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Theodore Roosevelt Family Archive

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Theodore Roosevelt Family Archive
<Our item number 140705><B>Roosevelt, Theodore.</B> An extensive archive of manuscript, typed and printed material, c. 1910-1930, retained by Robert W. S. Vail, an early librarian at the Roosevelt House Library and Museum and Assistant Director for the Bureau of Research of the Roosevelt Memorial Association. The core of the collection centers around manuscript correspondence to Robert W. G. Vail concerning Theodore Roosevelt&#39;s papers and family history in relation to the formation of the museum at his birthplace in New York. The correspondence to Vail includes thirty-six Autograph Letters and Notes Signed of Edith Kermit Roosevelt &#40;1861-1948&#41;; nine Typed Letters Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr &#40;1877-1944&#41;; four Autograph Letters Signed by Ethel Roosevelt Derby &#40;1891-1977&#41;; and an Autograph Letter Signed of Theodore&#39;s sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson &#40;1861-1933&#41;. The collection also includes a Typed Letter Signed of Theodore Roosevelt &#40;1858-1919&#41;, together wi th an original 1910 typescript of a speech delivered by Roosevelt, and two envelopes bearing his pencil signature. The archive also includes numerous unpublished, candid photographs of the Roosevelt family together with several publications concerning Theodore Roosevelt. In total, approximately 82 pieces. One of the fine highlights of this collection is the correspondence to Vail from members of Theodore Roosevelt&#39;s concerning family papers and heirlooms to be used in the new museum constructed on the site of his 1858 birth site on East 20th Street.<BR><BR>Original pieces of Theodore Roosevelt include a typewritten speech bearing a penciled inscription at top in an unknown hand, &#34;Address of TR at Ithaca Oct. 24, 1910&#34;. The speech concerns one of his chief concerns, anti-trust, and superficially rails against the gubernatorial candidacy of John Alden Dix &#40;1860-1928&#41;, whom Roosevelt accuses of being a pawn of the Paper Trust: &#34;… It is perfectly natural that every great crooked politician and every great crooked business man should want the governorship and the legislature. They are assets in their business. But it will be an unspeakable disgrace to the people of New York, if they vote to put that combination in office. They will prove themselves false to every tradition of good citizenship and this is far more than any mere party contest. We feel that we have the right to ask all decent citizens, all progressive Democrats, or honest independents, every Republican who genuinely believes in principle, and who puts manhood above money…&#34; The speech is accompanied by five 4 x 7 in. photographs from Ithaca, three of which picture Roosevelt on the balcony of The Ithaca Hotel, Ithaca, New York. The collection also includes a Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed, one page, 8½ x 11 in., New York, May 23, 1916 To Charles Milice thanking him for a letter. Also includes two large &#40;11 x 5 in.&#41; envelopes bearing Brazillian Stamps and 1914 postmarks and Roosvelt&#39;s penciled signatures on each. Both bear printed addresses directing the letters to Scribner&#39;s in New York. The same year Scribner&#39;s published, Roosevelt&#39;s voume, <I>Through the Brazilian Wilderness</I>. Other items include a series of candid black and white photographs, 3 x 3¼ in., of the Roosevelt family at play, including a wonderful image of a family football game at Sagamore Hill with Theodore clearly visible at right. There is also a rare edition of a posthumously published volume, <I>Theodore Roosevelt, Value of an Athletic Training </I>&#40;New York: privately printed at the Harvard Press, 1929&#41;, 12pp., 12mo., illus. Titled paper wraps, string bound. Limited First Edition of 51, numbered 29 on limitation page. A wonderful archive of material preserved by Theodore Roosevelt&#39;s family. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;10,000 - 15,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 140705<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/li veauction/49jpegs/140705.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>