Theodore Roosevelt diaries and notebooks
Overview
Diaries and notebooks of American president Theodore Roosevelt.
Dates
- Creation: 1868-1914
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 most of this material. Most of this collection is open for research.
MS Am 1454.57 Restricted: fragile; use surrogate. For access to original consult curatorial staff.
Extent
2 linear feet (29 volumes)Includes childhood natural history notebooks, account book from one of Roosevelt’s Dakota ranches, and diaries, notably from childhood trips to Europe, his first full year at Harvard College (1877), the end of his ranching career (1886), the War of 1898, occasional hunting trips (1901, 1905), and his post-presidential African safari and European tour (1909-1910); also a notebook of the Dresden Literary American Club, 1873.
Biographical / Historical
Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
Arrangement
Organized in call-number order. Diaries are arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
43M-818-826, 43M-828 (1). Deposited by the Theodore Roosevelt Estate; received: 1943.
43M-867 and 43M-868. Presented by the Theodore Roosevelt Association; received: 1943.
No accession number, MS Am 1454.57. Presented by the Theodore Roosevelt Association; date unknown.
Bibliography
The boyhood natural history notebooks of Theodore Rooseveltin Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, Spring, 1982.
- Theodore Roosevelt's diaries of boyhood and youth. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1928.
- Paul Russell Cutright.
The boyhood natural history notebooks of Theodore Roosevelt
in Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, Spring, 1982.
Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Person)
- Title
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Theodore Roosevelt diaries and notebooks, 1868-1914: Guide.
- Author
- Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- Sponsor
- Digital content funded by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University.
- EAD ID
- trc00021
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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