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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1945

Theodore Roosevelt correspondence with William Roscoe Thayer

Overview

Correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and American author and editor, William Roscoe Thayer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1884-1919

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

.2 linear feet (1 volume)

Typescript and autograph manuscript correspondence primarily about Thayer's publications. Includes acknowledgements to Thayer by Ethel Roosevelt Derby of sympathy note written after Quentin Roosevelt's death and by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt after Theodore Roosevelt's death. Many envelopes are retained.

Also includes: letter from Roosevelt to Lindley Miller Garrison; letter from Thayer to Roosevelt; notes by Thayer; and a typescript carbon list of contents, marked "For Houghton", and signed by N. E. Cordingley, 1947 August 14.

Biographical / Historical

William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923) was an American author and editor. He graduated from Harvard with an AB in 1881, became editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine in 1892, and was a biographer of Roosevelt.. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) received an AB from Harvard College in 1880, and later became the 26th president of the United States.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author, then chronologically.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

47M-5. Bequest of Mrs. Southworth Lancaster, through Dr. Osborn, 7 Craigie Circle, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts; received: 1947 July.

Mrs. Southworth Lancaster was Thayer's daughter.

Processing Information

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Title
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Theodore Roosevelt correspondence with William Roscoe Thayer, 1884-1919: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Description rules
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Language of description
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EAD ID
hou02062

Repository Details

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