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

Photograph of Archibald B. Roosevelt and Jesse Cummins studying a map on the ground. A stone building stands behind them and a horse can be seen in the background.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1913

Photograph of Archibald B. Roosevelt asleep on a train heading east.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1913

Photograph of Archibald B. Roosevelt standing in front of a stone building at Lees Ferry. Two animal hides are on the ground at Roosevelt’s feet.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1913

Charles O. Bishop charts the coverage of Theodore Roosevelt’s family, his second wife Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and his six children, in the pages of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Bishop provides information on how many articles and photo essays have been published on the family members, and he quotes from the articles. Bishop highlights the work of some Roosevelt family biographers and historians, such as Stacy Cordery and her work on Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Each member of the family, excluding the president, merits a section in the article and only Longworth is not depicted with a photograph.

Four photographs and two front covers from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal populate the essay.

A photograph of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appears on the front cover of this issue while the back cover features a photograph of the family of Theodore Roosevelt in 1909 as they prepare to leave the White House. All six of Edith and Theodore Roosevelt’s children appear in the photograph along with Nicholas Longworth, husband of Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1909

Gregory A. Wynn explores the life of American photographer Edward S. Curtis who photographed Theodore Roosevelt’s family in 1904 and 1905. Wynn argues that Curtis’s 1904 portrait “is the single best studio photograph” of Roosevelt. Wynn details Curtis’s decades long struggle to photograph, write, and produce his multi-volume The North American Indian, and he highlights the roles played by Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan in promoting and financing the project. In an addendum to his essay, Wynn notes that the Roosevelt collection of his friend Peter Scanlan came to auction, and he highlights the sale of pieces that have been featured in previous editions of his material culture column. 

Five Curtis photographs supplement the text along with the title page of The North American Indian and illustrations of three items from the Scanlan auction. 

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Tweed Roosevelt relates memories and stories from the time he spent with his grandparents, Archibald B. Roosevelt and Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt, at their home on the north shore of Long Island near Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt describes their home in detail, and he writes of the summers and holidays he spent there which included rowing, sailing, bird watching, and hunting with his grandfather. Roosevelt also describes some of the people who worked at his grandparents’ house, and he describes visits to Sagamore Hill when Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was still alive. 

Two photographs of the house and photographs of Roosevelt and his grandfather accompany the essay.

The “Book Review” section features two works that examine aspects of Theodore Roosevelt’s outdoor life. Michael L. Manson finds that the third edition of R.L. Wilson’s Theodore Roosevelt: Hunter-Conservationist deals mostly with Roosevelt’s use of, fondness for, and collection of firearms. Manson praises contributions to the work by Lowell E. Baier and John Milius, and he finds the book beautiful with its many photographs and illustrations. Becoming Teddy Roosevelt highlights the friendship between Roosevelt and William Wingate Sewall who would mentor, tutor, and guide a young Roosevelt in the woods of Maine and who would try his hand as a cowboy on Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch.

The section features illustrations of both books’ covers along with an advertisement from The Chocolate Lady of Oyster Bay, New York.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Tweed Roosevelt examines five different types of books about Theodore Roosevelt, ranging from biographies to other works in which he plays only a marginal role, and Roosevelt cites several examples of each. Roosevelt also identifies four “really, really bad books” about Theodore Roosevelt, but he focuses on James Bradley’s The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War. Roosevelt details some of the shortcomings of Bradley’s book, including unnecessary numbers of footnotes, unsubstantiated claims against Theodore Roosevelt, and selective use of quotations. Roosevelt also considers how authors manage to publish and publicize such bad books, and he cites the unwillingness of reviewers to write negative reviews and the historical ignorance of those who interview the authors.

Eight photographs and two illustrations supplement the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Genna Rollins provides a detailed description of the tour undertaken by a group from the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in June 2007 to sites connected with the wartime service of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt and Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt. Rollins highlights the military cemeteries and memorials connected to the Roosevelt brothers, and she traces the group’s itinerary through France, highlighting material gained from the group’s tour leader. Rollins emphasizes the service of the Roosevelt brothers, noting Lieutenant Roosevelt’s brief tour as a combat pilot and Brigadier General Roosevelt’s steady leadership on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. Rollins concludes her article with brief stories of other notable Americans who served in World War I.

Two illustrations and sixteen photographs populate the article, including eight photographs of sites and memorials connected to the Roosevelt brothers, and five depictions of the brothers.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Tweed Roosevelt describes the collaboration between President Theodore Roosevelt and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to improve the design and appearance of American coins. In doing so, Tweed Roosevelt notes the publication of Michael F. Moran’s book, Striking Change, that chronicles the combined efforts of the president and the sculptor. Tweed Roosevelt highlights his family’s connection to the twenty dollar gold coin designed by Saint-Gaudens, noting that his aunt, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, and his grandfather, Archibald Roosevelt, both had examples of these coins.

