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An article from Town Topics describing photographers taking a photo of two girls and trying to figure out the girls’ names. At the end they are identified as Eleanor Butler Alexander and Elizabeth Bertron. Eleanor’s mother, Grace Green Alexander, is mentioned as well.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-1909
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Kermit Roosevelt to say he has sent gifts for the children to their mother, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and to discuss the mountain lion cub that is the camp mascot and the photographers that have been at camp.
1898-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary provides W. H. Egeln with the contact information for several photographers that can provide a good photograph of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-07
Theodore Roosevelt recommends Charles F. Merriam, the brother of his chauffeur, as a photographer for admittance into the Republican National Convention.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-11
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Edward B. Moore will do all he can for Cherry Kearton, a photographer Roosevelt knows well and has done admirable work in Africa and England.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs William Randolph that Roosevelt will autograph a photograph of himself sent with stamps for return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary regrets to inform Ernest Cascioli that it is not possible for Roosevelt to allow photographers to come and take his picture, as he does not have the time to spare.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt tells Ellis J. Edmunds that he does not know of anyone who needs a photographer currently, but if he finds someone he will recommend Edmunds. Roosevelt also mentions how pleased he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were with the photograph.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-13
President Roosevelt is pleased about Robert Bridges’ decision. He felt like he should present the issue to Bridges, as William T. Hornaday felt strongly about it, but Roosevelt did not wish to bring an additional person along on his safari, and believes that Kermit Roosevelt and J. Alden Loring will be able to produce satisfactory photographs. Roosevelt encourages Bridges to consider avoiding the inclusion of photographs in the book, and instead having some pictures based on photographs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-17
President Roosevelt does not want John C. Hemment as a photographer on his safari, as he prefers an American–possibly Ernest F. Keller. He explains to Robert Bridges, editor of Scribner’s, that he raised the question of bringing a photographer to support the publication of his articles with pictures of scenery and animals on game reserves. Roosevelt does not plan to bring the photographer along on longer hunting trips, where his son, Kermit Roosevelt, will be able to supplement with some pictures of his own.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-02
President Roosevelt cannot join Allison for the fox hunt and would not wish reporters around for it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-08
President Roosevelt describes the photograph as beautiful and asks George D. Pratt if he took it himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-18
Robert Bridges has delayed responding to President Roosevelt’s question about photographers for his African safari until he could talk to William T. Hornaday. Two main names have been mentioned as possibilities: Ernest F. Keller and John C. Hemment. Bridges comments briefly on the credentials of the two men, as well as their possible cost to hire, but wished to see if Roosevelt had any personal preference between the two before discussing any further with them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-01
Arthur I. Vorys informs William Loeb that he is anxious for Secretary of War William H. Taft to return from the Philippines via Europe in his upcoming trip, and hopes President Roosevelt will approve. Vorys has arranged for photographer Robert Lee Dunn to accompany Taft on his trip, and hopes Roosevelt will allow Dunn to photograph him with Taft at Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-05
John Albert Macy’s editorial in volume 24 of The Bookman. Starting with the current use of the word “yellow” to describe bad newspapers, Macy extends the metaphor to describe other types of journalism according to a chromatic scheme. Includes a handwritten note that says “Dear Cabot, This is good. T. R.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-29
George Cabot Lodge writes to President Roosevelt about two articles, one a reply to the other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-08
George Grantham Bain requests permission from President Roosevelt to send photographer to cover the Peace Commissioners at Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-17
Elisha Ely Garrison informs President Roosevelt about the progress of the book The Roosevelt Doctrine and asks for a portrait to be included in the front of the work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-21
John A. Gable elaborates on the visit by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to Medora, North Dakota, and on the Edward S. Curtis photography exhibit in Sea Cliff, New York. He endorses Edmund Morris’s The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, notes Theodore Roosevelt books by Nathan Miller and Jerome Alden, and discusses the extensive Theodore Roosevelt collections of Governor James Thompson of Illinois and his friend Daniel Weil. Gable closes with a paragraph discussing the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, the work of the TRA, and the need to grow the association’s membership.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1979
![Theodore Roosevelt’s Return to New York, 1910 [2]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/theodorerooseveltcenter/TRC/Video/Video_Thumbnail.JPG)
On June 18, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York City after a fifteen-month tour abroad, having travelled through Africa and western Europe. An elaborate city celebration drawing a million people marked his homecoming. Aboard the ocean liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria ex-President and Mrs. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were met by a revenue cutter, the Manhattan, carrying the Roosevelt children. Roosevelt then went aboard a larger cutter, the Androscoggin, and officially became a guest of the city. After boating up the Hudson River along the New Jersey shore to West Fifty-Ninth St., the Androscoggin moved back along the Manhattan shore to Battery Park, followed by a water parade of almost one hundred vessels. Roosevelt was greeted by Mayor William J. Gaynor at the Park, where both briefly spoke to an assembled crowd, with notables seated on a flag-draped stand expanded for the occasion to hold 600 people. Battery ceremonies were followed by a parade up Broadway and Fifth Avenue to the Fifty-Ninth St. plaza, where it dispersed. In the parade Roosevelt, Mayor William J. Gaynor, and chairman of the city’s welcoming committee, Cornelius Vanderbilt, together rode in an open carriage, preceded by Roosevelt’s regiment of Rough Riders, First United States Volunteer Cavalry. Also in the parade were approximately 2000 other veterans of the Spanish-American War. On the film are views of the open harbor, with various vessels assembled for Roosevelt’s visit, including the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the Androscoggin, and the Manhattan; Roosevelt alone on the lookout station of what appears to be the Androscoggin as it moves into port; street scene in which photographers scramble to get clear view of carriages as notables pass through street cordoned off with greenery; Roosevelt and Vanderbilt move toward Battery speakers platform, beside which is visible the stand erected for Roosevelt’s family and dignitaries; Roosevelt and Mayor Gaynor, who steps forward to greet Roosevelt, ascend platform; men mill around base of platform; side view of Roosevelt speaking from written notes, with Gaynor behind him; scenes of crowds and tents in what appears to be Central Park south; parade moves toward camera and passes in front of decorated stands; Roosevelt, standing in carriage, pauses in front of stands; shots of mounted police, mounted band, carriages, marching band.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1910