Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and Flora Whitney. Quentin is standing, and Flora is seated on a white bench.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917

Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and three other men seated in a car on an airfield.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-02-16

Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and a friend seated at a table eating breakfast.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-05-05

Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt seated on a patio with a woman and another soldier. The face of the woman is crossed out with an X.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-02-17

Blueprint map marking the vicinity of the grave of Quentin Roosevelt made by the 308th Engineers of the United States American Expeditionary Forces.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08

A group photograph showing Archibald B. Roosevelt, Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Uncle Jimmy Owens, Quentin Roosevelt, and Jesse Cummins standing in front of Owens’ cabin on the North Rim in Harvey Meadow. Several donkeys and dogs, including Pott Hound, and Brighty the donkey, are also in the photograph.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1913

A group photograph showing Archibald B. Roosevelt, Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Uncle Jimmy Owens, Quentin Roosevelt, and Jesse Cummins standing in front of Owens’ cabin on the North Rim in Harvey Meadow. Several donkeys and dogs, including Pott Hound, and Brighty the donkey, are also in the photograph.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1913

Photograph of several members of Theodore Roosevelt’s Grand Canyon group on horseback taken in front of Uncle Jimmy Owens’ cabin in Harvey Meadow in Arizona.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

1913

A draft of “The Great Rainbow Natural Bridge,” written by Nicholas Roosevelt and copyrighted by Waldo M. Wedel. The manuscript includes photographs and journal entries by Roosevelt on this portion of his trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Throughout the manuscript are notes made by Wedel.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

2010

An unpublished manuscript, “A 1913 Trip to the Colorado Plateau: Nicholas and Theodore Roosevelt on a Hunting Trip,” edited by Waldo M. Wedel.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

2010

Michelle A. Krowl of the Library of Congress presents twenty items from the library’s Theodore Roosevelt Collection. The material, consisting of twelve letters, four other documents, three political cartoons, and a campaign poster, encompass the years 1884 to 1934. Twelve of the documents were penned by Roosevelt, and Krowl provides context and background for each item while including quotes from the document in her description. The twenty items are preceded by a short introductory essay by Krowl which includes two photographs of the Library of Congress.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

Everett Edward Neeley sends Theodore Roosevelt a photograph of Quentin Roosevelt’s grave. Neeley obtained the photo just a few days after Quentin’s death.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1937-04-29

Langdon Warner writes to “Cousin Theodore” to express his sympathy on the death of Quentin Roosevelt and provides news from the battlefront.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-08-01

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-26

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Hill, B. H., Mrs.

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that William Sheffield Cowles Jr. is overcoming his homesickness. Quentin Roosevelt and Christopher LaFarge have sent good reports about him. He asks that his letter to Sheffield not be sent unless there is need of it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13

President Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit Roosevelt was chosen as captain of the seventh but fears he will fall behind in his studies. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is back home now and has brought Aunt Emily. Today was Quentin’s birthday.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-11-19

President Roosevelt reports on the family animals and how he has been acting as “vice-mother” while Edith is gone for nine days. He has been reading a lot to Archie and Quentin. Roosevelt expresses his disappointment at Seth Low’s recent defeat. William Loeb inquires as to whether Kermit is receiving the Saturday Commercial Advertiser.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-11-15

President Roosevelt sketches scenes from family life and describes them: Mother on a horse, the white rabbit, the dog chasing the white rabbit and Ethel chasing the dog, and a pillow fight between Roosevelt, Archie, Quentin and Ethel.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-10-27

President Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit Roosevelt has been made captain of the third string football team. Roosevelt relates a story of horseback riding with Edith and Ethel and a pillow fight with Archie and Quentin. He also read the boys Uncle Remus.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-10-19

President Roosevelt reports that he is having a touch of the “Cuban fever” and is glad to be in the house with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He reports on the family pets and that Quentin is learning to ride a pony. Edith is going to take the three children to Doctor Rixey’s farm. Roosevelt says he is working hard on his address to Congress.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-10-24