Roescuelt, Theodore Theodore Roosevelt Collection - The Houghton Library Web Site Page 1 of 6 RCL HOME HOL LIBRARIES HCL SEARCH SITE INDEX HOLLIS HOUGHTON LIBRARY of the Harsend College Library SEARCH CO Theodore Roosevelt ABOUT HOUGHTON HARVARD COLLEGE Collection SERVICES AT HOUGETON LIBRARY CONDUCTING RESEARCH The Theodore Roosevelt WHAT'S NEW An HOUGHTON Collection, housed in Harvard's Houghton and PUBLIC PROGRAMS Widener libraries, is a major HARVARD LIBRARY BULLETIN resource for study of the life and times of the twenty-sixth HARVARD REVIEW president of the United States. THEODORE ROOSEVELT COLLECTION The collection originated as a research library opened in THE New York City by the ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL Roosevelt Memorial ASSOCIATION Association in 1923. It was 1943 presented by that organization (known since 1956 as the Theodore Roosevelt Association) to Harvard University in 1943. Wallace Finley Dailey Curator Telephone: 617.384.7938 Facsimile: 617.495.1376 Mail: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138. Email (noncorporate only--no attachments): wfdailey@@fas.harvard.edu Access Origins Scope and Holdings Holdings: Roosevelt Manuscripts Holdings: Other Archival Resources Holdings: Publications Holdings: Pictures Holdings: Ephemera Guides and Collection Publications Exhibitions Reproduction of Collection Materials http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/roosevelt.html 12/31/2002 Theodore Roosevelt Collection - The Houghton Library Web Site Page 2 of 6 Access Publications, much printed ephemera, and some archival files constitute the Roosevelt class, shelved--except for rare, fragile, unbound, scrapbook, and manuscript items-- adjacent to the Theodore Roosevelt Reading Alcove at the 4SW corner of the stacks of Widener Library in Harvard Yard. Stack access is by Harvard ID, or, for visitors, through the collection curator. All other collection materials are kept in the adjoining Houghton Library, for use in its reading room by application there or by arrangement with the curator. Registration in the Houghton Reading Room (M-F 9-5, Sat 9-1) requires two forms of personal identification. Researchers coming from outside Harvard to use the collection are strongly urged to contact the curator beforehand. TOP Origins The collection began as the Roosevelt Memorial Library, assembled from the results of a nationwide drive launched by the Roosevelt Memorial Association (founded 1919), and opened to the public in 1923 at Roosevelt House, TR's birthplace on Manhattan's Lower East Side as restored by the companion Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association. The Roosevelt Memorial Association donated the library to TR's alma mater in 1943, and (since 1956 as the Theodore Roosevelt Association) has actively supported its continued growth at Harvard. It is administered through the Houghton Library as a special collection of the Harvard College Library, that unit of the university's library system serving the instructional and research needs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. TOP Scope and Holdings The writings, career, family, and associates of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919): Harvard graduate (Class of 1880), New York State assemblyman, federal civil service commissioner, New York City police commissioner, assistant secretary of the Navy, colonel of the Rough Riders (Spanish-American War), governor of New York, vice- president and then twenty-sixth president of the United States, founder of the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party: rancher, hunter, explorer; student of natural, military, and Western frontier history: and author--the most prolific among the American presidents. For an overview of collection holdings and finding aids, consult Harvard's online library catalog. HOLLIS. Search for the "title": theodore roosevelt collection summary and proceed as directed for detailed descriptions. Abstracts of these descriptions are found below. TOP http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/roosevelt.html 12/31/2002 Theodore Roosevelt Collection - The Houghton Library Web Site Page 3 of 6 Holdings: Roosevelt Manuscripts Personal papers (25,000 items) include TR's childhood and travel diaries; juvenilia; personal prepresidential scrapbooks; speech, article, and book drafts; and letters, chiefly to his family: parents, sisters Anna Cowles and Corinne Robinson, wives Alice and Edith, and children, notably his son Kermit and daughter Ethel. Additional Roosevelt family correspondence and diaries are found in the papers of both sisters, TR's wife Edith, daughter Ethel Derby, and son Archibald. The Harvard collection complements Roosevelt holdings of the Library of Congress, which has the TR presidential collection (letterpress copies of outgoing mail and incoming mail--largely official and presidential or postpresidential, presidential scrapbooks and appointment diaries, and diaries for 1878-1884, all available on microfilm at Harvard); papers of TR's children Alice Longworth, Theodore, Jr., and Kermit, and additional papers of Archibald; also some early Roosevelt materials. Papers of TR's brother, Elliott, are at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, N.Y. For further details consult Harvard's online library catalog, HOLLIS. Search by "title" for: theodore roosevelt collection manuscripts theodore roosevelt papers theodore roosevelt collection manuscripts roosevelt family papers TOP Holdings: Other Archival Resources Other primary source materials include: copies of manuscripts in other repositories, notably