Photography

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-07-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Dunn, E. B.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-01-07

Creator(s)

Gurney, C. Henry

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Harry I. Hadsell asks Theodore Roosevelt what camera Roosevelt found best in Africa. Hadsell is focused on animal and bird photography and shares what kind of equipment he currently uses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-15

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-22

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Volwiler, Albert T. (Albert Tangeman), 1888-1957

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-21

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Voorhis, C. B.

Lise Landau inscribes a note in German on the back of her photograph, expressing warm regards to the author of The Rough Riders. She signs the note, “Your translator.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-12

President Roosevelt acknowledges photographer and naturalist Cherry Kearton’s kindness, but he has already selected two naturalists and taxidermists to accompany him. They will do their best to take photographs, but their work will not be of the same quality as Kearton’s.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

President Roosevelt asks Edward North Buxton if his letter to Alfred E. Pease was clear on specific points relating to his Africa trip. He has been advised to hire an Englishman but would rather have a native guide. Roosevelt continues to gather supplies and equipment, agreeing that footwear is too important to consider the expense. He shares his travel plans and ideas with Buxton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-20

President Roosevelt is intrigued by the photos sent to him by Max C. Fleischmann, and has sent them on to Frederick Courteney Selous.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-27

President Roosevelt thanks Alfred J. Meyer for sending him pictures. Roosevelt believes they are a better idea than his “possible presidential pictures.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-09

Abby Gunn Baker agrees to show William Loeb photographs taken in the White House in September 1907 and not to publish any photographs without his permission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-06

William Loeb forwards a request from Abby Gunn Baker. He has directed Baker to call Rudolph Forster to arrange for the photographs she wants of the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-06

Abby Gunn Baker reminds William Loeb that she had received permission to photograph the lower rooms of the White House. Loeb felt like some of the photographs were not of high enough quality and encouraged her to come again, which she would like to do now. Baker requests several different views and states that she expects to include them in her White House book for the spring.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-05

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would like to get a photograph of Mary Ledwith, called Mame. She does not want Mame to know about it, but the first time a good photographer comes to the White House, she will arrange for the photograph.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

As a snake, a wolf, a bobcat, a bear, a coyote, a cougar, and two bears start running toward President Roosevelt, he looks back at Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks manning the camera and says, “Say when you’re ready.” In a handwritten addition to the cartoon, Fairbanks says, “If it wasn’t for policy wouldn’t I like to show a picture like this of the Roosevelt administration,” with an arrow pointing to Fairbanks and another caption that reads, “Commander-in-chief of this paper.” Caption: Official photographer to accompany the president.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The most telling components of this cartoon — otherwise, to the public, a mundane portrayal of President Roosevelt’s penchant for hunting, and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks’ subservience — are the scribbled commentaries by whoever organized the White House cartoon scrapbook, in which this was preserved.

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks General West for the picture.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-26

Theodore Roosevelt received the request from John A. Dix to send Dix an autographed photo to place in his home alongside other ex-governors of New York who are still living. Roosevelt takes pleasure in sending his photograph.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells J. Paul Lamb that Roosevelt has no photographs of himself. If Lamb sends one of Roosevelt’s photographs with return postage, he will autograph and return it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-24

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary answers J. B. Nelson’s request for an autographed photograph for the Seattle Press Club. Roosevelt was pleased to oblige and enjoyed his last visit to Seattle. He also mentions receiving a similar request from Mr. Simpson of San Francisco.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-22

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Thomas J. Gibbons that Roosevelt has no photographs and regretfully is unable to fulfill the many requests he receives for an autographed photo. If Gibbons will send one of Roosevelt’s photographs with return postage, Roosevelt will gladly autograph and return it. Gibbons may obtain a photograph from Messrs. Harris and Ewing in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-24