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Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister about his recent social activities, including a drive with Jack Tebbetts and calling on a professor with a Miss Lane, who is also teaching Roosevelt to play lawn tennis.
Theodore Roosevelt recounts a sledding party in Chestnut Hill and the people in attendance.
1879-02-03
President Roosevelt does not recall the exact matter or letter that he had written about his boxing record at Harvard, but tells Thornton H. Simmons the results of some searching that he had done previously when a similar matter came up. Roosevelt states that he had never been light-weight champion, and tries to clear up questions about his athletic record. He cautions, however, that he does not want this matter published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-14
President Roosevelt asks Thomas N. Perkins to send along his gratitude to Richard Walden Hale for the first-class dinner. He is grateful to see Ted taken into the Porcellian Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-27
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
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
Wallace Finley Dailey, Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, describes in detail two exhibits of Theodore Roosevelt material on display in the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery in the Nathan Marsh Pusey Library in 1977. One exhibit covers Roosevelt’s long relationship with Harvard University from his undergraduate student years to his death. The other explores Roosevelt’s relationship with his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby. In both exhibit summaries, Dailey quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s letters and speeches and provides descriptions of the photographs used in the exhibits.
Three photographs and one illustration accompany the article. One photograph shows Dailey examining the exhibit display cases. Another shows Roosevelt with a group of his Harvard classmates, and one shows Derby at the White House in 1902. The illustration is a drawing by Roosevelt’s classmate, Charles G. Washburn, that depicts a monument detailing Roosevelt’s many activities at Harvard.
Group portrait of six Harvard classmates, including Theodore Roosevelt. From left to right, standing: Richard M. Saltonstall, Christopher Minot Weld, Theodore Roosevelt; seated: John S. Tebbets, Henry Bainbridge Chapin, Henry Russell Shaw. “Big Six” is inscribed on the paper border.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1872-1882
Theodore Roosevelt asks that his book The Life of Thomas Hart Benton be sent to three people listed.
1887-01-08