Archibald B. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Studio portrait of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt seated, holding Archibald Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1894-05
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Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979
President Roosevelt and family
Formal portrait of Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Archibald Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and Ethel Roosevelt on the lawn at Sagamore Hill.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1903
Quentin and Archie Roosevelt at the White House
Photograph of Quentin and Archibald Roosevelt on the White House drive. Archibald is standing behind camera about to take Quentin’s picture. In pencil below photo is written “No. 26” and signed “Fr. Benj. Johnston.”
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1902
Theodore Roosevelt and his sons
Theodore Roosevelt is shown seated with Theodore, Jr., and Kermit standing on either side; seated before Roosevelt are Quentin and Archie. This picture was taken in the garden at Sagamore Hill.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1907
Roosevelt children
Studio portrait of Ethel, Theodore Jr., Archie, Alice, and Kermit Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1895
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ancil Shipton
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from General Shipton and appreciated the allusions to Kermit and Quentin Roosevelt. He hopes that Shipton will also be able to see Ted and Archie Roosevelt. Roosevelt wishes that he was able to serve with Shipton in the war.
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Creation Date
1918-03-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Quentin Roosevelt’s trip is going better. He thinks it is nonsense to start a trip by traveling ninety-four miles in two days. Even though the trip has been difficult, he hopes that Quentin has been able to do some rifle practice and believes that overall it will be a good experience. Belle Roosevelt contracted typhoid fever but is doing well. Kermit Roosevelt was “nearly wild” with concern for his wife. Roosevelt is being sued by William Barnes for libel.
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Creation Date
1914-08-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt encloses an article entitled “Education in Science as a Preparation for Industrial Work” that he feels expresses his views and Quentin Roosevelt’s practices. Ethel Roosevelt Derby will be undergoing an appendectomy, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering from a “tough worm.” Roosevelt is finishing a book that will be published next spring. Some of the chapters pertain to the trip they took, along with Archibald Roosevelt, to Arizona, and the book will be dedicated to Quentin and Archie. Roosevelt loves all of his grandchildren and is not concerned whether they are sons or daughters.
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Creation Date
1915-10-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt will send the tickets to Archibald Roosevelt as soon as he receives them. He agrees that the Yale-Harvard football game might not be so bad as Yale is improving. Roosevelt blames the sinking of the SS Ancona on the cowardice of the “Byzantine logothete in the White House” towards the loss of the RMS Lusitania.
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Creation Date
1915-11-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Quentin Roosevelt can visit Sagamore Hill on his birthday. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering from a bad cold. Roosevelt is feeling well and his voice improved while campaigning, including a strong speech at Cooper Union. He hopes that President Wilson is defeated and believes Republican victory could have been assured if Charles Evans Hughes had made a “straight-from-the-shoulder fighting campaign.”
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Creation Date
1916-11-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Flora Whitney, Quentin Roosevelt’s fiance, visited for dinner, and Theodore Roosevelt found her to be the “dearest girl.” Quentin is very fortunate. Roosevelt has been disappointed that he could not join the war effort but these feelings have been swept away by “immense pride” in his sons. He hopes to continue working until his sons come home so that he can start Archibald Roosevelt and Quentin out all right. Then he will retire because an “elderly male Cassandra” can do little work and is more of a nuisance. Roosevelt’s new book, The Foes Of Our Own Household, will soon be published and dedicated to his children and their spouses. Flora will receive her own copy with a special inscription.
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Creation Date
1917-09-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
At Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s suggestion, Theodore Roosevelt has traveled to Stamford, Connecticut, for two weeks of exercise. The camp is run by Jack Cooper, a former boxer, who is one of the professional athletes that keep one hand in the underworld and one in the wealthy sporting world. Roosevelt received a nice letter from General Duncan regarding Ted Roosevelt and Archie Roosevelt. War preparation continues slowly and Roosevelt is bitter that “ordinary foresight and patriotism” in the country’s leaders could have already ended the war.
