the lawn.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt is shown mounted, wearing English riding gear. His horse stands on a dirt roadway with a wooded background.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1902-1907

This photograph shows the south side of Sagamore Hill. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt wrote on the matting: “Sagamore Hill September 1900.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1900-09

Theodore Roosevelt is shown timing a children’s race around Sagamore Hill farm.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Sagamore Hill piazza. Rocking chair and small round table in foreground, lawn and trees in background.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1900-09

Theodore Roosevelt is shown seated with Theodore, Jr., and Kermit standing on either side; seated before Roosevelt are Quentin and Archie. This picture was taken in the garden at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1907

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Oscar K. Davis to reprint the enclosed card and send copies to Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-16

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Amy Gordan Galt Grant, wife of Robert Grant, for his recent visit and jokes about the Progressive Party. Roosevelt also encourages the Grants to visit him at the Sagamore estate in the spring.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-01-31

Theodore Roosevelt describes the family’s activities since they moved back to Sagamore Hill. Kermit turns somersaults in overalls, Ted is riding the pony Grant, and Roosevelt has been teaching them both to shoot. The scenery is beautiful but Roosevelt’s work as Police Commissioner has been wearing and harassing.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-05-24

President Roosevelt is delighted that Ethel likes the new rooms and describes taking a scramble with Ted and Peck and riding with Mother. He says he will be glad to get to Oyster Bay but he has a number of things to bother him including the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-06-18

President Roosevelt says Ethel’s letter to Mother told them all they wanted to know and he sympathizes with her about the 8:00 breakfast matter. He looks forward to the changes that were made at Sagamore Hill and adds that as fond as he is of the White House, there is no place like home. Mother is feeling pretty well and his ankle still bothers him so he cannot take any exercise.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-06-11

President Roosevelt says how much he enjoys Ethel’s letters and is glad he enjoys her new room at Sagamore Hill. He cannot wait to get home and see the improvements that were made. Roosevelt is interested in what Ethel had to say about the family’s horses and complains about his ankle preventing him from exercising. He closes by saying Anna Lodge came to visit with her children who clamored to see Ethel.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-06-13

President Roosevelt writes his daughter Alice about how much he enjoys the new room that C. Grant La Farge created at Sagamore Hill and describes a night picnic with the boys. He is happy to have Elihu Root back in his cabinet as Secretary of State. Roosevelt draws some cartoons depicting Alice in various activities.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-07-21

Fox hunting party on the lawn of Sagamore Hill: hunters on horseback, pack of hounds, and carriage.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

A photograph of the exterior of Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay, New York home.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-1918

A photograph of the north room at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay, New York home. Many animal heads adorn the walls.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

A photograph of the hallway at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay, New York home. Various animal heads adorn the walls. A flag with four stars representing Roosevelt’s four sons fighting in World War I is visible.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1916-1918

A photograph of the reception room at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay, New York home.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-1918

A photograph of the dining room at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay, New York home.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-1918