American Memory Historical Collections
Theodore
Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
This presentation features 104 films which record events
in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898
to his death in 1919. Besides containing scenes of Roosevelt,
these films include views of world figures, politicians,
monarchs, and friends and family members of Roosevelt who
influenced his life and the era in which he lived. Also
contains four sound
recordings of Roosevelt's voice.
Theodore
Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress, 1759-1919
A small preview selection of diary excerpts from the Manuscript
Division's collection of Theodore Roosevelt's papers. Includes
a finding
aid for the entire collection and another for a supplementary collection.
An
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and
Other
Printed Ephemera
The Printed Ephemera collection comprises 28,000 primary
source items dating from the seventeenth century to the
present and encompasses key events and eras in American
history. Search the
bibliographic records and the full-text option to find
items related to Theodore Roosevelt such as his 1907 Arbor
Day message to American schoolchildren and his 1915 reaction
to the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections
document achievements in architecture, engineering, and
design in the United States, including Roosevelt's
home located at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, in Nassau
County, New York.
By
Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies,
1789-Present
This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents
and first ladies, including six
photographs of Roosevelt and one
photograph of Alice Roosevelt.
The
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Documents the historical formation and cultural foundations
of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural
heritage. The collection consists of books, pamphlets,
government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs,
and motion picture footage drawn from the collections of
the Library of Congress. "Wilderness
Reserves," an essay by Roosevelt in American
Big Game in its Haunts; the book of the Boone and Crockett
Club edited by George Bird Grinnell, is included.
It also includes more than 190 conservation-related proclamations issued
by President Theodore Roosevelt.
History
of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection
of the Denver Public Library
Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the
Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public
Library, illuminate many aspects of the history of the
American West. This collection contains thirty-five
photographs of Theodore Roosevelt.
"I
Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
This collection contains approximately 400 items relating
to presidential inaugurations, including Theodore
Roosevelt's 1902 portrait and
items from his inauguration in
1905.
Words
and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating
the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years
In honor of the Manuscript Division's centennial, its
staff selected approximately ninety representative documents
spanning from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
This collection contains a letter containing
an illustrated fable that Roosevelt wrote for his son,
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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