Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Nichols, Mongin B. (Mongin Baker), 1874-1953

Photograph of Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

Comments and Context

Theodore (Ted) Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy from March 10, 1921 to September 30, 1924 under President Warren G. Harding and President Calvin Coolidge. Roosevelt was the eldest son of Theodore Roosevelt who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from April 19, 1897 to May 10, 1898.

Collection

Naval History and Heritage Command

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Actors at the 1939 New York World’s Fair are seen milling around between acts of their performances. Standing next to a vendor’s booth, an actor portraying Abraham Lincoln drinks a Coca-Cola alongside an actor portraying George Washington eating an ice cream sandwich. An actor portraying Theodore Roosevelt in his cavalry uniform adjusts his mustache and puts on his gloves as he walks. An actress steps out of a door frame and puts on her enormous hat.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1940-06-16

Ted Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, is filmed playing baseball in a charity game with other famous people. An actor impersonates his relative Franklin D. Roosevelt, waving from an automobile.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1939-08

Ted Roosevelt poses for the cameras and chats with others at the Republican National Convention.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1936-06

Herbert Hoover, Ted Roosevelt, and Harold Hoffman speak on stage in formalwear at a Republican Party dinner in New York City.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1935-02-12

Marshall Stimson and Meyer Lissner send Theodore Roosevelt some details about the Union League banquet to which he was recently invited. The Republican group is progressive, and would greatly appreciate if Roosevelt is able to attend or speak at the dinner. Both California Governor Hiram Johnson and Roosevelt’s son, Theodore Roosevelt, have been consulted, and they approve.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-08

In four letters to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Theodore Roosevelt discusses the Washington, D.C. dinner party scene, frets over the poor condition of his brother Elliott Roosevelt, and comments on British and American politics. Roosevelt expresses his displeasure with what he perceives as the poor performance of President Grover Cleveland in his second term, and he comments on his health as well as that of his son Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1890-1894

Charles O. Bishop charts the coverage of Theodore Roosevelt’s family, his second wife Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and his six children, in the pages of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Bishop provides information on how many articles and photo essays have been published on the family members, and he quotes from the articles. Bishop highlights the work of some Roosevelt family biographers and historians, such as Stacy Cordery and her work on Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Each member of the family, excluding the president, merits a section in the article and only Longworth is not depicted with a photograph.

Four photographs and two front covers from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal populate the essay.

Keith Muchowski focuses on the literary life of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the eldest son of Theodore Roosevelt. Muchowski shines a spotlight on two types of books written, co-written, or edited by Roosevelt: stories and tales from the battlefields of World War I and hunting stories based on expeditions to Asia with his brother Kermit Roosevelt. Muchowski also looks at Roosevelt’s role in the founding of the American Legion and his time as governor general of the Philippines, and he laments that Roosevelt’s death in July 1944 prevented him from chronicling his service in World War II.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2016

A photograph of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appears on the front cover of this issue while the back cover features a photograph of the family of Theodore Roosevelt in 1909 as they prepare to leave the White House. All six of Edith and Theodore Roosevelt’s children appear in the photograph along with Nicholas Longworth, husband of Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1909

Stacy A. Cordery explores the visit of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Tampa, Florida, in June 1898 to spend time with her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, before his regiment departed for battle in Cuba. Cordery provides background for the visit, including the poor health of Edith and her son Theodore Roosevelt in the months leading up to the Spanish-American War. Cordery describes the Tampa Bay Hotel where the Roosevelts stayed, and she notes Edith’s interactions with members of the Rough Riders and the press, in particular, reporter Richard Harding Davis. Cordery asserts that the visit was important to the Roosevelts, assuring Roosevelt that his wife was well enough to care for their family in his absence.  

Six photographs accompany the text, including a portrait of the Roosevelt family, Roosevelt’s favorite picture of Edith, three scenes from Tampa, Florida, and a photograph of Cordery.

List of twenty-six sites on Long Island, New York, associated with or dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, including fourteen sites in Oyster Bay. The list includes four parks, three historic houses, and two statues, as well as office buildings, murals, and churches. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2009

Elizabeth E. Roosevelt reminds readers that the Cove Neck peninsula on Long Island, New York, was not the exclusive domain of Theodore Roosevelt and his family. She describes the many Roosevelt families who had estates in the area, and she highlights the frequent gatherings of these clans and the entertainments they enjoyed such as tennis, swimming, and sailing. Roosevelt provides biographical snapshots of some of these family members, including the children of Theodore Roosevelt, and she notes which family members made their homes in the same area where they were raised, including the president’s sons, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Archibald Roosevelt, and his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby. 

Two photographs of Roosevelt cousins and two photographs of sailing ships supplement the text.

While Charles W. Snyder believes that Robert W. Walker’s biography of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, The Namesake, is the first biography of President Theodore Roosevelt’s eldest son to cover “all aspects of his life and career,” Snyder asserts that the best parts of the book by far are those that detail his service in both world wars. Snyder writes that the book is weighed down by many errors of grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and he criticizes Walker for speculating about how the elder Roosevelt would have approached American entry into World War II. Walker also emphasizes the younger Roosevelt’s frustrated desire to follow in the footsteps of his father all the way to the White House.

A photograph of Roosevelt during World War II standing in his jeep named “Rough Rider” supplements the review.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Gene Kopelson recounts President Theodore Roosevelt’s day at the White House on May 23, 1908, noting Roosevelt’s meetings with various cabinet officers, a boxing star, and others. Kopelson highlights Roosevelt’s anticipation at the arrival of the Great White Fleet in Seattle, Washington, and he notes Roosevelt’s dislike for the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Photographs of Roosevelt, his son Theodore Roosevelt, and Churchill accompany the essay.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2008

Photographs of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt seated in the cockpit of a biplane and of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt standing in a jeep named “Rough Rider” appear on the front and back covers of this issue.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1942-1944

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

In “Best Wishes From Oyster Bay,” twenty-six friends, colleagues, and fellow historians offer their thoughts on the life and work of John A. Gable, the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the founder and editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Some of the themes that recur are Gable’s support and mentoring of historians and biographers in the early stages of their careers, his encyclopedic knowledge of Theodore Roosevelt, and his promotion of membership in the TRA. The authors also note his unsentimental critique of their work and his fostering a truce between the feuding Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York factions of the Roosevelt family. Two of the contributors, William N. Tilchin and Gregory A. Wynn, share some of their correspondence with Gable to demonstrate these themes, and almost all of the contributors highlight Gable’s generosity with his time and talents.

The piece includes a table of contents on its first page and it concludes with brief biographies of each of the authors. Twenty-three photographs populate the text, including twenty of Gable.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal