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Sarah Bancroft Leavitt writes to tell President Roosevelt about the 30th anniversary service she attended at the American church in Rome, where his father was honored for his philanthropy. She was sorry to have missed Alice’s wedding and that her gift did not arrive in time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-27
Governor Heyward encloses a copy of the marriage record of President Roosevelt’s mother and father, which appeared in the records of Stoney Creek Church in Hampton County, South Carolina. The pastor of Stoney Creek was a cousin of Roosevelt’s mother, and he traveled to Roswell, Georgia, to conduct the ceremony, then returned to his church and recorded the marriage there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-07
Jefferson D. Dunwody sends President Roosevelt a copy of Reminiscences of the Dunwody-Bulloch Families which contains references to Roosevelt’s parents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-25
A history of the Bulloch and Roosevelt family, including the marriage of Theodore Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch, the youth of Roosevelt, and the birth of Alice Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10
Mattie Griffith Satterie asks William Loeb if President Roosevelt has read the “little sketch of his noble father” that Satterie wrote in the school journal. Satterie loved and revered Roosevelt’s father to such an extent that a word from Roosevelt that he had read the sketch would make Satterie very happy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-23
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
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
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Wallace Finley Dailey, curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, recreates an exhibit on Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement with Harvard from his days as a student to his work as an overseer. The exhibit was displayed at Harvard in 1977, 1980, 1996, 2005, and 2012. The exhibit in article form consists of twenty-five photographs, including thirteen of Roosevelt, and numerous documents including letters, certificates, diary and notebook entries, and publications by and about Roosevelt. The accompanying text identifies each photograph and document, noting its source and providing context.
Gregory A. Wynn argues that Theodore Roosevelt was not ashamed or humiliated by his father’s lack of active military service during the Civil War. Wynn notes that this assertion is too often invoked when discussing Roosevelt’s relationship with his father when there is little evidence to support it. Wynn details the elder Theodore Roosevelt’s work during the war promoting and managing a system which allowed soldiers to send money home to their families. Wynn highlights Roosevelt’s meetings with President Abraham Lincoln who approved of the allotment system overseen by Roosevelt.
Illustrations of two allotment system documents and a calling card, and a photograph of Wynn accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2010
Natalie A. Naylor describes the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and his family with the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York, and his home, Sagamore Hill. Naylor looks at the history of the Roosevelt family on Long Island, and she emphasizes the important role Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt played in managing the Sagamore Hill farm and its finances. She highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s participation in gathering hay on the farm and his fondness for rowing in the nearby waters. Naylor also recounts the roles played by African Americans who worked and lived at Sagamore Hill, and she details the products of the farm and how they sustained the family.
Eight maps showing the evolution of Sagamore Hill and Long Island accompany the article as do seven photographs, five of which feature Theodore Roosevelt working and playing on his estate.
Stacy A. Cordery examines the “shadows and sunshine” of Theodore Roosevelt’s time in Boston while an undergraduate student at Harvard College. Cordery identifies the shadows as the death of Roosevelt’s father, his disenchantment with his natural science major, and his failed courtship of Edith Kermit Carow. The countering sunshine was provided by Roosevelt’s successful pursuit of Alice Hathaway Lee. Cordery looks at each of these episodes, especially the courtship of Carow and Lee, and she argues that these episodes were pivotal to Roosevelt’s life and career.
Four photographs appear in the text, including two of Roosevelt with Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007-10-27
Harry N. Lembeck describes the events surrounding the 2006 annual meeting, symposium, and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Atlanta, Georgia. Lembeck notes the meetings of the executive committee, Board of Trustees, and other committees, and he highlights Bulloch Hall, site of some of the events and childhood home of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother. Lembeck gives a brief description of each of the four symposium presentations, and he provides coverage of the conferring of three TRA awards: the USS Theodore Roosevelt Junior Officer Award, the Bertha B. Rose Award, and the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. Lembeck emphasizes the latter, noting the warm reception accorded the winner, Colonel George E. “Bud” Day.
Ten photographs of the various events accompany the report.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
Linda Shookster describes how Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s debilitating back condition, Pott’s Disease, led to a long-standing relationship between her family and the New York Orthopedic Hospital. Shookster describes the disease, notes how Cowles was treated by orthopedic surgeons, especially Charles Fayette Taylor, and looks at the role played by Cowles’s father, Theodore Roosevelt, in founding and funding the New York Orthopedic Hospital. Shookster concludes the essay by highlighting the work performed by members of the Roosevelt family in support of the hospital after the death of Roosevelt.
Three illustrations and four photographs, including ones of Cowles, Taylor, Roosevelt, and the hospital, accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2007
A portrait of Theodore Roosevelt’s father by the artist Daniel Huntington appears on the front cover while a photograph of Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, is featured on the back cover.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1884
Report on the annual natural history research grants awarded by the American Museum of Natural History and funded by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). The report notes the growth in the number of grants, their value, and the overall value of the grant fund. It highlights presentations by two Museum research fellows, and it traces the history of the TRA’s funding of the program. The report concludes with a paragraph on the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt and his father with the Museum.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2004
Tweed Roosevelt asks why there has been so little consideration of Theodore Roosevelt’s record as a conservationist. He reviews some of the major biographies and histories of Roosevelt and his time and finds that their examination of Roosevelt as a conservationist is scanty at best. Tweed Roosevelt identifies Roosevelt’s father, Theodore Roosevelt, and his uncle, Robert Barnwall Roosevelt, as important figures in shaping Roosevelt’s interest in the natural world, and he surveys the actions taken by Roosevelt as Governor of New York and President of the United States to safeguard rivers, forests, birds, and natural wonders such as the Grand Canyon.
Two photographs of Theodore Roosevelt and one of Robert Barnwall Roosevelt supplement the text.
This edition of “News and Notes” covers a variety of topics such as the conferral of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize and the results of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) Public Speaking Contests. The section also notes the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the TRA, and it highlights the naming of a new commanding officer for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Updates on Pine Knot, the TRA Journal indexing, and the need for volunteers at both Sagamore Hill and the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace are noted. An obituary for Grace Green Roosevelt McMillian also appears in the section.
Photographs in “News and Notes” include one of some of the leadership of the TRA at Pine Knot; the winner of the TRA Public Speaking Contest for New York City; and one of John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park (incorrectly identified as Yosemite). A listing of the members of the executive committee of the TRA also appears in the section.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1993-1994
This second installment of “The Roosevelt Family in America: A Genealogy” includes part two of the genealogy as well as an introductory note explaining its publication order and instructions on how to navigate its various parts. Part two of the genealogy begins with Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, Jr. and includes 206 entries, featuring brief biographical portraits of each entrant, along with their birth and death dates, and a listing of their children.
Part two of the genealogy also includes in this order: a full page photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, Senior; a text box listing “Roosevelts Who Were Assistant Secretary of the Navy”; a text box listing the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; and a text box listing “Roosevelts Who Ran for Governor of New York State.”
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1990
Robert Bolt discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s religious life and notes that Roosevelt remained committed to the Dutch Reformed Church throughout his life despite his father’s ties to the Presbyterian Church and his wife’s membership in the Episcopal Church. Bolt also examines some of Roosevelt’s other religious beliefs and practices, such as his adherence to regular Sunday church attendance, reading the Bible, and doing good works.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1991