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President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit regarding arrangements for their hunting trip to Africa. He talked with Carl Ethan Akeley and Colonel J. H. Patterson on the matter. He also mentions the Harvard-Yale football game, Kaiser Wilhelm II angering the German people, and finishing two speeches.
1908-11-22
President Roosevelt thanks Lawrence F. Abbott for sending him proofs of the articles that he has written. He will send Abbott two more articles to review. Roosevelt would appreciate if the offices of The Outlook would handle his mail while he is on safari in Africa, as he does not wish to answer letters while he is there. Roosevelt is glad that Abbott likes what he wrote about Delavan Smith, William MacKay Laffan, “and company,” and comments on the strangeness of journalism and colleges of journalism.
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1908-12-08
President Roosevelt would like his son Ted to use the best ankle support possible, perhaps even putting the ankle in plaster for a few weeks. Harvard did better against Yale then expected but “lack of proper coaching” and fumbles lost them the game. If Ted is ready for a good history of the American Revolution, President Roosevelt could lend his copy of Sir George Otto Trevelyan’s book.
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1903-11-28
President Roosevelt offers advice and encouragement to the Harvard football team before the game against Yale.
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1903-11-16
President Roosevelt saw the house on election day and was homesick. Their horse Renown is behaving well around automobiles and Bleistein is in splendid spirits even with a shaky foreleg. Roosevelt also reflects on the Harvard game and does not believe they can defeat Yale this year.
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1903-11-04
Ted will not be able to go trout fishing because he will be attending the Yale-Harvard boat races. However, the Roosevelts could visit in July and go fishing.
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1903-06-17
Walter Camp congratulates President Roosevelt on the victory of the Harvard football team over Yale, and praises the coaching and ability of the Harvard team.
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1908-12-08
William T. Blodgett shares with President Theodore Roosevelt the news of his engagement to Hannah Whitney of New Haven. As Whitney’s sister has married Charley Dickey, also a Harvard graduate, Blodgett delights in two former Yale fans having “succumbed to Harvard men.” Blodgett wishes for Edith Roosevelt to know how happy he is, too.
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1906-09
Endicott Peabody, headmaster of Groton School, writes to President Roosevelt, regarding Kermit and Hall’s absence for Alice Roosevelt’s wedding. It is the school’s policy to not allow students to leave for cousins’ weddings as they are so frequent. However, because Hall was orphaned and very close to the Theodore Roosevelt family, Peabody believes it appropriate. Peabody also discusses cheating allegations of Harvard and Yale football teams.
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1906-01-25
Endicott Peabody writes to President Roosevelt to discuss college football, specifically the unfair methods taught to players at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. He asks Roosevelt to meet with the coaches from these schools to convince them to play fair.
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1905-09-16
Sheet music for “The School Where Lincoln Went,” a popular song with a chorus toasting Theodore Roosevelt attending Harvard University, President Taft attending Yale University, and Abraham Lincoln attending “the old red school house.” The cover features an eagle atop an illustration of a red school house surrounded by pendants for Harvard and Yale.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
General Wood has a souvenir Mauser rifle he will send to John Campbell Greenway at the earliest opportunity. He was pleased to see Theodore Roosevelt win the New York gubernatorial election. Wood is doing well in Cuba. The work is hard but the results are great. Mr. Byrnes is the only Rough Rider that has stayed with Wood. He is a valuable man and is currently working as a messenger.
1898-12-20
Ted Roosevelt has been working hard for several weeks at a carpet manufacturing business. He finds the work interesting and is not missing his college days. President Roosevelt seems excited for his upcoming African safari and Ted believes he will enjoy it. Ted cast his first presidential vote for William H. Taft. The election was very important for business and Taft secured a sweeping victory.
1908
Photographs of the 1901 football game between Harvard and Yale. Three of the photographs are wide shots of the field and crowd. The fourth photograph was taken near the goal line as Harvard scored a touchdown.
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1901-11-23
The universal feeling among Harvard graduates is that the article on Yale’s attitude in sport has done real damage. President Roosevelt is pleased that the article was removed from Harvard Graduates’ Magazine but this only slightly offsets the damage. Recriminations are not helpful or dignified.
1905-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt will send the tickets to Archibald Roosevelt as soon as he receives them. He agrees that the Yale-Harvard football game might not be so bad as Yale is improving. Roosevelt blames the sinking of the SS Ancona on the cowardice of the “Byzantine logothete in the White House” towards the loss of the RMS Lusitania.
1915-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt will spend Thanksgiving with the family but will have to leave Friday morning due to exams. He has been in good health and only felt a little homesick during an illness. Roosevelt traveled to New Haven, Connecticut to watch the football team. Harvard lost as Yale “played very foul.” He is glad he is not a Yale freshman due to the hazing and the “scrubby” look of the students.
1876-11-19
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt writes that he is staying in Washington temporarily and is organizing forty men for the early effort in what will become the Spanish-American War. He expects to leave shortly; William Sheffield Cowles is already aboard the USS Topeka. Edith Roosevelt’s health continues to improve but she worries over his departure.
1898-05-05
Fred E. Haynes will be separately mailing photos of the November 23, 1901, football game between Harvard and Yale. Unfortunately, the weather was poor and Haynes was unable to achieve the photograph quality he desired. Nevertheless, he feels Roosevelt will be able to get a good sense of the field and crowd.
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1901-12-03
G. W. Milmore updates President Roosevelt on the progress of the football game between Harvard and Yale.
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1901-11-23