Presidents--Family relationships

Faithfully yours

William N. Tilchin recalls his friendship with William J. Vanden Heuvel. Tilchin quotes from their correspondence, and he notes that they shared a belief that Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt shared similar outlooks on domestic and foreign policies. Tilchin asserts that Vanden Heuvel devoted much of his work to linking the two presidents, as well as healing the rift between the two branches of the Roosevelt family.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins

President Roosevelt wishes Dora Watkins a merry Christmas, and tells her that he thinks of her often.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

President Roosevelt describes the family’s “ideal” Christmas celebrations to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. He asks Robinson to find out how her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, could bear being seen with Roosevelt’s son, Ted Roosevelt, when Ted was wearing “such as cap as he seems to have carried.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-26

Letter from Katherine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker to Theodore Roosevelt

Katherine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker congratulates President Roosevelt on his landslide re-election and rhapsodizes over the country’s faith in his character. She wishes Alfred (her first husband and Roosevelt’s cousin) had been alive to witness it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-10

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Robinson tells President Roosevelt that Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will write him personally about the memorials to the Church of the Holy Communion and the Orthopedic Hospital in honor of their uncle James King Gracie. He also encloses a cartoon from the Glasgow News about Roosevelt and a speech from William Halpin, Republican County Chairman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cora Urquhart Potter

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Cora Urquhart Potter, famed socialite and stage actress, that he has already been taking action through his daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, for a memorial to “dear Margaret.” The Margaret referred to is likely Roosevelt’s 2nd cousin, Lucy Margaret Roosevelt who had died a few months earlier.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Brodie

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Colonel Alexander Brodie, inviting Brodie and his wife for a visit. Roosevelt also clarifies great-grandfather relations that Brodie had previously mentioned.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to Archie Roosevelt that one letter home will suffice for both parents and gives updates on his life at home with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He recently had visitors for tennis and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand brought him a medal from an artist. When he came home he brought Quentin Roosevelt bear tusks and a stuffed copperhead skin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit on activities at Sagamore Hill and upcoming activities as the family soon returns to the White House. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt thanks his son Kermit Roosevelt for suggesting to write Arthur William Merrifield, who has had a recent accident. Roosevelt asks Kermit about the whereabouts of his guns, and is pleased to have time to walk the White House Gardens with Edith Kermit Carrow Roosevelt, and occasionally ride their horses. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Byron S. Hurlbut

President Roosevelt updates Dean of Harvard College Hurlbut on his son Theodore Roosevelt’s well-being after returning home in need of comfort and rest after his arrest. Roosevelt believes that Ted is defending his friend and fellow Harvard student Shaun Kelly by choosing not to press charges against the policemen who wrongfully held and struck Ted. Roosevelt also wants to forgo any further charges because he wants Ted to remain focused on his schoolwork, and wishes him to remain out of future public scrutiny. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Emlen Roosevelt

President Roosevelt congratulates William Emlen Roosevelt’s son John Kean Roosevelt and tells his cousin that he can list him as a patron for “your tree doctors.” Roosevelt regrets the situation with Ridgely, but cannot intervene with his appointment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on his older brother’s well being and visit home to the White House, sharing “that little bird was very, very glad indeed to get back in the nest.” Roosevelt agrees with Dean of Harvard College Bryon S. Hurlbut that his son Theodore Roosevelt, Ted, has been given undue negative attention from Boston District Attorney John B. Moran who merely wants “to make political capital for himself.” Roosevelt has been busy, but tells Kermit he has time to take a ride with his mother, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt is pleased that his brother-in-law William S. Cowles is returning to vote for Roosevelt. Roosevelt notes that his son Quentin Roosevelt and nephew “Sheffield”, William Sheffield Cowles, are quite cunning. The Roosevelt family eats breakfast together daily, barring guests, which is the main time he has with his family. Roosevelt writes that while no one knows about the upcoming presidential election, things look favorable for his reelection. First lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is planning a feast for Cabinet members on election night that could evolve into a celebration party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt advises Anna Roosevelt Cowles to use a lawyer who does not have a connection to the family. Roosevelt and Cowles both believe that Alton B. Parker’s campaign strategy, saying he will change nothing in the government, is a losing one.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

President Roosevelt sincerely thanks his uncle Robert Barnwell Roosevelt for the touching letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein

President Roosevelt was greatly amused by Minister von Schwarzenstein’s letter and confirms that the lady in question is his cousin. However, Roosevelt only saw her once and barely remembers the occasion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-07

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles apologizes for taking so long to return a deed to her brother, President Roosevelt, but explains the difficulty she had in getting a notary. She is glad to be able to gift him something that will be of use. Cowles promises to write Roosevelt about possibly visiting at Oyster Bay later in the summer, after the upcoming Naval Review. Her vacation has been pleasant so far, but she comments that sometimes “it is difficult being your sister to stay in a hotel and not be made too conspicuous just on account of the relationship.” She heard good things about the honeymoon Roosevelt’s newly married daughter, Alice Longworth, and her husband Nicholas Longworth were able to take to England, and hopes they had a good time. Cowles also shares a humorous story where her son, William Sheffield Cowles, shared that he hoped President Roosevelt could find something to do in Farmington, Connecticut, after leaving the presidency so that they could see him often.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-19

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson encloses a letter from Caroline Morton Potter that contains news of Frances Theodora Parsons. Robinson asks that President Roosevelt return the letter once he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have read it, as several friends would also like to read it. Robinson expresses her sorrow for what Parsons is going through, presumably with the recent death of her husband, James Russell Parsons.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-14

Letter from Julian Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Julian Robinson [uncle of Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt] thanks the president for an autographed picture. Robinson also praises Roosevelt’s efforts in race relations by his invitation of Booker T. Washington to the White House. Robinson expresses how he wishes he could have attended the wedding of Helen Roosevelt to Theodore Robinson, his great nephew and the president’s nephew.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-04