Theodore Roosevelt Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2009 Revised 2011 September Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009253 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm73038299 Prepared by Manuscript Division staff Collection Summary Title: Theodore Roosevelt Papers Span Dates: 1759-1993 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1878-1919) ID No.: MSS38299 Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Extent: 276,000 items ; 952 containers plus 9 oversize ; 282 linear feet ; 485 microfilm reels Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: President and vice president of the United States, United States civil service commissioner, governor of New York, author, and conservationist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, executive orders, family papers, press releases and proclamations, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the political, social, and cultural history of Roosevelt's life and presidency. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922--Correspondence. Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927--Correspondence. Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926--Correspondence. Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928--Correspondence. Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921--Correspondence. Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941--Correspondence. Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922--Correspondence. Burroughs, John, 1837-1921--Correspondence. Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947--Correspondence. Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Correspondence. Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909--Correspondence. Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940--Correspondence. Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935--Correspondence. Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950--Correspondence. Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940--Correspondence. Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909--Correspondence. Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904--Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905--Correspondence. Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932--Correspondence. Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921--Correspondence. La Farge, Christopher, 1897-1956--Correspondence. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924--Correspondence. Low, Seth, 1850-1916--Correspondence. Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914--Correspondence. McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925--Correspondence. McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Correspondence. Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917--Correspondence. O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949--Correspondence. Odell, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Barker), 1854-1926--Correspondence. Peabody, Endicott, 1857-1944--Correspondence. Perkins, George W. (George Walbridge), 1862-1920--Correspondence. Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence. Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910--Correspondence. Theodore Roosevelt Papers 2 Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912--Correspondence. Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914--Correspondence. Roosevelt family--Correspondence. Roosevelt family. Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence. Sewell, William W.--Correspondence. Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947--Correspondence. Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908--Correspondence. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence. Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928--Correspondence. Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962--Correspondence. Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Correspondence. Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927--Correspondence. White, William Allen, 1868-1944--Correspondence. Willis, John, 1857-1944--Correspondence. Wister, Owen, 1860-1938--Correspondence. Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927--Correspondence. Organizations United States. Civil Service Commission. Subjects Police administration--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century. Places New York (State)--Politics and government. United States--Politics and government--1897-1901. United States--Politics and government--1901-1909. United States--Politics and government--20th century. United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945. Occupations Authors--New York (State) Conservationists--New York (State) Governors--New York (State) Presidents--United States. Public officials--United States. Vice-Presidents--United States. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Theodore Roosevelt, president and vice president of the United States, United States civil service commissioner, governor of New York, author, and conservationist, were given to the Library by Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Additional material was received by gift, transfer, and purchase, 1939-2002. Processing History The Theodore Roosevelt Papers were arranged, indexed, and microfilmed in 1969. Subsequent additions were processed in three segments between 1979 and 2004. Material received from 1964 to 1983 was processed as Addition I between 1979 and 1983. Material received between 1986 and 1996 was processed as Addition II in 1997. Material received from 1999 to Theodore Roosevelt Papers 3 2002 was processed in 2004 as Addition III. In 2009 the finding aid was expanded by including description of the main collection from the published index. Additional Guides The microfilm edition of these papers (not including additions) is indexed in the Index to the Theodore Roosevelt Papers (Washington, D.C.: 1969), prepared as part of the President's Papers Index Series. The index, in three volumes, is available online in PDF( [volume 1], [volume 2], and [volume 3]); and page view( [volume 1], [volume 2], and [volume 3]) versions. Transfers Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some illustrations and photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps have been transferred to the Geography and Maps Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Copyright Status The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Theodore Roosevelt is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Access and Restrictions The papers of Theodore Roosevelt are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1858, Oct. 27 Born, New York, N.Y. 1880 B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Married Alice Hathaway Lee (died 1884) 1882 Published The Naval War of 1812. New York: Putnam 1882-1884 Member, New York State Assembly 1886 Married Edith Kermit Carow Published Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1887 Published Life of Thomas Hart Benton. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. 1888 Published Gouverneur Morris. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Published Essays on Practical Politics. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1889-1895 Commissioner, United States Civil Service 1889-1896 Published The Winning of the West. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1891 Published New York. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. Theodore Roosevelt Papers 4 1893 Published The Wilderness Hunter. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1895 President, Board of Police Commissioners, New York, N.Y. 1897 Assistant secretary of the navy Published American Ideals, and Other Essays, Social and Political. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1898 Organized First Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry, known as "Roosevelt's Rough Riders," and commissioned lieutenant colonel 1899 Published Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons Published The Rough Riders. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1899-1901 Governor of New York 1900 Published Oliver Cromwell. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1901 Inaugurated vice president of the United States Published The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses. New York: Century Co. 1901-1909 President of the United States 1905 Published Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1906 Nobel Prize for Peace for the mediating end of the Russo-Japanese War Published A Square Deal. Allendale, N.J.: Allendale Press 1909 Published Hunting the Grizzly and Other Sketches. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1910 African expedition of big game hunting and scientific exploration for the Smithsonian Institution Published African Game Trails, An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter- Naturalist. New York: C. Scribner's Sons Published The New Nationalism. New York: The Outlook Co. 1912 Organized Progressive "Bull Moose" Party; nominated as presidential candidate President, American Historical Association 1913 Headed expedition to South America Published Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography. New York: Macmillan 1914 Published Through the Brazilian Wilderness. New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1914-1918