Washington (D.C.)--White House Gardens

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to discuss barriers to electing Secretary of War William H. Taft to the presidency. He cites the defection in the black vote, big business, the labor’s unhappiness with the Republican Party, the unemployed, and the fact Taft is an Unitarian. Roosevelt also talks of Kermit’s start at college, their trip to Africa, and his first month back at the White House.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-10-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to congratulate him on being third in his class at Groton School that month. Roosevelt also updates Kermit on his work, the state of the country, and the gardens at the White House. Roosevelt closes by saying he and Edith enjoyed Seymour Blair’s poems in the last Grotonian.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to ask if he knows what happened to the box of Roosevelt’s guns. He also says he has been spending a lot of time with Edith and thanks Kermit for suggesting he write to Arthur William Merrifield.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to discuss his views on sadness in fiction. He mentions entertaining Frederick Selous, who told exciting stories to Ethel, Archie, and Quentin. Roosevelt adds that it is Quentin’s birthday and they played all sorts of games. He ends by saying he walks every morning with Edith, and the gardens are disheveled.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit Roosevelt at the Groton School with news of home, including details about his sister Alice Roosevelt Longworth and mother Edith Roosevelt. He also mentions several pending commissionership appointments and shares news about his pending Nobel Peace Prize award.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks his son Kermit Roosevelt for suggesting to write Arthur William Merrifield, who has had a recent accident. Roosevelt asks Kermit about the whereabouts of his guns, and is pleased to have time to walk the White House Gardens with Edith Kermit Carrow Roosevelt, and occasionally ride their horses. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs John Burroughs that Yellowstone Park bears have been getting their paws stuck in tin cans from garbage heaps, and that Buffalo Jones has been trying to capture the bears to “cure” them. He says the White House is lovely, and red-headed woodpeckers are their most decorative birds.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt congratulates Ted on his victory at Groton, and then begins to describes a normal day at the White House. Roosevelt discusses his and Mrs. Roosevelt’s enjoyment of the White House and the White House Gardens, and details which trees and plants are flowering. Roosevelt also highlights his and Mrs. Roosevelt’s favorite entertainment of horseback riding and travel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Brander Matthews writes to his friend President Theodore Roosevelt that he has received books recently on Japan and the Orient, written by a “clever and clear” French writer with a traveling scholarship who writes without bias. With his only child off to university, the Matthews household is lonely. It was good of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to send flowers from the White House conservatory.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-16

Creator(s)

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

George F. Allison writes to President Roosevelt regarding the treatment of Mrs. Minor Morris.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-11

Creator(s)

Allison, George F.

Edith Roosevelt tells William Loeb that she has arranged a garden party for the Railway Congress and thanks Loeb for his previous message about the President.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Songbook supporting the 1900 presidential campaign of President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt in California. The cover features illustrations of the candidates.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1900

Creator(s)

Booth, Sam

President Roosevelt acknowledges his daughter Ethel’s letters and talks of horseback riding with Mother and strolling the White House gardens.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-06-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel to praise her for taking care of the children, keeping down expenses and making bread. He says she would have enjoyed being at Valley Forge with him and also describes the beauty of the White House gardens.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-06-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919