Weld, Christopher Minot, 1858-1918

Theodore Roosevelt recounts a sledding party in Chestnut Hill and the people in attendance.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1879-02-03

Theodore Roosevelt inquires what members of the family would like for Christmas presents and also mentions Thanksgiving dinner plans with friends.

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister about his social activities over the weekend, including spending Sunday with Minot Weld and walking with several ladies at Dick Saltonstall’s. He also mentions his heavy study schedule, the Porcellian Club, and sends his regards to those at home.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1878-11-10

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister about an “assembly” he attended with Minot Weld, Henry Bainbridge Chapin, and Henry Jackson and tells her about the girls who were also in attendance. He also mentions a visit to Margey, who was upset that Corinne had not written her back.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1877-12-16

Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Corinne about a “literary coffee party” he held with some of his friends at college. He also mentions a funny incident during Sunday School and future plans to attend a tea party with Minot [and] Weld.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1877-11-09

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about staying with Minot Weld’s family and saying how everyone is so fond of her. He also says that he would not have had a social life if it were not for her. Roosevelt is “dumbfounded” at Jack’s engagement and is now formally a member of the Porcellian Club.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1878-11-10

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna explaining how H. D. Minot has left Harvard to study law. Roosevelt plans to spend the weekend in the country with Minot Weld.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1878-05-03

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna about his difficulties in French and report on his social activities. He will start teaching Sunday school again and contemplates doing mission work in the winter. Will Blodgett will not be able to come for Christmas.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1877-10-14

Theodore Roosevelt explains how he spent his birthday with Minot Weld and thanks his sister Anna and the rest of the family for their letters and gifts. He says he did well in German and reports that Dick Saltonstall is feeling better.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1877-10-28

President Roosevelt asks Henry Bainbridge Chapin to find out what would suit the plans of the Porcellain Club people. He wants to visit the Union, but he also does not want to “scamp” both the Union and the Porcellain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-06

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Wallace Finley Dailey, curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, recreates an exhibit on Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement with Harvard from his days as a student to his work as an overseer. The exhibit was displayed at Harvard in 1977, 1980, 1996, 2005, and 2012. The exhibit in article form consists of twenty-five photographs, including thirteen of Roosevelt, and numerous documents including letters, certificates, diary and notebook entries, and publications by and about Roosevelt. The accompanying text identifies each photograph and document, noting its source and providing context. 

Stacy A. Cordery examines the “shadows and sunshine” of Theodore Roosevelt’s time in Boston while an undergraduate student at Harvard College. Cordery identifies the shadows as the death of Roosevelt’s father, his disenchantment with his natural science major, and his failed courtship of Edith Kermit Carow. The countering sunshine was provided by Roosevelt’s successful pursuit of Alice Hathaway Lee. Cordery looks at each of these episodes, especially the courtship of Carow and Lee, and she argues that these episodes were pivotal to Roosevelt’s life and career.

Four photographs appear in the text, including two of Roosevelt with Lee.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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. 

Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Martha Bulloch Roosevelt is feeling better and inquires what winter clothing he has in New York. He describes the men in the photograph for Corinne Roosevelt; they include G. Gorham Peters, Charles G. Washburn, and Charles Ware. Roosevelt’s horse is in “beautiful trim” if a bit shaggy looking. Roosevelt has been riding often to Chestnut Hill and visited Jamaica Plain with Christopher Minot Weld.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1879-04-27

Theodore Roosevelt has been anxiously expecting a letter from Alice Lee and Rose Saltonstall. He has been avoiding making any engagements for Saturday. Roosevelt would like Saltonstall to know that he enjoyed the pleasant Thanksgiving at her home. From the accounts he has heard, Lee’s dress must have been a success at the New Bedford party.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1878-12-06

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1872-1882

Henry Bainbridge Chapin sends President Roosevelt a list of members of Harvard’s Class of 1880 who will visit Roosevelt on November 1. Chapin asks when dinner will be scheduled.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26