Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Kermit Roosevelt, author, businessman, explorer, and soldier, and those of his wife, Belle Roosevelt, businesswoman and social leader, were given to the Library of Congress by Belle Roosevelt between 1954 and 1967. Several additions were given by their children, Kermit Roosevelt, Clochette Roosevelt Palfrey, and Joseph Willard Roosevelt, between 1970 and 1977. One item was transferred from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division in 1978. Additional material was given by Kermit Roosevelt III in 2001.
Processing History
The papers of Kermit and Belle Roosevelt received by the Library between 1954 and 1973 were arranged and described in 1977. A telegram from Marian King to Belle Roosevelt was added to Container 155 of the papers in 1983. Material received in 1977 was processed as an addition in 1994. The finding aid was further revised and containers housing the addition were renumbered in 2010. Additional material received in 2001 was processed as Addition II in 2017, and the finding aid was subsequently revised.
Transfers
Some photographs and other pictorial material have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Motion picture film has been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Kermit and Belle Roosevelt Papers.
Related Material
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the Archibald Roosevelt Jr. Papers , Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Papers , Theodore Roosevelt (1887-1944) Papers , and the Willard Family Papers .
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Roosevelt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.