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Creation Date
1917-10-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Richard Derby have returned home after a month’s absence. Edith Roosevelt Derby was christened last Sunday and Theodore Roosevelt represented Archibald Roosevelt as godfather. Mr. Monroe is “behaving admirably” but wants to get to the front. Roosevelt wishes his son a happy twentieth birthday. William Sheffield Cowles hopes to join the armed forces in March and Roosevelt thinks that Cowles should join the Marines.
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Creation Date
1917-11-09
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt received a complimentary letter from a New York policeman whose son is in the squad that Quentin Roosevelt reorganized. Roosevelt attended an Allied bazaar as Corinne Roosevelt Robinson had a booth for the Fatherless Children of France. He is generally opposed to bazaars as they have a “vapid country-fair” atmosphere and tend to waste money in order to make a little. Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt is visiting and brought some of Archibald Roosevelt’s letters. The letters offer a glimpse into the trenches but are full of “violent truthtelling” that Roosevelt has warned Archie not to put in writing. He continues to make occasional speeches but feels very useless during wartime.
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Creation Date
1917-12-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt encourages Quentin Roosevelt to write more often to his family and fiance, Flora Whitney. He cautions that as an “infrequent correspondent,” Quentin could lose Flora. Quentin should write interesting letters and love letters at least three times per week under all circumstances. There should be enough letters to allow for half of them to be lost.
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Creation Date
1917-12-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was sorry to hear that Quentin Roosevelt contracted pneumonia and had a melancholy Christmas. At Sagamore Hill, the holiday was enlightened by Richard Derby, Jr., and Edith Roosevelt Derby. Roosevelt is indignant that Ted Roosevelt and Archie Roosevelt have suggested that Quentin is an embusque, a person seeking to avoid military service. He doubts that they were being serious and notes several positive statements that have appeared in print from men that had served with Quentin. Roosevelt encourages Quentin to write steadily to his mother and Flora Whitney. He continues to do nothing; occasionally writing or speaking as poor substitutes for action. Roosevelt hopes that his work will help remedy some of the army’s shortcomings and speed up the war.
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Creation Date
1918-01-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt has left the hospital but the damage in his inner ear continues to make him lose his equilibrium. He should be better in a few months. Frederick Trubee Davison, who now walks with a cane, visited Roosevelt in the hospital and inquired about Quentin Roosevelt. Captain Adolph Wiedebach, Archibald Roosevelt’s former captain, brought them news about Quentin. In a postscript, Roosevelt wishes that Flora Whitney could travel overseas to marry Quentin.
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Creation Date
1918-03-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was depressed to hear that Tommy Hitchcock was captured by the Germans. Various information has been received regarding Archibald Roosevelt. It appears that he has been wounded and received the Croix de guerre from the French. Roosevelt encourages Quentin Roosevelt to write to Flora Whitney and her family to ask if Flora could go overseas to marry him. Roosevelt approves of them getting married, even with the potential for death and serious injury. He is confident that Flora wants to marry Quentin under any conditions. William Beebe has returned from France where he was allowed to do some “flying and bombing.”
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Creation Date
1918-03-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is unsure if Quentin Roosevelt has been able to get to the front but is pleased that he passed through the course at the French shooting school. American shipbuilding and aircraft production are speeding up, but Roosevelt is bitter when he thinks of the men who had to “pay with their blood” because the government was not prepared for war. He continues to advocate for action and preparedness for the future. However, the government is more interested in combating protesters against government inefficiency than those who are indirectly aiding Germany. Archibald Roosevelt’s wound has attracted wide attention.
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Creation Date
1918-04-08
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that Quentin Roosevelt passed through the French training school as he will be available for the front when American forces receive aircraft. Roosevelt has difficulty restraining himself when those responsible for American military shortcomings lie about their complacency and even boast that being unprepared was meritorious. However, many people are learning of the situation and are humiliated at the limited role the United States has been able to play. Dr. Mason, who has seen Archibald Roosevelt, will be visiting and letters have been received from Archie and Ted Roosevelt.
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Creation Date
1918-04-14