Photographs of Tweed Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens appear in the essay along with photographs of one of Saint-Gaudens’s sculptures and both sides of the twenty dollar gold coin.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

In his review of Hermione Lee’s biography of Edith Wharton, Harry N. Lembeck describes in detail her home in Lenox, Massachusetts, known as The Mount. Lembeck also discusses her relationships with her friend Walter Berry, her lover William Morton Fullerton, and fellow writer Henry James. Lembeck highlights her relationship with Theodore Roosevelt which centered on their mutual love of books and reading, their dislike of Woodrow Wilson, and their desire to see the United States abandon its neutrality and enter the Great War in Europe. Lembeck also highlights some aspects of Wharton’s writing that had been previously ignored.

Seven photographs supplement the text, including five of The Mount. One shows Wharton with two of Roosevelt’s sons, Quentin Roosevelt and Archibald B. Roosevelt. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association also appears in the article.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Natalie A. Naylor describes the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and his family with the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York, and his home, Sagamore Hill. Naylor looks at the history of the Roosevelt family on Long Island, and she emphasizes the important role Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt played in managing the Sagamore Hill farm and its finances. She highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s participation in gathering hay on the farm and his fondness for rowing in the nearby waters. Naylor also recounts the roles played by African Americans who worked and lived at Sagamore Hill, and she details the products of the farm and how they sustained the family. 

Eight maps showing the evolution of Sagamore Hill and Long Island accompany the article as do seven photographs, five of which feature Theodore Roosevelt working and playing on his estate.

Elizabeth E. Roosevelt reminds readers that the Cove Neck peninsula on Long Island, New York, was not the exclusive domain of Theodore Roosevelt and his family. She describes the many Roosevelt families who had estates in the area, and she highlights the frequent gatherings of these clans and the entertainments they enjoyed such as tennis, swimming, and sailing. Roosevelt provides biographical snapshots of some of these family members, including the children of Theodore Roosevelt, and she notes which family members made their homes in the same area where they were raised, including the president’s sons, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Archibald Roosevelt, and his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby. 

Two photographs of Roosevelt cousins and two photographs of sailing ships supplement the text.

Serge Ricard argues that Theodore Roosevelt was very well prepared by temperament and experience to be a masterful diplomat as president. Ricard does not dwell on Roosevelt’s actions as president, but instead examines the ideas and beliefs that informed his approach to foreign policy, highlighting his insistence on peacetime preparation for war. Ricard dwells on Roosevelt’s fears about Japanese and German threats to American security, and he also discusses Roosevelt’s thoughts on Russia, Great Britain, and France.

Photographs of Ricard, Roosevelt, and Roosevelt’s son Archibald B. Roosevelt supplement the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Duane G. Jundt reviews six children’s books on Theodore Roosevelt and one on Ethel Derby Roosevelt published between 2003 and 2006 and intended for readers ages five to fourteen. Jundt looks at the historical errors and shortcomings of the titles, and he emphasizes the importance of the illustrations to these works aimed at young readers. Jundt also highlights the strengths of each title, and he notes where some works fall short not by what they include but by the topics they fail to address. A photograph of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt reading to two of her sons accompanies the review essay.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2007

Variety defines this edition of “News & Notes.” The section highlights numerous ceremonies, celebrations, and exhibitions to mark the ongoing centennial observation of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. It also covers the Fourth of July celebration in Oyster Bay, New York, the dedication of a plaque commemorating the attempt on Roosevelt’s life in October 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the 50th anniversary of the opening of Sagamore Hill to the public. “News & Notes” also notes the death of Doris Albert Budner, the struggles of a Rough Rider museum in New Mexico, and the publication of an article by the Cato Institute that criticizes Roosevelt. 

The section contains three text boxes with quotations and excerpts from Roosevelt’s writings, and it is supplemented by four photographs, including two of humorist Mo Rocca at Sagamore Hill.

List of sponsor, co-sponsors, patrons, and supporters of the 84th annual dinner and meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in October 2003. The sponsor, Roosevelt & Cross Incorporated, was founded by Archibald B. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s son, and one of the co-sponsors, The Roosevelt Investment Group, was founded by P. James Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2004

Theodore Roosevelt writes Mrs. Harvey L. Freeland in response to her two letters received after the death of his youngest son, Quentin Roosevelt. Roosevelt notes how difficult his death has been for his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and he praises his other three sons and son-in-law serving in the armed forces during World War I. A photograph of Quentin Roosevelt with his fiance Flora Payne Whitney accompanies the letter. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1918-08-14

This edition of “News and Notes” opens with news of the History Channel’s production of another documentary film about Theodore Roosevelt. The report provides some details about its production and highlights members of the Roosevelt family who have roles in the film. “News and Notes” highlights the journey of “Bully” the moose from Alaska to Colorado to the USS Theodore Roosevelt; the trophy mount was acquired by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). A posthumous award for Roosevelt from the United States Navy Memorial Foundation and a conservation roundtable sponsored by the TRA receive attention as do a number of personnel changes at Roosevelt related historic sites like Sagamore Hill.

The section promotes the TRA’s website, its Theodore Roosevelt CD-ROM, and the association’s next annual meeting. Two photographs from the production of the History Channel documentary and a photograph of Bully the moose with the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt appear in the section.