Seasons

Charles M. Miller copies part of a news letter sent by Janette Miller from her missionary post in Angola, Africa. Janette Miller describes the climate, weather, and details the long trip from Lisbon to the village where she lives and works. The men, women, and children she helps to educate and teach Christian ways are also described. Janette Miller ends saying she trusts her African friends and reminds the reader that there are cousins of the tribe she lives with in the United States who are suffering because of what her race did to them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-18

President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on preparations for their Safari and on family life. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has lately been exposed to commentary about the potential dangers of the trip, including letters from Cecil Spring Rice and an article in The Public Ledger. The Roosevelt family celebrated Ted Roosevelt’s birthday with a picnic, and Roosevelt feels strongly that Ted will be successful in his upcoming ventures. Soon Archie Roosevelt will be heading back to school and summer will give way to fall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14

At the end of the summer vacation season Puck annually chronicled the disappointing results and unfulfilled romantic hopes of young men and women. The figure of Puck invites readers to visit little cupids disassembling the settings of lovers’ scenes; of a young woman discovering that her engagement ring, and its giver, are false; and the stereotypical hosts of bucolic getaways return to normal pursuits.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The end of summer was frequently memorialized by Puck not by comments on the weather, or by addressing the resumption of college, but by the end of the social convention of rural vacations at resorts — often engaged by young adults seeking romance. The virtually constant observations addressed failed romances, broken promises, and disappointments.

Theodore Roosevelt provides A. T. Richardson with information about the seasonal changes of the antlers of moose, deer, and wapiti.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-17

Chester L. Brooks writes to Ethel Roosevelt Derby describing the changing seasons of the Badlands.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1954-09-22