United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st

Score for a march inspired by Theodore Roosevelt. Illustration depicts a statue of Roosevelt mounted atop his horse, Little Texas.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1924

Score for a march and two-step that commemorates the Rough Riders’ role in the Spanish-American War, 1898, published by Thos. Goggan & Bro. The back cover lists other new marches and waltzes available from the same publisher.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Score for a march and two-step dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt who led the Rough Riders up Kettle Hill (San Juan Hill) during the Spanish American War.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Score for a two-step “dedicated to Col. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.” A sample of another piece of music is included on the back cover.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1913

Score for a march and two-step “Respectfully Dedicated to Col. Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.”

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Piano score for a one-step, march and two-step dedicated to the American Legion in memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Samples for other sheet music are included on the back cover.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1919

Score for a military march dedicated to the Rough Riders.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Piano score for a march and two-step dedicated “To Colonel Roosevelt and his gallant Rough Riders.” The last two pages include samples of other music and an advertisement.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Score for a military march inspired by the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War. This copy includes pencil notation throughout. Samples of other music are included on the back cover.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Score, by J. E. McClellan, and lyrics, by Joseph Maxwell Jones, for a 1904 march inspired by the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, 1898.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1904

Score for a military gallop, or dance, commemorating Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders’ charge up Kettle Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The yellow cover design is a sketch of Roosevelt on horseback, leading the Rough Riders in a charge. Roosevelt’s sword is upraised and he looks over his right shoulder at an oval framed portrait photograph of Roosevelt in uniform and seated horseback. The inside front cover and back cover advertise other sheet music.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Sheet music for “The Rough Riders,” a march and two-step by Frederick P. Dowling “[d]edicated to Colonel Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.” Samples of other pieces of music are included on the back cover.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Score for a march and two-step inspired by the Rough Riders. The back cover includes a sample of another piece of music.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1898

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks. Frances Theodora Parsons notes on the verso that the telegram was sent when Roosevelt departed for Cuba with the Rough Riders.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-05-12

Black ink cartoon with two panels suggesting that President Roosevelt is not fighting against large trusts. The first panel is labeled “Front View” and appears to show Roosevelt, with a cavalry hat and rifle, defending the “Anti-Trust Breastworks.” The second panel is labeled “Rear View” and shows a stick holding up the glasses and hat while the rifle, labeled “Attorney Generalship,” is just another stick with one end made to appear like a rifle barrel.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1904-06-19

Collection of correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker regarding Roosevelt’s efforts to raise a division of volunteers for military service abroad in light of the conflict in Europe. Baker and Roosevelt have conflicting views on the potential composition of an American expeditionary force and a volunteer division is opposed by Baker and the Wilson administration. Published in Metropolitan Magazine, August 1917.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917

Three cent, violet-brown postage stamp with an illustration of the William Owen “Bucky” O’Neill statue of a horse and rider. The stamp was issued to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the organization of the United States 1st Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as the Rough Riders.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1948

Black and white portrait photograph of Theodore Roosevelt dressed in his Rough Rider uniform and hat.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1900

Albert A. Hartzell has been appointed “Commissary on the Colonel’s staff of the Rough Riders.” There will be a meeting on Saturday night to prepare for Theodore Roosevelt’s visit.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1898-10-19

Commemorative first day of issue cover of 3 cent U.S. postage stamp celebrating the 50th anniversary of the organization of the Rough Riders. Stamp in the upper right corner is violet-brown with the image of the William Owen O’Neill statue of a horse and a rider. Postmarked in Prescott, Arizona, on Oct. 27, 1948. Has a portrait of “Bucky” O’Neill in the upper left and a drawing of the same horse and rider statue featured on the stamp.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1948-10-27