Guide to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection,
1883-1953 [(bulk 1883-1918)]

Collection Number: 4652

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu

Compiled by:

Ayla Cline

Date completed:

June 2012

EAD encoding:

RMC Staff, June 2012

Date modified:

RMC Staff, June 2012

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Theodore Roosevelt collection, 1883-1953 (bulk 1883-1918)

Collection Number:

4652

Creator:

Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919.

Quantity:

0.4 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, photographs

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Consists mainly of letters by Roosevelt to a variety of correspondents, but also includes several autographs, 4 photographs, one printed item, and one document.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

American politician and author, U.S. President from 1901-1908.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Consists mainly of letters by Roosevelt to a variety of correspondents, but also includes several autographs, 4 photographs, one printed item, and one document. Letters span Roosevelt's career, briefly documenting his activities as governor of New York, Civil Service Commissioner, Commissioner of the New York City Police, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Vice President, President, and, in his political retirement, editor in turn at The Outlook and Metropolitan magazines and the Kansas City Star newspaper. Correspondence deals with the handling of internal American political affairs, including dealings with Civil War veterans and a governors' conference on U.S. natural resources; letters to editors concerning books and articles Roosevelt was publishing or being asked to write; and a few letters on religious matters, including a substantial letter on the U.S. government's position vis-à-vis Catholic affairs in the Philippines.

Photographs show Roosevelt and a companion on an excursion in rocky country. The printed item is an inspirational message Roosevelt wrote for U.S. troops in 1917; the document is a Thanksgiving Day proclamation issued by Roosevelt in 1899 as Governor of New York. Also included in the collection is correspondence between W.J. Crawford and Robert William Glenroie Vail concerning the building of the collection.

Also, Roosevelt's reading copy of a speech delivered at the Ithaca Hotel on October 24, 1910, typed with handwritten corrections in pencil. The speech both attacks trusts and discusses the 1910 New York gubernatorial race between Democrat John Alden Dix and Republican Henry L. Stimson. Also, five photographs of Roosevelt at the Ithaca Hotel.

Also includes a replica of the original Teddy bear.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Crawford, W. J.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Vail, R. W. G. (Robert William Glenroie), 1890-1966.

Subjects:

Church and state -- United States.

Authors and publishers -- United States.

Places:

United States -- Politics and government -- 1897-1901.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1909.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Theodore Roosevelt collection, #4652. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

NOTES

Large collection of books by and about Roosevelt is also held in the repository.

