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A Civilian Conservation Corps staff member skis through the North Unit badlands in the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937
President Roosevelt thanks the directors of the National Ski Tournament for the invitation and pair of miniature skis. He regrets that he cannot attend but, sends his good wishes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-31
President Roosevelt thanks John Campbell Greenway for the skis, and says that although he is not sure if he will get the chance to try them now, his son, Theodore Roosevelt, will try them if he gets the chance. Roosevelt also asks if Greenway will be able to come for the inauguration because he wants him to ride in the parade.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Frederick Courteney Selous for sending John Everett Millais’s book. Roosevelt encourages Selous to collect accounts of his shooting trips into a volume. Washington, D.C., has seen some snow and Roosevelt has been practicing with skis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-02-03
Sir Cecil Spring Rice writes a friendly letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on a variety of topics. He understands what is happening, and says there is a similar movement in England. Spring Rice talks about the effects of an increased tariff at the end of the Boer War, and how it affected the national character of England. Common people suffered while businesses took advantage of things, similar to the situation in America. He believes that President Roosevelt may have greater moral force to provide an example of how to live once he leaves office, as his authority will be within his own character and not the office then. Spring Rice has been skiing recently, and has enjoyed his time and the people he has met. He wishes he could visit the United States, but does not think he will be able to soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-16
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
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This essay summarizes the contents of an October 1975 article in Ski magazine that asserted that Theodore Roosevelt was likely the first president “who enjoyed the sport of skiing.” The essay says that Roosevelt may have skied in the Badlands of Dakota, Washington, D.C., and at Sagamore Hill, and that he was encouraged to ski by his friend Sir Cecil Spring Rice.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
President Taft skis down a steep slope labeled “Nomination Slide 1912.” One ski is labeled “Control of Senate” and the other, which has broken its strap and come loose, is labeled “Control of House.” Taft looks about to fall after losing one ski.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-01-18
John H. Hutton provides short answers to questions about the six months he spent in the Civilian Conservation Corps stationed near Watford City, North Dakota. Hutton does provide the names of supervisors and fellow CCC alumni, but the majority of his answers are fairly limited.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984