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Theodore Roosevelt COMMITTEE O N THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers I Processed: MA, IB Date: 1/23/56 THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858 - 1919) The papers of Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Lieutenant Colonel of the Rough Riders in the SpanishAmerican War, Governor of itew York, Vice President and then President of the United States, were mostly presented to the Library of Congress between 1919 and 1939 by Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt. Additional supplementary material came to the Library between 1932 and 1950 from various sources. Measure of size: 608 boxes Approximate number of items: The main body of the papers may be used under Library restrictions. Some supplementary material is restricted. The New York Public Library also has a major collection of Roosevelt papers. Other papers are in: Harvard College Library, Mass. Historical Society, boston Public Library, Yale Univ. Library, Columbia Univ. Library, K. Y. Historical Society, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Cornell Univ. Library, Univ. of Rochester Library, Hayes Memorial Library, William L. Clements Library, Michigan Historical Collections (Univ. of Michigan), Illinois State Historical Library, Henry E. Huntington Library, Bancroft Library, and many other depositories. Theodore Roosevelt II - 2 Biographical i\!ote I858, Oct. 27 Born, Uev York 1880 A.B., Harvard 1880, Oct. 27 Married Alice Hathaway (d. I884J 1886, Dec. 2 Married Edith Kermit 1882-84. Member, «ev York Legislature 1886 Candidate for Mayor of New York 1889-95 u. S. Civil Service Commissioner 1895-97 President, iMew York Boiice board 1897-98 Assistant Secretary of the iNavy 1898 Organized, with Surgeon Leonard Wood, 1st U. S. Cavalry (Roosevelt's Rough Riders). Lt. Colonal of regiment which distinguished itself in Cuba, promoted to Colonel. 1899-1900 Governor of Uev York State 1900-01 Vice President of the United States (Republican) 1901-05 President of U. S. after death of President William McKinley. Elected President of U. S., elected by largest popular majority ever accorded a candidate 1905-09 1909-iA ContriDuting editor, "The Outlook" 1912, 1916 Progressive Party candidate for President of U. S. In 1916 declined in favor of Charles Evans Hughes 1919, Jan. 6 Died Author of: See: (See next page) Vho Was Who i n America, 1897-1942, v o l . I , Marquis '-Theodore Roosevelt II Biographical Note (continued) Autaor of: Winning of the West, 1889-96. History of the Naval War of_ 1812. 1882. Life of Gouverneur Morris. 1887. History of New York. 1890. American Ideals and Other E^_say_s. 1897. The Rougn Riders. 1899. Life of Oliver Cromwell. 1900. Works (8 vols.). 1902. True Americanism; African and. European Addresses. 1910. The New Nationalism. 1910. Realizable Ideals (the Earl lectures). 1912. History as literature and Qtner Essays. 1913• Theodore Roosevelt, an Autobiography. 1913• America and the World War. 1915National Strength and International Duty (Stafford Little lectures, Princeton Univ.). 1917. Many other books, particularly on hunting and wild life. t 1 Tneodore Roosevelt III - A rjote on Contents These papers are probably more important for the .Light they may shed on the Money Trust hearings than on Federal Reserve material as such. Papers related to the 1912 campaign may be revealing in so far as Repuoiican - Democratic differences on the monetary plank in the tvo platforms are contained. The Library of Congress nas a "temporary register," with a &8 page description of series and container list. There is also a card file of Personal Presidential Papers. *
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