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Theodore Roosevelt is enjoying the “loveliest honeymoon imaginable.” They are spending their time driving, walking, playing tennis, and reading aloud.
1880-11-04
Theodore Roosevelt has been living a “perfect dream” with Alice Lee Roosevelt. The house and servants are “just perfection.” He describes a relaxed, average day during their honeymoon.
1880-10-31
Newspaper articles describing newlyweds Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s stay in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-27
The beach at Carpinteria, California, where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt spent part of their honeymoon with the Stewart Edward Whites. On the right is the bungalow in which they stayed.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06
The exterior of Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco, California. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt lived here when they first settled in San Francisco after their honeymoon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Article about Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt settling in San Francisco after their honeymoon. Roosevelt Jr. will be working in San Francisco, and the article says he is “not traveling on his father’s fame.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06
A photo of the cottage in Miramar, near Santa Barbara, California, where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt spent part of their honeymoon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
A view of O’Farrell Street in San Francisco, California. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt settled in San Francisco after their honeymoon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
A view up Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Theodore Roosevelt and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt settled in San Francisco after their honeymoon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, on their honeymoon.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06
A card from the Aldine Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the places Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt stayed during their honeymoon. Printed on the card is “W. F. Perry, Manager.” There is also a piece of a newspaper article titled, “Roosevelt and bride ‘lost’ on honeymoon.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Article describing how Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, tried unsuccessfully to travel incognito on their honeymoon. It says they will live at the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, California, until they find a real home in the city. There is also an article on the page about Roosevelt Jr. having a famous father.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06
A view of San Francisco, California, taken from San Francisco Bay. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, settled there after their marriage.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Theodore Roosevelt will call a meeting of the Advisory Board, as Truman Handy Newberry suggested. Roosevelt and his wife enjoyed seeing the bridal couple on the Pacific Slope last year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-09
Theodore Irving Wood, in his capacity as the president of the Home Educational Society, asks Theodore Roosevelt to write a short article for an upcoming publication titled Hints for the Home. Wood wants Roosevelt to write about the duties of married men to their families and their country and inquires if he knows of anyone to write about the duties of married women to their families and country. Wood informs Roosevelt that the book will be sent to newly married couples throughout the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-09
Robert L. Stevens of the Home Educational Society asks Theodore Roosevelt to write an article on a married man’s duties to his family and country. The article will appear in a book produced by the society, which will be freely distributed to newly married couples and include helpful advice from famous writers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-09