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Finding Aid for Theodore Roosevelt collection of papers, 1903-[1919]

Guide to the Theodore Roosevelt collection of papers, 1871-[1919]

Berg Coll MSS Roosevelt, T
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Processed by:
Staff
Date Completed:
2006
Encoded By:
Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider
Processed and encoded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Theodore Roosevelt collection of papers, 1871-[1919]
Creator
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Roosevelt, T
Size
29 items
Repository
The New York Public Library.
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.New York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States, the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize, and a writer of travel literature, biographies, historiographies, essays, and literary criticism.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence. The manuscripts and typescripts include essays by Roosevelt and by Samuel Langhorne Clemens about Roosevelt. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from 1903 to 1918, to Padraic Colum, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory, and W. T. H. Howe, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1903 to [1919], between various correspondents, including William F. Bailey, Francis Warrington Dawson, Lady Gregory, Percival Pollard, John Rhys, and Edith Kermit Roosevelt. There are letters to Roosevelt from Samuel Langhorne Clemens and George William Curtis, dating from 1871 to [1902].

Container List Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts and Typescripts Table of Contents
   
Manuscripts and Typescripts written by Roosevelt Table of Contents
Oversize (+)     
Trusts, the people and the square deal. Typescript and holograph
[1911]
typescripts
( 27 p. )

Accompanied by the printed text, The Outlook. Nov. 18, 1911, p. 649-656. Reprinted in the autobiography of 1921 as Appendix A. Y.

   
Manuscripts and Typescripts relating to Roosevelt Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
[Clemens, S. L.] Brief biography of the Government [ie. Theodore Roosevelt] To the editor of Harper's weekly. Holograph. Mutilated
[1904]
ms.
( 4 p. )

Signed "Constant reader"; B.

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Colum, Padraic. ALS to
1918 Apr. 17
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1903 June 8
corr. out
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. LS to
1904 Feb. 9
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. LS to
1905 Jan. 3
corr. out
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1905 Jan. 31
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1906 Sept. 25
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1910 Apr. 2
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1910 Apr. 24
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1910 May 31
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1910 June 8
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1911 Oct. 23
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1911 Nov. 17
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1911 Nov. 21
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1913 Feb. 15
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1913 Mar. 4
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1913 Mar. 14
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. Holograph inscription on fly-leaf to
1915 Mar. 30
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Signed

Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1916 Dec. 27
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse]. TLS to
1917 July 23
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Cased     
Howe, W. T. H. ALS to
1916 Jan. 10
corr. out
( 1 p. )

H.

   
Incoming Correspondence Table of Contents
Oversize (+)     
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. ALS to [Theodore] Roosevelt
[1902] Aug. 11
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

H.

Manuscript box     
Curtis, George William. ALS to Roosevelt
1871 Jan. 3
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Gregory)     
Bailey, William F. ALS to Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse] Gregory. Mentions Theodore Roosevelt
1905 Jan. 7
related corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box (Pollard)     
Dawson, Francis Warrington. ALS, postcard to Percival Pollard. Letter of Aug. 2, 1909 mentions Theodore Roosevelt
1909 Aug. 2; 1910 Mar. 18
related corr.
( 2 items )

On verso of postcard is photograph of Dawson in British East Africa, July 1909

Manuscript box (Gregory)     
Rhys, John. ALS to Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse] Gregory. Mentions Theodore Roosevelt
1903 Dec. 23
related corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box (Roosevelt, T.)     
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit. ALS to Lady [Isabella Augusta Persse] Gregory
[1919 Feb. 9]
related corr.
( 1 p. )

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