Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit he plans to publish the articles he wrote for Metropolitan magazine as a book entitled Fear God, and Take Your Own Part. He also wrote a review of Men of the Old Mine Age by Professor Osborn. Roosevelt hopes the Republicans will nominate someone to run against President Wilson that the Progressives can support. Roosevelt says Archie is visiting General Wood in the interest of the Harvard movement for military training. He also says he moved around the moose heads in the house.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-03-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about journalists and newspapers that attack him, naming William Randolph Hearst specifically. He talks about a lunch with the “tennis cabinet” where a trophy was presented to Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon. Roosevelt closes with news from Ted and Archie.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-11-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about horseback riding and the current financial crisis. Roosevelt says the anger is centered on him but he does not care because he knows that what he did was right.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-11-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about Archie returning home and not looking well. He says they spent Thanksgiving Day with the Rixeys and Cooleys at the du Ponts who own President Madison’s house. Roosevelt talks about horse back riding with Jack Greenway and then gives updates on Ted and Quentin.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-11-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to report that Archie is much better after a small operation and will return to school soon. He talks about a snowy walk with Ambassador Jusserand and Beekman Winthrop, and horse back riding with Edith. Roosevelt describes the bear hunt dinner he hosted at the White House and still hopes to get Secretary of War Taft nominated as the Republican presidential candidate.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-12-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say he is glad Kermit liked his message. Roosevelt believes it will help Secretary of War Taft secure the Republican presidential nomination. He adds that he is sending Kermit a new edition of Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter because there is a picture of Kermit jumping a stone wall. Roosevelt talks about a visit from the Rector of Groton School and Mrs. Peabody. He closes by saying a Chippewa Indian gave him a council pipe and bead belt he will hold for Kermit.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-02-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt congratulates his son Kermit on his marks and says that Archie is not doing as well. Roosevelt talks about walking and swimming in Rock Creek Park and a visit from Douglas and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, whose son Stewart Douglas Robinson was expelled from Harvard.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-02-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about life at Oyster Bay for with the family. He says he is working on speeches for his Mississippi trip and meeting with Admirals Brownson and Evans about the navy’s trip to the Pacific. Roosevelt acknowledges that his policies have caused an economic downturn but he will not alter his course. He closes by wishing Kermit well on his prairie chicken hunting trip.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-08-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to wish him luck on his hunting trip with Marvin Hughitt. He says Ted beat him at tennis before heading off to John Greenway’s in Minnesota to look over the ground. Roosevelt describes Archie’s love of sailing and says he has been working on his speeches for his Mississippi River trip.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-08-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to congratulate him on killing a chicken on his hunting trip. He says Ethel is back from her trip, and Archie was the first to help the Landons when their boat sank in a race. Gordon Russell is visiting and Roosevelt played tennis with him and Captain Bulmer. Aunt Lizzie came for dinner the previous night.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-09-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say the family eagerly awaited letters from him and Archie from school. The Oyster Bay home is being closed up and Anna Roosevelt Cowles visited. Roosevelt said he finished his speeches for his Mississippi River trip and almost finished his message to Congress.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to thank him for taking care of Archie at Groton School. He also gives Kermit advice on what to do when he finishes at Groton, urging him to go on to Harvard.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-09-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to describe his trip down the Mississippi River. He describes the history of the river and stops along the way to make speeches. Roosevelt ends by saying that he is going bear hunting.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-10-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson and encloses pictures of Roosevelt and Ted jumping their horses. Roosevelt mentions that the excitement over the conspiracy, revealed by Senator Boies Penrose while drunk, has died out. He adds that big business in New York is against him and Republican Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is leading the fight. Roosevelt closes by mentioning speeches he has to finish and Archie.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-04-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and describes the cold spring in Washington. He mentions riding with Edith and Ted and hopes Archie can catch up with his schoolwork and attend Groton the next year. He closes with a story about Quentin jumping the horse Roswell.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-04-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt is happy to hear that his son Kermit is running and rowing. Roosevelt hopes to finish dictating some speeches so he can take a vacation. He adds that the “labor people” insist on having a row with him, and he wrote a letter to the Charles Moyer-William Haywood Defense Fund. Roosevelt closes by saying how lucky he is to have Secretary of State Elihu Root and Secretary of War William H. Taft, and he believes Taft should be nominated next for president.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-04-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt describes to his son Kermit his trip to the Jamestown Exposition. Along with Edith, Ethel, Archie, and Quentin, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon and his wife Martha and Supreme Court Justice William H. Moody went on the trip.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-04-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to tell him stories of jumping the horses and of Skip the dog being lost. He describes dining with General Kuroki and his views on the navy and Japan. Roosevelt says he hopes that Secretary of War William H. Taft will be nominated as the Republican candidate for president over New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-05-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-06-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about taking care of Archie and Quentin while Edith is away, and about Ethel riding her horse to school. Roosevelt says that he cannot accept the money for the Nobel Peace Prize since he only acted in his capacity as President to bring about peace.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-12-05