source files for The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt (Harvard University Press, 1951-1954, 8 vols.) an exhaustive ms. bibliography of TR's writings; chronologies; a chronological file of speech texts: interviews with contemporaries; research notes and book drafts of TR biographers O'Laughlin, Leary, Thayer. Hagedorn, Pringle, Putnam, and Chessman: subject files of various source materials by topic and by period of TR's career correspondence. committee minutes, platform drafts, convention proceedings. membership lists. and financial records of the Progressive Party (1912-1916) papers of Philadelphia Progressive editor Edwin Van Valkenburg. For further details consult Harvard's online library catalog, HOLLIS. Search by "title" for: theodore roosevelt collection manuscript copies theodore roosevelt collection ancillary archival resources theodore roosevelt collection progressive party archives theodore roosevelt collection manuscripts van valkenburg papers http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/roosevelt.html 12/31/2002 Theodore Roosevelt Collection - The Houghton Library Web Site Page 4 of 6 Top Holdings: Publications The book collection (12,000 volumes, updated annually) is maintained to be as comprehensive a set as possible of published writings by and about Theodore Roosevelt. TR's own works include collected sets, individual editions, letters, diaries, speeches, articles, editorials, contributions to books, books with TR forewords or introductions, anthologies, and translations. Secondary works include reviews of TR's writings, bibliographies, general and special biographies, reminiscences of contemporaries, books dedicated to TR, works by and about members of the Roosevelt family, contemporary documentation and later treatments of each stage of TR's career, memorial publications, fiction, poetry, drama, biographies of associates and other contemporaries, related works of American history, histories and publications of American political parties. and files of contemporary periodicals. Formats include monographs. dissertations. periodical articles, pamphlets, society publications. and printed ephemera. For further details consult Harvard's online library catalog. HOLLIS. Search by "title" for: theodore roosevelt collection publications Tor Holdings: Pictures Photographs (11,000) document TR's public and private life, family, homes, and memorials, with particularly extensive background on the Dakota ranching years (1880s), Spanish-American War, African safari of 1909-1910, and South American expedition of 1913-1914. There are formal portraits, newsreel stills, family and souvenir albums, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, panoramic views, and lantern slides. Picture files also include lithographs. blueprints, drawings, and watercolors. Political cartoons (4,000) spanning thirty-five years of TR's public career are found as anthologies. periodical runs, periodical and newspaper clippings and clipping scrapbooks. and original drawings. For further details consult Harvard's online library catalog. HOLLIS. Search by "title" for: theodore roosevelt collection visual materials theodore roosevelt collection political cartoons Top http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/roosevelt.html 12/31/2002 Theodore Roosevelt Collection - The Houghton Library Web Site Page 5 of 6 Holdings: Ephemera Printed ephemera include campaign literature, broadsides, and newspaper clippings in mounted, collected, and scrapbook form. There are files of diplomas and certificates, sheet music, picture postcards, invitations, programs, banquet menus, campaign buttons and ribbons, and other souvenir artifacts. For further details consult Harvard's online library catalog, HOLLIS. Search by "title" for: theodore roosevelt collection ephemera Tor Guides and Collection Publications The Roosevelt class is catalogued on cards in the Widener Theodore Roosevelt Reading Alcove, published as: Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Dictionary Catalogue and Shelflist (1970, 5 vols.: supplement, 1986)--available for sale (main work: $400; supplement: $50 unbound, $200 bound). Books and many other printed items (nearly 6,000) are individually cataloged in HOLLIS as well. Manuscripts are listed in a set of indexed inventories available in the Houghton Reading Room: The Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Manuscript Accession Records of the Houghton Library (1979, 3 vols.; supplement, 1985), published in microfiche as part of the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (4.93.93). A Guide to the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, surveys the collection alphabetically by genre/material category and describes materials not included in the two catalogs cited above. along with associated special finding aids. It is available in the Widener Theodore Roosevelt Reading Alcove and the Houghton Reading Room: copies are also for sale ($10). An introductory leaflet is available on request. Published in 1998 and still available ($30): Pocket Diary, 1898: Theodore Roosevelt's Private Account of the War with Spain; a Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Accompanied by Extracts from His Published Recollections and Illustrated with Photographs. Edited by Wallace Finley Dailey. Foreword by Tweed Roosevelt. Introduction by John Morton Blum. ORDERS FOR ALL COLLECTION PUBLICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CURATOR. Tor Exhibitions The Theodore Roosevelt Gallery (M-F 9-4.45). with periodically changing displays of collection materials. is located in the Nathan Marsh Pusey