Theodore Roosevelt
A biographical sketch of Theodore Roosevelt, with photographs and map.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1958
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Presidents--Biography
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Allen White
President Roosevelt agrees with William Allen White regarding a book about his life. He hopes to soon have the necessary support to appoint Cyrus Leland.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler
President Roosevelt likes Nicholas Murray Butler’s article better than anything ever written of him and will keep it along with the article written by Jacob A. Riis. When he has a draft of his message, Roosevelt would like Butler’s advice on it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-01
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Rossiter Johnson
President Roosevelt does not wish to have any personal connection with any biography being written about him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-27
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Letter from Owen Wister to Theodore Roosevelt
Owen Wister laments to President Roosevelt that he did not receive the president’s letter until after Wister sent him a telegram. Wister regrets he cannot fulfill a request the president made, although Wister has many questions he would like to ask and hopes to visit in the spring. Wister hopes to dedicate his new biography of George Washington to Roosevelt because he sees many parallels between the two presidents, especially in their conflicts with Congress over fiscal policy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-10
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Our Patriotic President
Booklet includes pictures and drawings to illustrate the life of President Roosevelt and his family.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1904
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Inaugural Souvenir 1901
Souvenir booklet from the 1901 Inaugural celebrations. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt engravings on frontispiece. Presidential photos and brief biographies from George Washington through William McKinley. An inscription reads P. J. Roosevelt-1935.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1901
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles G. Washburn
Theodore Roosevelt, getting ready for a trip, discusses the fact that Charles G. Washburn wrote his book, Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of his Career, while Roosevelt had lost popularity and that only friendship could have made Washburn write the book. However, Roosevelt has recently become popular again.
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Creation Date
1916-02-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles G. Washburn
Theodore Roosevelt is very pleased with the book written by Charles G. Washburn, Theodore Roosevelt: The Logic of His Career, and is especially happy with the frontispiece and the photograph of “Mrs. Roosevelt and little Richard.”
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Creation Date
1916-02-07
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Excerpt from The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
An excerpt from the book The Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Murat Halstead.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902
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The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal
An article from “The Outlook” magazine regarding Theodore Roosevelt, canal development, and political aspects. It was the eleventh installment in a possible autobiography by Roosevelt.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1913-12-06
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Manuscript proofs sent by J. Martin Miller to William Loeb
J. Martin Miller sends proofs of the introduction of The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt to William Loeb.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-23
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert J. Thompson
President Roosevelt writes to tell Robert J. Thompson how pleased he is with Thompson’s book, “A Square Deal for Every Man.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-22
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Bailey Howland
President Roosevelt thanks William Bailey Howland for the copy of Jacob A. Riis’s book. The book portrays Roosevelt as he ought to be and he will try to live up to it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-17
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob A. Riis
President Roosevelt jokes that he should be dead to justify the biography written by Jacob A. Riis. He is pleased with the book.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-09
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Watson Gilder
President Roosevelt is against a sketch of his “younger days” being made because he remembers them as being entirely ordinary. Roosevelt does not believe that he did anything “up to the average” until he was sixteen. Jacob A. Riis is currently preparing a general sketch of Roosevelt’s life.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Marcus Alonzo Hanna
President Roosevelt introduces William Bailey Howland of The Outlook, which will be publishing a life of Roosevelt by Jacob Riis. Roosevelt would like Senator Hanna to discuss a more political preface for the book with Howland.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-10
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The early life of McKinley
Profile of William McKinley as a child and how his youth shaped his character and outlook.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09
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William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt
Brief biographies of William McKinley and President Roosevelt that highlight their military service.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Garrott Brown
President Roosevelt thanks William Garrott Brown for the biography of Andrew Jackson.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-21