Outdoor recreation

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt will have a Spalding football sent to Archie Roosevelt. Roosevelt says he will not make campaign speeches, and he updates Archie on Quentin Roosevelt. It is kind of Mademoiselle to say she misses the family but Roosevelt hopes she is happy. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Karow Roosevelt have been riding, and Roosevelt has been playing tennis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt asks his son Archibald B. Roosevelt to be kind to his shy classmate Leonard Opdycke, whose father Leonard Eckstein Opdycke attended Harvard with Roosevelt. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have been enjoying the outdoors in Oyster Bay, New York and plan to depart soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur Hamilton Lee is enjoying his holiday in the Scottish Highlands and feels refreshed after engaging in outdoor recreation. He is glad to hear Theodore Roosevelt is likewise taking pleasure in his leisure. Lee discusses recent British political issues, including debates over Constitutional law and Irish Home Rule. Additionally, he comments on international relations between Morocco, Germany, and France, and the United States’ proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain. Hopefully, in the near future, he and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee, can travel to the United States and visit the Roosevelt family. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-10

Creator(s)

Lee of Fareham, Viscount (Arthur Hamilton Lee), 1868-1947

Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Kermit Roosevelt misses riding with President Roosevelt and has nothing to do. He asks Roosevelt to give him information on the “negro troop question,” likely referring to the events that took place in Brownsville, Texas, as the newspapers are not saying anything about the matter. He mentions a “nasty cartoon” he saw about it in Harper’s Weekly, as well as a poem he had read in Collier’s Weekly about President Roosevelt, which was “very nice.” He also comments on a recent letter he received from a cattle rancher.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1912

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Pathé Frères

Invitation from the Roosevelt National Park Association to T. A. Tollefson

Invitation for a five-day trip through the North Dakota Badlands hosted by the Roosevelt National Park Association.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1925-06-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt National Park Association

Excerpts of a letter from Stanley Bullock to Kenneth C. Kellar

Stanley Bullock recalls a 1906 hunting trip from the Black Hills to Medora, North Dakota, with Kermit Roosevelt, two of Kermit’s friends, and Bullock’s father Seth.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee

In a reply to Arthur Hamilton Lee, Theodore Roosevelt describes the activities and achievements of the Roosevelt family, including the impending birth of his grandchild to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Roosevelt expresses relief at the end of his public speaking career and is more preoccupied by his interest in natural history than in politics, including his upcoming article, “Revealing and Concealing Coloration in Birds and Mammals.” Roosevelt then goes on to discuss politics, including his approval of the current British king, expresses frustration with the American people, and discusses President Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the New York City Harvard Club Admissions Committee

Theodore Roosevelt writes a letter of recommendation to the New York City Harvard Club Admissions Committee on behalf of Dr. Kavanagh. Kavanagh works for the New York Civil Service Commission, was a lecturer of Philosophy at New York University, has research recognized by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, participates in political campaigns, and is “a first-class sportsman.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-04-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt has been organizing the Panama Canal Commission and is pleased with the results. Next will be the “fight about General Wood.” Roosevelt has not been getting much exercise but walks in Rock Creek Park when he has time. The horses are all laid up.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. S. Rainsford

President Roosevelt would like to see Reverend Rainsford if he visits Washington, D.C. He suggests Rainsford bring some “rough clothes” so they can go on a Rock Creek walk.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt is pleased that Ted Roosevelt is carefully considering the “Army and Navy business.” They can discuss the matter over Easter. It has been very cold with enough snow to make riding enjoyable. Roosevelt has been very busy with work and the social season.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt has been very busy and unable to exercise. The Panama and Wood fights are dragging on but Roosevelt believes he will win both. Regardless of what lays ahead in the party nomination and presidential election, Roosevelt is proud of his achievements in office. He has had some good rides and walks and also fought “broadsword” against Granville Fortescue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Burroughs

President Roosevelt hopes to visit Slabsides in July. Roosevelt has some good things to say about Caspar Whitney, editor of Outing, but also considers him an “untrustworthy” observer and comments how some of the articles published in his magazine have been preposterous.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Wingate Sewall and his family are visiting and they have two boys near Ted’s age. Roosevelt compares the boys’ skills as outdoors men with their fathers. Roosevelt’s primary difficulty is the Venezuelan crisis and Germany’s “impossible stand.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William Kent to Theodore Roosevelt

Representative Kent wants to take Theodore Roosevelt, Governor Hiram Johnson, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt, and Francis J. Heney on an outing up the mountains during his visit to California. He warns Roosevelt about the “grafting bunch.” Kent discusses “the great things” Johnson has done for California as governor. While Heney has been brave since his loss (his wife, Rebecca W. Heney, died January 26, 1911), Kent believes time with Roosevelt will bolster him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-20

Creator(s)

Kent, William, 1864-1928

Extract from the programme of the Amenia field day

In this extract from the program of the Amenia Field Day, the Field Day Association lauds the town’s implementation of a “day’s pleasure and recreation without admission fees or any other charges.” It lays out several principles it holds to, including making country life attractive to young people, and encouraging them to be involved in playing games.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-20

Creator(s)

Field Day Association (Amenia, N.Y.)

Telegram from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Theodore Roosevelt

King Emmanuel III of Italy would like a copy of President Roosevelt’s book Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-21

Creator(s)

Griscom, Lloyd Carpenter, 1872-1959

Letter from E. Hardcastle to Theodore Roosevelt

E. Hardcastle has just read President Roosevelt’s Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. Hardcastle is also in the process of writing an article and will send Roosevelt a copy, as he thinks it will contain information Roosevelt might find interesting. Hardcastle invites Roosevelt to visit and reflects on his own love of outdoor recreation. Hardcastle says that in twenty years he has never once missed spending his annual holiday with a gun or rifle.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-25

Creator(s)

Hardcastle, E.

Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Theodore Roosevelt

William Wingate Sewall writes President Roosevelt hoping to find out when he is sending Kermit Roosevelt to visit Sewall; he also informs Roosevelt that Emlen Roosevelt is sending his youngest son, Philip James Roosevelt. Sewall says that there will be much hunting and fishing available for the boys throughout the summer and fall. Sewall wishes President Roosevelt could also visit, but understands that Roosevelt’s fight with the “corpulent corporations” takes precedence. Sewall is confident that Roosevelt can win though, as he is the only “man on earth today who has the confidence of the people not only of the U.S. but of the entire world.” Sewall also opines that Senator “Tillman ought to be choked” and he “would like the job” if Roosevelt does not wish to do it himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-10

Creator(s)

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930