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Papers — Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)

The most comprehensive collection of works for Roosevelt is the Memorial Edition of the The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, edited by Hermann Hagedorn. This 24 volume edition is the most complete collection of Roosevelt's books, essays, state papers and other writings. The National Edition of The Works, comprised of 20 volumes, is a condensed version of the Memorial Edition. Generally, the National Edition is more readily available. In addition, an important collection of Roosevelt's letters have been published in 8 volumes by Harvard University Press.

• The Works of Theodore Roosevelt. Memorial ed. 24 vols.
• The Works of Theodore Roosevelt. National ed. 20 vols.
• Social Justice and Popular Rule. Reprint edition of the 19th volume of the Memorial Edition (volume 17 of the National Edition). Includes essays, addresses and public statements related to the Progressive Movement.
• The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt. 8 vols. Edited by Elting E. Morrison.

In addition to these three collections there exist a number of number of smaller collections of Roosevelt papers that may be of interest to researchers.

• Roosevelt, Theodore. Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904. New York: Putnam's, 1904. Limited to official Presidential messages from Roosevelt's first term.
• Selections from the Correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1884-1918. 2 vols. Henry Cabot Lodge was one of Roosevelt's personal advisors and a close confidant.
• Theodore Roosevelt: Letters from a Young Coal Miner. Letters between Roosevelt and a fifteen-year-old Polish immigrant working in the Pennsylvania coal mines.
• Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children. See full text online.

For unpublished material, two significant sources exist: The Library of Congress microfilm collection and the manuscript collection at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library located at Harvard University. The Library of Congress collection includes outgoing and incoming mail, presidential scrapbooks and appointment diaries, and diaries for 1878-1884. The Library of Congress microfilm collection is available at a number of institutions throughout the United States, including Alderman Library at the University of Virginia; please contact the Scripps Library for more information about its location and availability. The Harvard University collection is not available on microfilm and thus is only available to for visitors to the Theodore Roosevelt Library.

• Theodore Roosevelt Papers (Library of Congress, 485 reels).

For the official papers of Roosevelt during his Presidency, see James Richardson's Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. This retrospective compilation was published in several different editions. The final edition was published in 1918 in 20 volumes. This edition covers the Presidencies of Washington through Taft and includes a significant portion of Wilson's Presidency. The contents of the Compilation are typically limited to official proclamations, addresses, and messages.