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Photographs and Articles
	Two men leading horses across a rocky outcropping. The man in the front appears to be Theodore Roosevelt (3 prints)	Box 1
	Two men leading horses across a rocky outcropping. The man in the front appears to be Theodore Roosevelt (large print)	Box 1
	Article in the Thursday, February 5, 1953 New York Times Newspaper advertising the restoration of Roosevelt's home on Sagamore Hill	Box 1
	Summary of the Roosevelt Collection housed in the Cornell Rare Books and Manuscripts Library	Box 1
October 24, 1910	Typescript of speech given by Roosevelt in Ithaca, New York, along with photographs of the event.	Box 66
November 9, 1904	Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper showing post election day coverage of the Roosevelt win.	Mapcase K-3	Folder MSS collection
	Correspondence
September 23, 1926	Recipient: W. J. Crawford Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: William Roosevelt
November 17, 1926	Recipient: W. J. Crawford Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: William Roosevelt
October 25, 1883	Recipient: Unknown	Box 1	Folder ALS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 30, 1880	Recipient: Mr. Bryan	Box 1	Folder ALS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
March 12, 1889	Recipient: William George Pellew	Box 1	Folder ALS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 10, 1889	Recipient: William Potts	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
January 21, 1890	Recipient: L. P. Putnam	Box 1	Folder ALS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 21, 1892	Recipient: Brander	Box 1	Folder ANoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
August 7, 1895	Recipient: H. K. Carroll	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
October 9, 1895	Recipient: Joshua W. Caldwell	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 8, 1897	Recipient: T. A. Church	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 8, 1897	Recipient: W. H. Tolman	Box 1	Folder TNS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
September 30, 1897	Recipient: Laurence J. Hodes	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 24, 1897	Recipient: C. S. Devoy	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
January 17, 1898	Recipient: National Press Bureau	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
January 20, 1898	Recipient: D. McN. Stauffer	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 11, 1898	Recipient: Robert Underwood Johnson	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 17, 1898	Recipient: J.N. Smith	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
May 3, 1898	Recipient: Kurtz Eppley	Box 1	Folder TNS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
August 28, 1898	Recipient: James W. Clarke	Box 1	Folder ANOTES amanuensis
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
October 31, 1989	Recipient: J. N. Smith	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 19, 1898	Recipient: D. C. Heath	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
January 13, 1899	Recipient: George M. S. Bose	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 19, 1899	Recipient: Unknown	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 13, 1899	Recipient: D. Turner	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 3, 1900	Recipient: Gen. Horatio C. King	Box 1	Folder TL
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 5, 1900	Recipient: Gen. Edgar Daniel Sickles	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 6, 1900	Recipient: Ge. Horatio C. King	Box 1	Folder TL
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 7, 1900	Recipient: Gen. Horatio C. King	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt expresses regret that H.C. King will be resigning
February 12, 1900	Recipient: William H. Rideing	Box 1	Folder TNS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 10, 1900	Recipient: David B. SIckles	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 20, 1900	Recipient: William H. Rideing	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 28, 1901	Recipient: Edward Cary	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
May 6, 1901	Recipient: Fred J. Hutchinson	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
June 3, 1901	Recipient: Annie Nathan Meyer	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
July 31, 1901	Recipient: Major John Crane	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt The letter details Roosevelt's thoughts on the issue of removing Catholic friars from the Philippine Islands
September 10, 1902	Recipient: William H. Moody	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
September 9, 1903	Recipient: Benjamin Franklin Tracy	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
January 3, 1904	Recipient: Mrs. Johnson	Box 1	Folder ALS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 15, 1904	Recipient: M. Frederic Mistral	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
January 4, 1906	Recipient: Seymour Eaton	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 12, 1906	Recipient: Christine Walton Dunlap	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 6, 1906	Recipient: R. W. Gilder	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
May 12, 1906	Recipient: Davis	Box 1	Folder Facsimile
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 10, 1907	Recipient: Robert Bridges	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 11, 1907	Recipient: Henry A. Buchtel	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt discusses the conservation of the Nation's natural resources
February 2, 1908	Recipient: Gen. Horatio C. King	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
October 12, 1908	Recipient: John R. Mott	Box 1	Folder Printed L
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt A letter from President Roosevelt regarding the need for more men of ability to lead the aggressive forces of Christianity
June 27, 1910	Recipient: DeB. Randolph Keim	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
July 8, 1910	Recipient: Robert Underwood Johnson	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 15, 1910	Recipient: Mr. Jarrett	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 9, 1910	Recipient: James Carleton Young	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 23, 1910	Recipient: Edgar Solomon Shumway	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 2, 1911	Recipient: Charles A. Kofoid	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt Letter discussing a pamphlet on birds. Roosevelt disagrees with the explanation of why crows have only one dark coloring and no "protective variation"
August 22, 1911	Recipient: Robert Bridges	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 16, 1912	Recipient: George Parsons	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 21, 1913	Recipient: P. S. Ridsdale	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
May 7, 1913	Recipient: Charles R. Huntington	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
June 26, 1913	Recipient: R. M. Johnson	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
September 4, 1913	Recipient: W. E. Davenport	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
September 15, 1913	Recipient: R. M. Johnson	Box 1	Folder TNS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
March 18, 1915	Recipient: R. M. Johnson	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
November 29, 1915	Recipient: Jobiska Johnson	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
February 1, 1916	Recipient: Mac N. Miller	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 23, 1916	Recipient: Darwin C. Pavey	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
July 14, 1916	Recipient: Johnston	Box 1	Folder ANoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
August 24, 1916	Recipient: Jobiska Johnson	Box 1	Folder ALS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
June 5, 1917	Recipient: To the troops	Box 1	Folder Printed L
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt The teachings of the New Testament
November 26, 1917	Recipient: Warren Barbour	Box 1	Folder TLS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
April 1, 1918	Recipient: Jobiska Johnson	Box 1	Folder ANoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
June 1, 1918	Recipient: Earl H. Emmons	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
December 23, 1918	Recipient: Alfred Meyer	Box 1	Folder TNoteS
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt
	Recipient: Unknown	Box 1	Folder Letters (Duplicate photocopies)
	Sender: Theodore Roosevelt Contains photocopies of all letters
April 28, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: John Clark
July 31, 1956	Recipient: George Coffin	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to George Coffin
	Sender: W. J. Crawford, Junior
	Recipient: Unknown	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana
	Lists of the holdings of the Crawford Roosevelt Collection
	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: Willard I. Emerson A thank-you letter to the Crawford's for the gift of the Roosevelt Collection
October 21, 1926	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: James R. Garfield
February 7, 1955	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: Dean W. Malott
April 11, 1961	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Discusses a $20 gold coin given to the Smithsonian Institution by C.V.S. Roosevelt
April 10, 1961	Recipient: Dr. Leonard Carmichael	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana; Letters to W. J. Crawford, Jr.
	Sender: Cornelius Van S. Roosevelt Letter to the Smithsonian from C. V. S. Roosevelt
December 14, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
	Recipient: Unknown	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
December 17, 1921	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
January 10, 1922	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
December 14, 1922	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
January 10, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
January 10, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
March 2, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
April 16, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
May 16, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
July 13, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
December 7, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
December 7, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
December 29, 1923	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail Thank you from the Trustees of the Roosevelt Memorial Association for the gift of two original cartoons of Roosevelt
January 18, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
April 2, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
April 2, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
April 23, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
June 9, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
July 9, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
July 27, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
October 29, 1924	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
March 17, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
	Recipient: Unknown	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Image of Roosevelt Bust
April 14, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
April 30, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
June 26, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
July 8, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
July 15, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
November 10, 1925	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
November 15, 1952	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
December 3, 1952	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail List of Roosevelt material mentioned in the 12/3/1952 letter (4 pages)
May 16, 1953	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail
May 16, 1953	Recipient: W. J. Crawford, Junior	Box 1	Folder Rooseveltiana: Letters
	Sender: Robert William Glenroie Vail negative copy of 5/16/1953 letter discussing an appraisal
	Miscellaneous letter fragments and autograph cards
	Letter, Card #62	Box 1	Folder ANS
	Autograph Card #63	Box 1	Folder Autographs
	Autograph Card #64 Printed on card: Sagamore Hill	Box 1	Folder Autographs
	Autograph Card #65 Printed on card: White House, Washington	Box 1	Folder Autohgraphs
	Letter Fragment #66 Letter to The Right Honorable Lord Curzon	Box 1	Folder Fragments
	Letter Fragment #67 Letter to Reverend Dr. Frank K. Sanders	Box 1	Folder Fragments
	Letter Fragment #68 Fragment of a letter discussing Socialism in America	Box 1	Folder Fragments
	Letter Fragment #69 Letter of apology	Box 1	Folder Fragments
	Steiff "Teddy" bear, Knopf Im Ohr.	Box 2

Guide to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection,1883-1953 [(bulk 1883-1918)]

Collection Number: 4652

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection,
1883-1953 [(bulk 1883-1918)]

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library