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Photograph of John Ellis Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s cousin; his wife, Nannie Vance Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt; Corinne Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Theodore Roosevelt; and Isaac Iselin, seated or standing on a porch.
1879-1880
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-04
Roosevelt, Nannie Vance, 1860-1912
Two registered mail receipts. William Loeb sent a letter to William M. Cruickshank. William Loeb sent a letter to John E. Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-05
Two registered mail receipts, for items sent by William Loeb to William M. Cruikshank and to John Ellis Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-03
Theodore Roosevelt reports to his sister Anna he has finished all of his examinations for the year. He believes he did fairly well, though not as well if he had not spent so much time at Chestnut Hill. He explains that he will be home in a short time, but will have to go to Mt. Desert as he promised Jack.
1879-06-16
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna that he does not have much time to write a letter because he is so busy. He writes to his sister about the chances of being in attendance at Jack’s wedding. He also thanks his sister for purchasing a present for Nannie.
1879-02-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about staying with Minot Weld’s family and saying how everyone is so fond of her. He also says that he would not have had a social life if it were not for her. Roosevelt is “dumbfounded” at Jack’s engagement and is now formally a member of the Porcellian Club.
1878-11-10
From left to right: standing, John Ellis Roosevelt, his wife (Nannie Vance), Elliott Roosevelt. Seated on chairs: Corinne Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt. Seated on step: Theodore Roosevelt, ? Iselin.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1877-1880
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-21
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt asks Robert F. Manning to appear on his behalf in the suit for the accounting of his uncle Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt’s will.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-06
President Roosevelt sends sympathy to his cousin-in-law Nannie Vance Roosevelt for her recent personal and legal troubles with her brother-in-law Constant Abram Andrews. He cannot exercise any power to interfere with the matter in any way, but assures Roosevelt that her husband, John Ellis Roosevelt, has the legal acumen to inform her of what should be done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-06
President Roosevelt thanks Nannie Roosevelt for her letter, and remarks that both he and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, grieve over the recent death of John E. Schermerhorn. He sends their love to her and her husband–his cousin–John Ellis Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-26
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear from his cousin, Margaret Roosevelt Kimberly, in spite of the circumstances. He has told another of his cousins, John Ellis Roosevelt, that because of affairs in Congress it is unfortunately not possible for him to attend the funeral of his uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-16
At the direction of President Roosevelt, William Loeb encloses letters from William Emlen Roosevelt and John Ellis Roosevelt concerning the Broadway Improvement Company for Douglas Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-31
Charles M. Richards petitions President Roosevelt to help him get an appointment to a federal position. He lists his many endorsements, and notes that he had asked Roosevelt for help in his previous term as President, but at the time was told that funds were exhausted. He turns again to Roosevelt for help, as he has had trouble finding work after losing his job of 24 years when a store closed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
William Emlen Roosevelt and his wife Christine will be unable to visit President Roosevelt’s family due to a cousin’s illness, but hopes they can visit Washington before March 4th. Roosevelt’s son George has received his Phi Beta Kappa and John has returned to America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-20
Nannie Vance Roosevelt thanks President Roosevelt for his “affectionate thoughts” and the wreath he sent after the death of her father-in-law, Robert Roosevelt. She and her husband, John Ellis Roosevelt, understand why President Roosevelt could not come to see them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-23
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
List of twenty-six sites on Long Island, New York, associated with or dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, including fourteen sites in Oyster Bay. The list includes four parks, three historic houses, and two statues, as well as office buildings, murals, and churches.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2009
This edition of “News and Notes” has five sections. Brief histories of the three ships and one submarine that have carried the name of Theodore Roosevelt are provided in “The Aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt.” This section also highlights the five different Roosevelts who have served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. “TR Exhibit at the LBJ Library in Texas” revisits the Theodore exhibit at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. It lists fourteen of the archives, museums, and historic sites that lent items to the exhibit, and it promotes the sale of the exhibit catalogue and poster.
“Meadowcroft” covers a July 1903 visit by Roosevelt to the home of his cousin John Ellis Roosevelt on the south shore of Long Island. It also relates the events surrounding “Theodore Roosevelt Day at Meadowcroft” on July 28, 1984, which celebrated and recreated President Roosevelt’s visit. “Rough Riders Museum in New Mexico” examines why there is a museum dedicated to the Rough Riders in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It looks at the state’s contributions to the regiment and highlights some of the reunions held in Las Vegas.
The final and untitled section notes events involving the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and its work: the conferring of a TRA award to a high school student, a radio interview of the TRA’s Executive Director John A. Gable, and a listing of programs at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace and Sagamore Hill National Historic Sites.
A photograph of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at the graves of General Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt is found on the first page of “News and Notes.” Four photographs of the Paul Manship statue of President Roosevelt on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. and an illustration of Mount Rushmore National Memorial accompany the text.