Library between Widener and Houghton libraries. It is most directly accessed through the lower entrance to Lamont Library. to the right of the back entrance to Widener Library. Tor htp://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/roosevelt.htm 12/31/2002 Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association Page 1 of 2 Theodore Roosevelt Association CONSERVATIONIST Life of Theodore Rooseve " .The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others." Address to the Deep Waterway Convention, Memphis, Tennessee, October 4, 1907 One of President Theodore Roosevelt's most lasting and significant contributions to the world was the permanent preservation of the some of the most unique natural resources of the United States. According to the National Geographic, the area of the United States placed under public protection by Theodore Roosevelt, as National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations, comes to a total of approximately 230,000,000 acres or about 84,000 acres per day! Follow these links to find what the areas preserved and activities for conservation include: 150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 National Game Preserves 5 National Parks 18 National Monuments 24 Reclamation Projects 7 Conservation Conferences and Commissions As Governor of New York TR visits Naturalist John Burroughs Learn more about the Antiquities Act which TR signed into law. We continuously add links to conservation lands. If you know about a website we should consider for linking, please contact the webmaster at trinfo@cs.com "In utilizing and conserving the natural resources of the Nation, the one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight. The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life." Address to the National Editorial Association, http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conservation.htm 8/12/2009 Conservationist I neodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association Page 1 of 2 Theodore Roosevelt Association CONSERVATIONIST Life of Theodore Roosevelt 150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 National Game Preserves 5 National Parks 18 National Monuments 24 Reclaimation Projects 7 Conservation Conferences and Commissions As Governor of New York TR visits Naturalist John Burroughs Preserving the Grand Canyon National Theodore Roosevelt signed the "Act for the Preservation of American Monuments Antiquities," also known as the Antiquities Act or the National created by Theodore Roosevelt Monuments Act, on June 8, 1906. The law authorized the President at his 1. Devils Tower, Wyoming, September 24, 1906. discretion to "declare by public 2. El Morro, New Mexico, December 8, 1906. 3. Montezuma Castle, Arizona, proclamation historic landmarks, historic December 8, 1906. and prehistoric structures, and other 4. Petrified Forest, Arizona, December 8, 1906.* objects of historic and scientific interest 5. Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, March 11, 1907. 6. Lassen Peak, California, May 6, 1907. * that are situated upon lands owned or controlled by the Government of the 7. Cinder Cone, California, May 6, 1907.* 8. Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico, United States to be National November 16, 1907. Monuments." TR established the first 18 9. Tonto, Arizona, December 19, 1907. National Monuments. No President since 10. Muir Woods, California, January 9, 1908. has matched this record. 11. Grand Canyon, Arizona, January 11, 1908* 12. Pinnacles, California, January 16, 1908. 13. Jewel Cave, South Dakota, February 7, 1908. Chalmette Monument and Grounds, the 14. Natural Bridges, Utah, April 16, 1908. site of much of the Battle of New 15. Lewis & Clark, Montana, May 11, 1908 Orleans, and of a later cemetery for (later given to the State of Montana).* veterans, was also established under the 16. Tumacacori, Arizona, September 15, 1908. Roosevelt ad- ministration, on March 4, 17. Wheeler, Colorado, December 7, 1908 (given to the Forest Service in 1950). ** 1907. Chalmette National Historic Park, 18. Mount Olympus, Washington, March 2, 1909. as it is now known, is located in St. Ber nard Parish, Louisiana, near the city of * Now part of National Parks. New Orleans. **Abolished as a National Monument. The list of TR's National Monuments includes some of the greatest natural http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatMonument.htm 8/12/2009 Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association Page 2 of 2 wonders and prehistoric remains in the United States. Roosevelt's philosophy on the preservation of natural wonders was " All the great natural resources which are vital to the welfare of summed up in remarks he made at the the whole people should be kept Grand Canyon in 1903: either in the hands or under the control of the whole people." "In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which, so The Outlook, April 20, 1912. far as I know, is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. Keep this great wonder of nature as it is. You can not improve it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it." We continuously add links to conservation lands. If you know about a website we should consider for linking, please contact the webmaster at trinfo@cs.com Note: The status, borders, names, and other details about the projects and areas mentioned in these lists have changed over the years. For instance, some National monuments are now parts of National Parks, while the borders and names of National Forests have been changed in some cases. Compiled and edited from research done by the National Geographic