En memoire sacree de Quentin Roosevelt
A poem entitled “En memoire sacree de Quentin Roosevelt,” In Sacred Memory of Quentin Roosevelt
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
Your TR Source
Poetry
Till the end of the war
A poem praising the life and death of Quentin Roosevelt as a soldier.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
The shortest life…
An untitled poem beginning, “The shortest life is longest, if’t is best…” Poem is on card with hand-drawn flag with three blue stars and one gold star.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
Quentin Roosevelt
A poem regarding the death of Quentin Roosevelt, at a “young age”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
The aviator (Quentin Roosevelt)
A poem regarding the death of Quentin Roosevelt, “Freedom’s heroes,” etc.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
A nations’ shrine: lines written upon the pilgrimage of Mrs. Roosevelt to the grave of her son Quentin
Emma Mayhew Whiting, commemorating Edith Roosevelt’s visit to Quentin Roosevelt’s grave. Poem regarding, “foreign skies,” “tributes,” “wild flowers,” “Gold Star Mothers,”, and a shared grief for Quentin Roosevelt. Poetry book has leather cover, signature with “Martha’s Vineyard 1919;”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-07
Letter from Emma Mayhew Whiting to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Emma Mayhew Whiting writes to Edith Roosevelt to thank her for her letter of appreciation about Whiting’s poem on Quentin Roosevelt, as well as for the photograph Roosevelt sent of Quentin.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1919-08-28
Letter from Emma Mayhew Whiting to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Emma Mayhew Whiting writes to Edith Roosevelt that Edith’s visit to Quentin Roosevelt’s grave in April prompted her to write the enclosed poem: “A Nation’s Shrine: Lines written upon the pilgrimage of Mrs. Roosevelt to the grave oh her son Quentin.” She forwards the poem on the first anniversary of Quentin’s death.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1919-07-14
Quentin Roosevelt
A poem in honor of Quentin Roosevelt, references sleep, slumber, and “warrior of cloud and sky,”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1919-08-01
Program for Quentin Roosevelt memorial service
Program for Quentin Roosevelt memorial service, contains poem “The Star of Gold”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1919-11-30
Letter from Edna Dean Proctor to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Edna Dean Proctor writes to Edith Roosevelt and quotes Theodore Roosevelt and discusses Edith preferring Quentin Roosevelt to remain buried where he died; poem entitled “Leave, O Leave Them Where They Fell.” Envelope included.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1921-03-18
Poem from Eliza Calvert Hall to Edith and Theodore Roosevelt
Eliza Caroline Calvert Obenchain writes a memorial poem for the Roosevelts regarding Quentin Roosevelt’s death.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-08-10
The gathering place
A poem entitled “The Gathering Place,” sent from Judge Buffington to Edith Roosevelt, regarding “thoughts of heaven”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
Poem from Joseph Buffington to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Verses from the poem, “To an Aviator Killed in Action,” sent by Judge Buffington to Edith Roosevelt on the death of Quentin Roosevelt.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918
Sonnet a Quentin Roosevelt
This newspaper clipping is a French sonnet written by Henry La Bonne.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-07-26
Letter from Mabel La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Mabel La Farge writes to the Roosevelts to express her sympathy on the loss of their son, Quentin, in combat. She includes a poem by R.C. Denison called “Immortality.”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-07-21
The fall of an airman
An anonymous writer sends a poem by Mary Hastings, “The Fall of an Airman,” and expresses sympathy on the loss of Quentin Roosevelt in combat during World War I.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-07-22
A prayer book for soldiers and sailors
Quentin Roosevelt’s prayer book from while he served in France during World War I. He wrote original prayers and poems on the inside pages and kept a photograph of his fiance, Flora Whitney, in it.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1917
Letter from Quentin Roosevelt to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt writes to his mother about life at Air Service School, his brother Archibald Roosevelt, his friend Cord Meyer and also encloses the copy of a poem his mother had given him two years before.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-04-15
Christ in Flanders
A pamphlet regarding an Easter celebration on the front. The poem is one Edith Roosevelt had shared with Quentin Roosevelt before. He sent this back to her with an April 7, 1918, letter.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-03