Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and Flora Whitney on a white bench
Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and Flora Whitney. Quentin is standing, and Flora is seated on a white bench.
Collection
Creation Date
1917
Your TR Source
Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918
Saturday’s arrival (L’arrivée du samedi)
Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and three other men seated in a car on an airfield.
Collection
Creation Date
1918-02-16
Creator(s)
Sunday morning lunch (Déjeuner du dimanche matin)
Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and a friend seated at a table eating breakfast.
Collection
Creation Date
1918-05-05
Creator(s)
On the terrace (Sur la terrasse)
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
Creation Date
1918-02-17
Creator(s)
Vicinity of grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt
Blueprint map marking the vicinity of the grave of Quentin Roosevelt made by the 308th Engineers of the United States American Expeditionary Forces.
Collection
Creation Date
1918-08
Creator(s)
United States. American Expeditionary Forces. 308th Engineers. Topographical Office
Group photograph in front of Uncle Jimmy Owens’ cabin
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
Creation Date
1913
Creator(s)
Uncle Jim Owen’s cabin- N. Rim, Harvey Meadow
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
Creation Date
1913
Creator(s)
Uncle Jim w/ group in front of cabin in Harvey Meadow
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
Creation Date
1913
Creator(s)
The great Rainbow Natural Bridge
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
Creation Date
2010
Creator(s)
A 1913 trip to the Colorado Plateau
An unpublished manuscript, “A 1913 Trip to the Colorado Plateau: Nicholas and Theodore Roosevelt on a Hunting Trip,” edited by Waldo M. Wedel.
Collection
Creation Date
2010
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Nicholas, 1893-1982; Wedel, Waldo M. (Waldo Mott), 1941-2018
Theodore Roosevelt at the Library of Congress
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
Creator(s)
Letter from Everett Edward Neeley to Theodore Roosevelt
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
Creator(s)
Letter from Langdon Warner to Theodore Roosevelt
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
Creator(s)
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. B. H. Hill
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-12-26
Creator(s)
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Recipient
Language
English
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Cowles
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
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
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
Creation Date
1903-11-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
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
Creation Date
1903-11-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
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
Creation Date
1903-10-27
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
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
Creation Date
1903-10-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
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
Creation Date
1903-10-24