Your TR Source
In response to a request for information about the Roosevelt daughters, the Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt declines to share any information and informs C. T. Thompson that they do not want personal information about them published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that Meyer Lissner and California Governor Hiram Johnson are disappointed with him but Roosevelt did not want to interfere by offering advice. Roosevelt discusses his grandchildren and a blanket that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is knitting for the Governor’s grandchild. Roosevelt asks if Lissner and his wife Ermine Greenhood Lissner might visit this winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mrs. P. H. for the picture of his family when they were younger.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-29
President Roosevelt writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles to thank her for the lamp, and wishes her son, William Sheffield Cowles, could have been at the White House for Christmas. It was Christmas in “the usual style,” and then a three hour ride with the chattering children and Fitzhugh Lee, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Secretary of State Elihu Root. They had lunch with the Lodge and Cooley families and then Roosevelt played tennis with Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, Ted Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-25
President Roosevelt thanks C. Grant La Farge for his letter. Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt is improving from his illness. First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is tired from tending to her son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10
President Roosevelt thanks Yick Nam Quan for writing to Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt and his doctor about his illness. Archie seems to be doing well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10
President Roosevelt updates his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt on Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt’s health. He expresses his concern about the situation going on in the business world. He notes that First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Archibald will not be going on the trip down south. He asks William to give him notice when William decides to visit. He expresses relief that William warned Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt, Jr. about business. He is disappointed that he did not see William’s son, George Emlen Roosevelt, at Harvard, but notes that he did not see much of his son, Theodore, either.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-08
President Roosevelt wishes he could visit his uncle Robert Barnwell Roosevelt in person, and sends a letter to let him know he is in his thoughts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
President Roosevelt thanks Naval Chaplain Gleeson for his letter, and explains that the trouble with wanting to appoint William S. Cowles as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation is that there is no way for Roosevelt to do so without people accusing him of nepotism, as Cowles is his brother-in-law. This sort of situation is the same with his good friend General Leonard Wood, as well as his other brother-in-law Douglas Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-24
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciate the editorial in the Washington Post about the President’s family’s right to privacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-08
President Roosevelt relates to his son Theodore Roosevelt a humorous comment that Quentin made at breakfast. He praises Ted’s football performance so far in the season, but says that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are glad that he will be done after next Saturday. He reminds Ted to write him about how he wants the moose horns, so that he can tell Alexander Lambert.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-12
President Roosevelt is curious to hear about his daughter Alice’s experiences in Japan and the Philippines. He tells her about the “pretty vigorous summer” he has had. He goes into great detail about his role in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan. He also provides updates on the activities of the rest of the Roosevelt family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-02
President Roosevelt thanks Upton S. Jefferys, editor of the Camden Post-Telegram, how much he enjoyed the editorial describing his wife and family at his recent inauguration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-13
William Loeb informs S. S. McClure that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has no objection to McClure’s publishing the photographs of the Roosevelts taken by Edward S. Curtis, but does not want an accompanying article.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-11
President Roosevelt thanks William Emlen Roosevelt for the letter of congratulations. He has enjoyed seeing Emlen’s wife Christine Kean Roosevelt and their daughter Christine G. Roosevelt, and is taking “little Christine” for a “scramble down Rock Creek” with Ted Roosevelt. The president will not be able to come to New York in November, as he will be too busy preparing for his annual speech. He is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
President Roosevelt thanks Louisa Taubert for writing to his young daughter Ethel Roosevelt, and enjoyed hearing that her father’s and uncle’s birthdays fall on the same day as his.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
President Roosevelt enjoyed Eleanor Painter’s letter and hopes she had as good a birthday with her family as he did with his.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
President Roosevelt is glad that Charles A. Dunwoody has found employment as a rural postal carrier after losing his arm. Roosevelt mentions that he has Dunwoody relatives from Georgia but does not know much about them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-11
President Roosevelt requests H. S. Thompson’s assistance in finding a tutor for Ted Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-30
President Roosevelt is sorry that Ted Roosevelt’s attendance at Sunday School has been advertised in the paper. Roosevelt does not wish for Ted to feel pressured or self-conscious about his decision to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22