Roosevelt, Quentin, 1919-1948

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would like to visit Endicott “Cotty” Peabody on Thanksgiving. He informs Peabody about health issues experienced by Quentin Roosevelt and mentions he should be visiting a specialist in Boston.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-19

Virginia J. Arnold reports to President Roosevelt that Quentin is not conducting himself as he ought to in school and is “wasting his time.” He entered the classroom late that day, singing and flourishing his hands in a manner disruptive to the class, and was sent home. Arnold expects Quentin to return to school at one o’clock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-09

Genna Rollins provides a detailed description of the tour undertaken by a group from the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in June 2007 to sites connected with the wartime service of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt and Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt. Rollins highlights the military cemeteries and memorials connected to the Roosevelt brothers, and she traces the group’s itinerary through France, highlighting material gained from the group’s tour leader. Rollins emphasizes the service of the Roosevelt brothers, noting Lieutenant Roosevelt’s brief tour as a combat pilot and Brigadier General Roosevelt’s steady leadership on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. Rollins concludes her article with brief stories of other notable Americans who served in World War I.

Two illustrations and sixteen photographs populate the article, including eight photographs of sites and memorials connected to the Roosevelt brothers, and five depictions of the brothers.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Biography dominates the “Reviews” section of this issue: five biographies are considered, including those of four Roosevelts and one of Gifford Pinchot. Charles W. Snyder finds H. Paul Jeffers’s examination of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt’s life to be less than complete, and he notes that the work focuses on Roosevelt’s military career, especially his service during World War II. John A. Gable revisits the work of husband and wife biographers Edmund Morris and Sylvia Jukes Morris in his essays on their biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Gable compares The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt with Theodore Rex, and he asserts that the endnotes in both works are worth reading. He notes that paperback editions of both of the Morris biographies have been issued to coincide with the release of Theodore Rex. 

 

Gable reviews Char Miller’s Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, and he describes the split in the environmental movement between the followers of Pinchot and John Muir. Gable highlights Pinchot’s career after his service in the Roosevelt administration, and he notes that Miller’s work has won two book awards for biography. “In Medal of Honor Revisited,” Gregory A. Wynn examines the arguments of two acclaimed military historians who take opposing views on Theodore Roosevelt’s Medal of Honor award. Wynn summarizes the arguments of  Edward M. Coffman and Allan Reed Millett, and he finds more merit in Coffman’s assertions based on eyewitness accounts of Roosevelt’s actions in battle. 

 

The conferring of the annual Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) police awards for New York City, Boston, and Western New York state opens this edition of the “News and Notes” section. The accomplishments of each of the winners are detailed as are the ceremonies marking each award. A report on the TRA’s annual meeting and dinner follows with details of its speakers, field trips, and annual elections. The conferring of the TRA’s Junior Officer Leadership Award for a member of the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is highlighted, and the section reprints an address by Edith Derby Williams given at the annual meeting.

Other news from the section includes the marking of twenty years as Executive Director of the TRA by John A. Gable; the awarding of the annual natural history research grants by the American Museum of Natural History; and the passing of TRA Trustee Oren Root. New York Governor George E. Pataki’s admiration for Theodore Roosevelt is noted as are the accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his son, Quentin, on the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II. “News and Notes” also trumpets recent works on Theodore Roosevelt by Caleb Carr, H. Paul Jeffers, and Joseph R. Ornig.

Eleven photographs appear in the section, including eight from the annual meeting, two from the police awards ceremonies, and one of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. with his son Quentin.

Frances Webb Roosevelt, widow of one of President Theodore Roosevelt’s grandsons, died on September 11, 1995. The obituary gives an account of how she met Quentin Roosevelt (II), son of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, during World War II, and mentions Roosevelt’s military career during the war. After Quentin Roosevelt’s death in 1948, Frances Webb Roosevelt returned to live in Oyster Bar, New York, with her children. She was a talented painter, was active in her community, and frequently represented the Roosevelt family at events. A eulogy was given at her funeral by her son-in-law, Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld.

A photograph of Frances Webb Roosevelt, taken by her daughter, appears on the first page of the obituary.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Charles W. Snyder examines the life of Theodore Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt’s oldest son, who struggled to emerge from the long shadow cast by his famous father. Snyder provides a comprehensive biography of the younger Roosevelt, looking at his service in both world wars, his stints as Governor General of Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and his career in politics. Snyder also looks at the breach that developed between the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, branches of the Roosevelt family, and he examines Roosevelt’s opposition to the New Deal and his support of isolationism in the 1930s.

Ten photographs of Roosevelt appear in the article: three of these show Roosevelt with members of his family and six of them are from his service during World War II; a photograph of his home, Old Orchard, also illustrates the article. A text box with a listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is found on the second page of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The cover of the Spring, 1991 issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal features a variety of photographs from the life of Theodore Roosevelt, including several of his wife, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, as well as his children.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1991

Horace M. Albright’s secretary informs Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks that Albright has collected the addresses of Theodore Roosevelt’s family members per Hanks’s request. Hanks intends to invite them to the dedication ceremony for the park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-04-13