Society and The Theodore Roosevelt Association staff. Copyright November 2005 all rights reserved Theodore Roosevelt Association. Top PREV HOME NEXT http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatMonument.htn 8/12/2009 Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association Page 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt Association CONSERVATIONIST Life of Theodore Roosevet 150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 National Game Preserves 5 National Parks 18 National Monuments 24 Reclamation Projects 7 Conservation Conferences and Commissions As Governor of New York TR visits Naturalist John Burroughs Conservation Commissions and Conferences under the Roosevelt Administration 1901-1909 Top 1.) The Public Lands Commission was appointed by TR on October 22, 1903 to study public land policy and laws. The findings of the commission helped lead to new government regulations of the use of open range and federal lands. 2.) The Inland Waterways Commission was appointed by TR on March 14, 1907 to study the river systems of the United States, the development of water power, flood control, and land reclamation. 3 The Conference of Governors, called by Roosevelt to consider the problems of conservation, met at the White House May 13-15, 1908, attended by the governors of the states and territories, the members of the Supreme Court and the Cabinet, scientists, and various national leaders. The governors adopted a declaration supporting conservation, and the conference led to the appointment of 38 state conservation commissions. This 1908 meeting was the beginning of the annual governors' conferences. 4.) The National Conservation Commission, appointed by TR on June 8, 1908 as a result of the Conference of Governors, prepared the first inventory of the natural resources of the United States. The commission was divided into four sections, water, forests, lands, and minerals, each section having a chairman, and with Gifford Pinchot as chairman of the executive committee. 5 The Country Life Commission was appointed by TR in August, 1908, with Liberty Hyde Bailey, director of the College of Agriculture at Cornell, as chairman, to study the status of rural life. When Congress refused to appropriate funds to print the commission's historic report, the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane, Washington, published the report. http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conConf.htm 8/12/2009 Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association Page 2 of 3 6.) The Joint Conservation Congress met in December, 1908, to receive the three- volume report of the National Conservation Commission. The congress was attended by 20 governors, representatives of 22 state conservation commissions, and leaders from various national organizations. 7.) The North American Conservation Conference convened at Roosevelt's invitation in the White House on February 18, 1909, and after a session of five days adopted a declaration of principles. The congress called for an international conservation conference, an idea which TR endorsed; but no such meeting was held. TR decided to call this continental conference after the successes of the Conference of Governors and the Joint Conservation Congress. In his call for the conference, TR said: "It is evident that natural resources are not limited by the boundary lines which separate nations, and that the need for conserving them upon this continent is as wide as the area upon which they exist." Roosevelt made much innovative use of study commissions. He appointed a total of six, including the four on conservation. These were volunteer commissions, "carried on without a cent of pay to the men themselves, and wholly without cost to the Government," as TR stressed. In reaction to the flood of legislative and policy recommendations resulting from the commissions, Congress in 1909 forbade the President to appoint any further commissions without Congressional authorization. Roosevelt's other work for conservation as President included the withdrawal of coal, mineral, oil, phosphate, and water-power site lands from private exploitation. "We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life." "Arbor Day-A Message to the School-Children of the United States," April 15, 1907. We continuously add links to conservation lands. If you know about a website we should consider for linking, please contact the webmaster at trinfo@cs.com Note: The status, borders, names, and other details about the projects and areas mentioned in these lists have changed over the years. For instance, some National monuments are now parts of National Parks, while the borders and names of National Forests have been changed in some cases. Compiled and edited from research done by the National Geographic Society and The Theodore Roosevelt Association staff. Copyright November 2005 all rights reserved Theodore Roosevelt Association. Top http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conConf.htm 8/12/2009 ALSO BY DOUGLAS BRINKLEY THE The Reagan Diaries (editor) The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, WILDERNESS and the Mississippi Gulf Coast The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion WARRIOR Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War " *indblown World: The Fournals of Fack Kerouac, 1947-1954 (editor) 11 beels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of THEODORE ROOSEVELT Progress, 1003 2003 AND THE CRUSADE FOR AMERICA The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation (with Stephen E. 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