Theodore Roosevelt clipping scrapbooks
Overview
Scrapbooks of clippings about Theodore Roosevelt and his father, with annotations by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1899
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1881-1899
Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
5 linear feet (11 volumes (boxed), 1 box loose clippings)Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, chiefly from New York City, relating to Theodore Roosevelt and to a lesser extent his father, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. The scrapbooks include manuscript annotations in various hands, including those of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. All loose clippings have been removed from volumes, due to fragility, and are stored in a separate box. Loose clippings have been digitally captured in the order they were found between pages.
Cover/spine labels on the albums are in the hand of R. W. G. Vail.
Biographical / Historical
Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by volume:
- Volume 1: 1862-1874 (T.R. Sr.), 1885-1896
- Volume 2: 1881-1883
- Volume 3: 1882
- Volume 4: 1882-1883
- Volume 5: 1882-1884
- Volume 6: 1883-1884, 1892-1894
- Volume 7: 1884-1891
- Volume 8: 1895-1898
- Volume 9: 1897-1898
- Volumes 10-11: 1899
- Box of loose clippings
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Volumes 1-2, 4-5, 7. Gift of Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt (i.e., to the Roosevelt Memorial Association); received: 1923 February 7. Volume 4 also marked: "through the Library of Congress."
The Roosevelt class was originally the major part of the Roosevelt Memorial Library, assembled 1920-1923 by the Roosevelt Memorial Association (since 1953, Theodore Roosevelt Association) and kept at Roosevelt House, the restored Theodore Roosevelt birthplace in New York City, until presented to Harvard University in 1943. Additional items in this class were added by gifts from the association, the Roosevelt family, and others, and by purchase.
General note
- Scrap-books.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1831-1878.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--1881.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Assemblyman, 1882-1884.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Police Commissioner, 1895-1897.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1898.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Colonel of Rough Riders, 1898.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Governor, 1899-1900.
- Gracie, Anna Louisa (Bulloch), 1833-1893, compiler.
- Roosevelt, Edith Kermit (Carow), 1861-1948, compiler.
Processing Information
Finding aid reformatted by: Bonnie B. Salt in 2014.
Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Person)
- Title
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Theodore Roosevelt clipping scrapbooks, 1862-1899: Guide.
- Author
- Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- Sponsor
- Digital content funded by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University and the Ratus Lee Kelly Fund for Houghton Library.
- EAD ID
- trc00050
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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