Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Theodore Roosevelt portrait photograph and letter to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars
Dates: 1917-1918
Collection number: MS-M042
Creator:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Collection Size:
0.2 linear feet
(1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises one typed letter, signed, from Theodore Roosevelt to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars and a 4" x 6"
mounted portrait photograph of Roosevelt. On verso of photograph, in manuscript: "Theodore Roosevelt. September 1918" and
in a different hand, "This photo was presented to Judge Wm. G. Van Hare [when] he was appointed judge of the International
Court at Alexandria, Egypt, and this day presented to Kay Wolford by Aaron Du Bois." The letter expresses Roosevelt's regret
that he cannot provide an answer to a question posed by Ditmar, or be of help in an unstated matter.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. These materials are in the public domain. For permissions to reproduce
or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Theodore Roosevelt portrait photograph and letter to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars . MS-M042. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Kay Wolford, 1965.
Processing Information
Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
Biography
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He was born in New York City in 1858 and died in 1919 at Sagamore
Hill.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises one typed letter, signed, from Theodore Roosevelt to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars and a 4" x 6"
mounted portrait photograph of Roosevelt. On verso of photograph, in manuscript: "Theodore Roosevelt. September 1918" and
in a different hand, "This photo was presented to Judge Wm. G. Van Hare [when] he was appointed judge of the International
Court at Alexandria, Egypt, and this day presented to Kay Wolford by Aaron Du Bois." The letter expresses Roosevelt's regret
that he cannot provide an answer to a question posed by Ditmar, or be of help in an unstated matter.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Corresponedence.
Ditmars, Kathryn C.--Corresponedence.
Genres and Forms of Material
Portraits--20th century.
Letters--20th century.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Wolford, Kay, former owner.
DuBois, Aaron, former owner.
Van Hare, William G., former owner.
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