Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front
Black and white head-and-shoulders portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, facing front.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1900-1910
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President Theodore Roosevelt (nearly full face)
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, nearly full face, looking slightly to the right.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1902
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jesse William Weik
President Roosevelt thanks Jesse William Weik for the Abraham Lincoln papers and encloses a photograph for Weik’s son.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-04-26
Photograph of Ella Howard Bryan
Photograph of Ella Howard Bryan, a poet and author who published under the name Clinton Dangerfield.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. B. Webb
Theodore Roosevelt likes the picture that Mr. Webb has sent and discusses his family’s chauffeur, who is “the son of General Lee’s body-servant.” Roosevelt also sends his regards to Webb’s wife.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. Mahafey
Theodore Roosevelt is looking forward to the arrival of a domesticated petrel from A. Mahafey. Roosevelt is sending Mahafey his new book called A Book Lover’s Holiday in the Open.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Felix J. Leotaud
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Felix J. Leotaud for the photographs.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Beebe
Theodore Roosevelt is very pleased with the photographs William Beebe sent him and will copyright them as Beebe requested. Roosevelt wishes Beebe luck with his work on the Hoatzin bird and hopes Beebe received the book he mailed.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Beebe
Theodore Roosevelt submitted two articles to Charles Scribner’s Sons and is awaiting the photographs from William Beebe. He enjoyed Beebe’s Kaburi Trail stories. Roosevelt met with William Hornaday but was unable to see Madison Grant or Henry Fairfield Osborn. He re-encloses a note from Mr. Fuller and is unsure which book Fuller is referring to.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-05-03
Letter from William Loeb to Benjamin F. Barnes
William Loeb approves of the idea of sending White House pictures for fairs. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s signed photographs were always highly appreciated but they should not be sent in response to all requests from fairs. Loeb was pleased to hear the good news about President Roosevelt and that everything is going well.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt sends a recent photograph of himself and asks Dora Watkins what she would like for Christmas. He often tells his children about Watkins and wishes that she could see Ted Roosevelt.
Collection
Creation Date
1904-11-29
Memorandum from Lawrence C. Merriam to Allyn F. Hanks
National Park Service Regional Director Merriam writes to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks regarding the recent dedication ceremony for the park. Merriam congratulates Hanks on the successful ceremony and asks when photographs might be available.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1949-06-14
Letter from George Alexander Grant to Allyn F. Hanks
George Alexander Grant, National Park Service photographer, writes to Allyn F. Hanks, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, regarding photographs Grant took of long-time Medora residents. Grant apologizes for the delay in getting the photographs processed and informs Hanks that he has mailed some prints but not all of them. Grant also notes that prints should be sent to Russell Reid, historian for the state of North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1948-11-26
Letter from Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett has seen Ambler Mason Blackford’s article in The Outlook about Quentin Roosevelt during his time at Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia, and adds to this account her own remembrance of Quentin. Fawcett reflects on the receiving photographs, letters, and kind words remembering her own son, Lieutenant Richard Hartshorne Fawcett, who also was killed while in the Air Service.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-10-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Martha Bulloch Roosevelt is feeling better. He visited the dentist and his teeth did not require any work. Roosevelt asks that Elliott Roosevelt tell him how he will send Theodore’s bridle and saddle to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Roosevelt will send his sisters the photographs this week.
Collection
Creation Date
1879-04-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob A. Riis
Governor Roosevelt will look into the Samuels case and has not received the photograph mentioned in Jacob A. Riis’s letter of March 12. In a handwritten note to Mrs. Wald, Riis assures her that the Samuels case is in good hands.
Collection
Creation Date
1900-03-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby
Theodore Roosevelt describes his current camp in the “African wilderness” which has been made less comfortable due to early rains. With the help of several African attendants, he has been hunting eland and oryx. Everyone has been behaving excellently and are “amply supplied with meat.” Roosevelt keeps a photograph of Ethel Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on his table.
Collection
Creation Date
1909-09-02
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Louis N. Leach
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Louis N. Leach that Roosevelt will autograph a photograph if Leach will send one with return postage paid. He includes the addresses of two photographers.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-05-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
President Roosevelt tells Anna Roosevelt Cowles that Sallie Pickman Dwight’s letter was nice and that he plans to send her the photograph. Roosevelt is also glad to hear that William Sheffield Cowles “seems bustling and happy.”
Collection
Creation Date
1905-06-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
President Roosevelt thanks Anna Roosevelt Cowles for sending a recent photo of her son, William Sheffield Cowles Jr. Edith Roosevelt is going back to Sagamore Hill shortly to look after the children and prepare for the permanent move to the White House. Roosevelt will miss her, especially while he continues to recover from his leg injury, but he has more pressing matters that require his attention, such as the coal strike.
Collection
Creation Date
1902-10-13