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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emily Tyler Carow

President Roosevelt thanks his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow for the book that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt got him on her behalf. The Roosevelts have had their “usual type of Christmas,” though with fewer toys as the children get older. Soon they will go to the Pine Knot cabin with friends. Roosevelt has much to worry him in his work, but the incidents “will all go downstream.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about his and Edith’s trip to Pine Knot with John Burroughs. Burroughs had a run-in with a family of flying squirrels who live in Archie’s old bedroom.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt that he heard about his experience with one of Robert Bacon’s horses, and tells his son about the Roosevelt family vacation to Pine Knot. Roosevelt wants Kermit to learn how to shoot a shotgun so they can go prairie chicken hunting soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt informs Dr. Abbott that Edith Roosevelt thoroughly enjoyed seeing the holiday vacation home and feels that it is a worthy charity. She was especially pleased with the dining-room window and told him about it that morning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-01

Letter from John Burroughs to Theodore Roosevelt

John Burroughs was very interested to hear Buffalo Jones and the Yellowstone grizzly bears with tin cans stuck on their feet. If President Roosevelt has read any of his latest articles, Burroughs would be glad to receive his thoughts and criticism. Burroughs is considering buying a farm in the southern Catskill region and offers it as a place of rest for Roosevelt and his family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

North Shore Summer Home of President Taft, Beverly, Mass.

Postcard showing an angled view of the summer home of President Taft in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1911

Mittelmeerfahrt unserer kaiserfamilie

Three photographs of the German royal family’s Mediterranean trip. In the first photograph, German Emperor William II, his wife Empress Auguste Viktoria, and their children Princess Viktoria Luise and Prince August Wilhelm disembark from a boat at Messina. The second photograph shows the same group on a carriage ride in Syracuse. The third photograph likely depicts Achillion Palace in Corfu, the family’s summer home.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins

Theodore Roosevelt describes the little house the family is staying in. There are crawfish, minnows, and eels in the nearby brook. Roosevelt caught an eel yesterday and has two bird nests.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1868-08-21

Exterior of Pine Knot

The exterior of Pine Knot is shown head-on from across a wooded lot in winter. The broad porch runs the full width of the house with a gable at the center. Pine Knot, located in Albemarle County, Virginia, was a country home for the Roosevelts during the presidential years.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Letter from Edward J. Hammond to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward J. Hammond offers President Roosevelt the use of his summer house at Winter Harbor, Maine and describes its many advantages.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-28

Summary of letter from Edward J. Hammond

Edward J. Hammond offers President Roosevelt the use of his summer home in Winter Harbor, Maine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-28