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Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform on horseback. A short biography of Roosevelt is on the reverse side.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898-08-28
Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood leading a parade formation of the Rough Riders.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Commission of Theodore Roosevelt as Colonel, First Volunteer Cavalry, signed by President William McKinley and Secretary of War Russell A. Alger.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898-07-11
Envelope “addressed” to Theodore Roosevelt by means of an ink and pencil sketch of Roosevelt as a Rough Rider, and delivered to Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898-09-26
Drawn after Theodore Roosevelt died, the cartoon shows Roosevelt on horseback, dressed as a Rough Rider, turning in his saddle and waving his hat goodbye as he joins the vanishing symbols of the frontier such as the buffalo and covered wagons. The Capitol is sketched in the forefront.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1919
Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Fred Ellsworth Sutton met Theodore Roosevelt when they were both living in the North Dakota Badlands. Sutton recalls his experiences with Roosevelt over the years.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1925-10-25
Lieutenant Hal Sayre was killed while cleaning his revolver. Sayre served with the Rough Riders and was acquainted with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-20
Ben Daniels has received the letter and is pleased that President Roosevelt still has a good opinion of him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
Through elaborate analysis, the unnamed author makes a case that South Dakota Governor Andrew E. Lee and Melvin Grigsby played a prominent early role in forming the Rough Riders and therefore starting President Roosevelt on the road to the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-17
Theodore Roosevelt informs James L. Carhart that his regiment is already over-enlisted and they cannot take another man.
1898-05-09
Diary kept by Theodore Roosevelt while training for and fighting in the Spanish-American War. Entries from San Antonio, Texas, Tampa, Florida, and Santiago, Cuba. He comments on the activities of the Rough Riders, individual soldiers and war events.
1898
Theodore Roosevelt as Colonel of the Rough Riders; studio portrait signed in lower right corner.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Governor Roosevelt invites Professor Woodberry over and would like to hear of the Rough Riders from centuries past when he has the time.
1898-10-03
Governor Roosevelt sends condolences to Charles Sanders whose son, William H. Sanders, died. William served in Roosevelt’s regiment during the Spanish-American War and “did his duty in every way.”
1899-01-03
Obituary for John Christian Schmutz, former Rough Rider, who was killed in an industrial accident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-06
Governor Roosevelt asks Judge Neu to deliver his apologies to the President of the Saenger Bund. Although he took a special interest in the bill that enabled the armory to be used for the festival, Roosevelt will not be able to attend the event due to a reunion of his regiment scheduled for the same day.
1900-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Archie Roosevelt’s view of the war, although he does not think it will last as long as Archie does. Roosevelt writes of how the elderly regular officers are no longer suited for this war and how the volunteer troops are better prepared in his own unit. He also mentions how pleased they are with Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt.
1917-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes of how pleased he and Edith are to have Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt visiting them. His grandson, Richard Derby Jr., was taken to the hospital. Roosevelt then asks Archie to tell the lieutenants he is reading Longfellow’s Saga of King Olaf. He tells of his battles at San Juan and ends with explaining that the current administration does not wish to have Roosevelt’s help.
1917-08-02
Former Rough Rider Gordon Johnston has gotten engaged and asks President Roosevelt to write to his future wife, Anna Julia Johnson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-28