Roosevelt Family Collection, 1911-1959

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Roosevelt family

Collector:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Title:

Roosevelt Family Collection

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/zp38wc650

Dates:

1911-1959

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of several members of the Roosevelt family.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of selected correspondence and documents of several members of the Roosevelt family. Included are one autograph letter and one typed letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Casper Whitney, dated 19 January 1911 and 13 July 1913. In his first letter, Roosevelt mentions Frederick Selous, the famous game hunter and explorer who had led him on an African safari. There is an undated letter from Roosevelt to a "Mr. Howard," apologizing for not being able to attend a Press Club dinner. There is one typed letter by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., oldest son of the president, to Ernest C. Whitton regarding his health. Also included is a calling card from Eleanor Butler Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.) sent to Mrs. W. L. Christianson, with envelope dated 15 August 1923, accompanied by two holograph Bible quotations, one dating from 1764. Included is a signed photograph (heliogravure print) of Franklin D. Roosevelt, inscribed to Mrs. Burridge Butler. There are five typed letters (1941,1959) by Eleanor Roosevelt to a "Mr. Davis" and another (9 April 1948) by her to John E. Weaver regarding the arrangement of a meeting. In addition, there are several blank membership forms for the "Roosevelt Memorial Association."

An additional accession consists of five letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt to William Edwards (1932-1941).

Collection Creator Biography:

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States--the youngest president in the country's history--and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement. He had five children from his second marriage: Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel Carow, Archibald Bulloch, and Quentin. He was the godfather and favorite uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt, whom he gave away in marriage to their fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on 17 March 1905. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.

Collection History

Acquisition:

The letter to Mr. Howard was a gift of E. H. White, Jr., Princeton Class of 1910, on November 3, 1960 .

The five letters to Mr. Davis were the gift of J. Lionburger Davis.

The letter to Mr. Weaver was given by Frederick L. Arnold, on November 2, 1971 .

The photograph of F. D. Roosevelt was the gift of Mrs. Hamilton Cottier, on October 12, 1979 .

The calling card was the gift of Bruce C. Willsie, Princeton Class of 1986, on November 22, 1991 .

The letters to Casper Whitney were transferred from Rare Books, where they had been laid in Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trials: An Account of the African Wandersings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.

Custodial History

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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