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Roosevelt (Theodore) Portrait Photograph and Letter to Lieutenant
Kathryn C. Ditmars
MS.M.042
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Theodore Roosevelt portrait photograph and letter to Lieutenant Kathryn C.
Ditmars
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.042
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1917-1918
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.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection open for research.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt portrait photograph and letter to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars .
MS-S07. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date
accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Kay Wolford, 1965.
Processed by Andre Ambrus and description written by Ryan Hildebrand, 2005.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Letters -- 20th century.
Portraits -- 20th century.
Wolford, Kay
Roosevelt, Theodore -- Correspondence
Van Hare, William G.
Ditmars, Kathryn C. -- Correspondence