Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch, 1835-1884

Letter from Bernard S. Brown to Theodore Roosevelt

Bernard S. Brown asks Theodore Roosevelt to help secure steady employment for a young man, Joseph V. Higgins, who is trying to take care of his large family after his father was taken to the Wards Island Asylum for the Insane. Higgins is part of the Twenty Second Regiment of Engineers and has passed his civil service examination. Brown and Roosevelt have never met, but their mothers were friends.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Creator(s)

Brown, Bernard S., -1926

Description of a picture of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

A description of a painting of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt given to President Theodore Roosevelt by Stephanie A. Porter on June 24, 1907. The note says the portrait was painted on porcelain and is in a red velvet frame. The information was verified by Mrs. Samuel C. Hopkins on November 25, 1929.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1929

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Stephania A. Porter

President Roosevelt writes to Stephania A. Porter to thank her for sending him a picture of his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. He also invites her to bring her son and his family to dinner at the White House. There is an annotation in an unknown hand at the bottom regarding the original copy of the letter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-06-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna detailing his visit to sister Corinne’s home in upstate New York. He describes the entertaining antics of Corinne’s husband Douglas Robinson, playing tennis and croquet, and riding. He ponders buying a farm there, if he was certain he would continue in politics.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1882-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The issue over Vardaman

Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s public admission that he declined to name a post office after Mississippi Governor James Kimble Vardaman in view of Vardaman’s statements about President Roosevelt’s mother, may provoke anger from those who support the governor. It is to be hoped that they will let the issue drop.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

Creator(s)

Unknown

Why Vardaman is not chosen

This article discusses why Postmaster General Payne did not name a post office after Governor Vardaman. Payne says that Vardaman published an editorial which is “highly insulting to the President and his mother.” The article also includes a reply from Vardaman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-02

Creator(s)

Unknown

Report on James Kimble Vardaman

This report explains that Postmaster General Payne did not name a post office after James Kimble Vardaman because Vardaman published an article which contained indecent statements about President Roosevelt’s mother. The report includes a statement from Payne, an excerpt of the offending passage, an affidavit affirming that the language in the article is identical with that quoted by the Crits Club, and Vardaman’s reply when questioned about Payne’s assertion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-02

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Isaac S. Bullock to Theodore Roosevelt

Isaac S. Bullock asks President Roosevelt about his mother’s heritage, as he had heard that she was a Bulloch, and believes that they may be related in some way.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-09

Creator(s)

Bullock, Isaac S., 1848-1929

The president is indisposed

President Roosevelt leans against a tree and looks at a “fruit cake from the ladies of Colorado” with a slice cut out of it. There are “pills” and “Pepsin” beside him. He says, “Not like Mother used to make!”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04

Creator(s)

Chopin, Oscar C. (Oscar Charles), 1873-1932

Personal diary of Theodore Roosevelt, 1884

Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1884. Includes entry regarding the deaths of his wife and mother on February 14, with the statement, “The light has gone out of my life.” Also, the diary describes Roosevelt’s hunting and ranching experiences for the year in the Dakota Badlands. A list of photographs taken and his personal finance record is also included in the back of the diary. Only pages on which text appeared are included.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1884

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sarah Bancroft Leavitt

Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from Sarah Bancroft Leavitt. He wishes Leavitt could have been at the Orthopaedic. He always associates Leavitt with his father, mother, and aunt Anna Bulloch Gracie who had such fun together and did so much good for others.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-02-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about his trip to the Jamestown Exposition on Georgia Day, where they built a reproduction of Roosevelt’s grandfather’s house as the Georgia State Building. He also congratulates Kermit on the performance of his crew team at Groton School.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-06-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and describes his trip to Georgia and Florida. In Georgia Roosevelt visited the family home of his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Roosevelt says he was well-received on the trip.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-10-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Bulloch Gracie

Theodore Roosevelt writes Anna Bulloch Gracie about his family’s trip to the Levant. The Roosevelts have been traveling on the Nile River for a month, and Theodore Roosevelt is having a great time. He has been shooting and exploring ruins. Roosevelt particularly enjoyed Karnak, which they saw by moonlight. He has added one to two hundred skins to his collection. All the sporting has been “injurious” to his trousers. Typed copy of original handwritten letter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1873-01-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Corinne about his recent engagement to Alice Lee. Roosevelt mentions gaining the Lees’ consent to marry in the fall and credits his family’s hospitality and intercession in helping him secure their consent.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1880-03-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt explains wedding plans to his sister Anna. He and Alice Hathaway Lee settled on ushers and bridesmaids. He does not think Alice’s mother would have consented to a wedding so soon were they not moving in with Roosevelt’s mother.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1880-03-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Corinne and relays messages for other members of the family.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1877-03-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Tranquility, summer home at Oyster Bay of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt

Tranquility was the summer home that Theodore Roosevelt and his wife Martha Bulloch Roosevelt kept in Oyster Bay, New York. On the verandah, from left to right, are Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt. On the lawn, from left to right, are Edith Kermit Carow and Corinne Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1872

Creator(s)

Unknown

Bulloch mansion, the house of his mother, visited by President Roosevelt, Roswell, Ga.

Several people gathered around the porch of the home of President Roosevelt’s mother

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Creator(s)

Underwood & Underwood

President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the home of the President’s mother, Roswell, Ga.

President Roosevelt, family and others outside Bulloch mansion.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

Creator(s)

Underwood & Underwood