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From childhood scribbles to political diatribes, however, one throughline dominates his life as his true vocation: writing.</p> <p class="readmore"><a href="/About-Us/Fisher%20Industries%20Theodore%20Roosevelt%20Gallery">READ MORE</a></p> </div> <div> <a href="/Research/Works-Of-TR-Online"> <img src="/media/Images/Screenshot 2024-01-31 111611.png" width="537" height="257" alt="Banner 4" /></a> <h2>Works of TR Online</h2> <p>This should be your first stop for the published writings of Theodore Roosevelt! If you are looking for a book, article, speech, government message, or even a book foreword by TR, you are likely to find it here.</p> <p class="readmore"><a href="/Research/Works-Of-TR-Online">READ MORE</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="selector"> <div class="thumbs"> <div class="thumb active"> <div> <img src="/media/Images/TR writing gif.gif" width="49" class="active" /> </div> </div> <div class="thumb"> <div> <img src="/media/Images/Blog/2022/Hansard-Scrooge-AsstSecretaryNavy.jpg" width="49" class="active" /> </div> </div> <div class="thumb"> <div> <img src="/media/Images/gallery desk.jpg" width="49" class="active" /> </div> </div> <div class="thumb"> <div> <img src="/media/Images/Screenshot 2024-01-31 111611.png" width="49" class="active" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="Content">  <div class="col" id="col_left"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="section"> <h2> <span class="smaller">Learn</span><br /> About TR </h2> <p class="intro"> <p> Statesman, intellectual, adventurer and family man, Theodore Roosevelt lived “The Strenuous Life” with vigor and passion. </p> </p> <div> <div class="article"> <h3>Learn More about TR's story</h3> <h4><a href="/Learn-About-TR/TR-Brief-Biography">Theodore Roosevelt Biography in Brief</a></h4> <p> <p> Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City and died on January 6, 1919. In the sixty intervening years he lived one of the most strenuous lives in American history. </p> </p> </div> <div class="article"> <h3>Read our Newest Articles</h3> <h4><a href="/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Latest-Articles-Index">Latest Articles Index</a></h4> <p> <p> Browse our latest articles regarding the people, places and events of Theodore Roosevelt's era and beyond. </p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="section" id="whats_new"> <h2>What's New</h2> <div> <div class="article"> <h4><a href="/About-Us/News/Item/Digitization Update November 2024">Digitization Update November 2024</a></h4> <p> <p>Check out our digitization update for November 2024!</p> </p> </div> <div class="article"> <h4><a href="/Blog/Item/Thanksgiving Proclamation 1902">Thanksgiving Proclamation 1902</a></h4> <p> <p>The full text of President Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 Thanksgiving Proclamation.</p> </p> </div> <div class="article"> <h4><a href="/About-Us/News/Item/Digitization Update October 2024">Digitization Update October 2024</a></h4> <p> <p>Check out our digitization update for October 2024!</p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col" id="col_mid"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="section"> <h2> <span class="smaller">Explore</span><br /> THE TR TIMELINE </h2> <p class="intro"> <p> Find significant dates in Theodore Roosevelt’s life, both personal and public, including the time he spent in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. </p> </p> <div> <div class="article"> <h3>TR's Life at a Glance</h3> <h4><a href="/Learn-About-TR/TR-Timelines/The-Life-of-Theodore-Roosevelt">The Life of Theodore Roosevelt</a></h4> <p> <p> Learn about the major events of Theodore Roosevelt's life from his birth in 1858 to his death in 1919. </p> </p> </div> <div class="article"> <h3>A Look at TR in the Dakota Badlands</h3> <h4><a href="/Learn-About-TR/TR-Timelines/TR-in-the-Badlands">TR in the Badlands</a></h4> <p> <p> Theodore Roosevelt's time in the Dakota badlands shaped the man he became. It was where, according to TR, "the romance of my life began." </p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="for_scholars"> <h2>For Scholars</h2> <p class="intro"></p> <div> <div class="article first"> <h3>Learn about our Contributing Partners</h3> <h4><a href="/Research/Collections">Collections</a></h4> <p> <p> Learn about the many collections included in the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library, including items from the Library of Congress, Harvard College Library, six National Park Service sites, and more. </p> </p> </div> <div class="article"> <h3>Meet our Board of Advisors</h3> <h4><a href="/About-Us/Advisory-Board">Advisory Board</a></h4> <p> <p> The Theodore Roosevelt Center Advisory Board is comprised of a group of highly talented and dedicated scholars, historians, librarians and educators. </p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col" id="col_right"> <div class="wrap"> <center><img src="/images/layout/digital_library.png" width="271" height="58" alt="Digital Library" /></center> <p class="intro"> <br /> <a href="/Advanced-Search">Search Our Digital Collections</a> </p> <h3>FEATURED RECORDS</h3> <div> <div class="article"> <h4><a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o308254">Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - Fall, 2007</a></h4> <div class="photo"> <div> <a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o308254"> <img src="https://theodorerooseveltcenter.s3.amazonaws.com/TRC/TRAJ/Thumbnails/V028/N4/TRAJ028_4_H.jpg" width="94" alt="Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - Fall, 2007" /></a> </div> </div> <p> James Bruns describes a Post Office Department scandal in 1903-1904, and Char Miller charts the evo... </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article"> <h4><a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o308144">Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - 2004</a></h4> <div class="photo"> <div> <a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o308144"> <img src="https://theodorerooseveltcenter.s3.amazonaws.com/TRC/TRAJ/Thumbnails/V026/N2/TRAJ026_2_L.jpg" width="94" alt="Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - 2004" /></a> </div> </div> <p> The presidential election of 1904 receives a great deal of coverage in this issue of the聽 Theo... </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article"> <h4><a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o308210">Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - Winter, 2007</a></h4> <div class="photo"> <div> <a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o308210"> <img src="https://theodorerooseveltcenter.s3.amazonaws.com/TRC/TRAJ/Thumbnails/V028/N1/TRAJ028_1_P.jpg" width="94" alt="Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - Winter, 2007" /></a> </div> </div> <p> Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands takes center stage in this issue with three images of Roosevelt ... </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <h3>RECENTLY ADDED RECORDS</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o200548">Letter from Rudolph Forster to Charles Scribner's Sons</a> </li> <li> <a href="/Research/Digital-Library/Record?libID=o69120">Letter from Anne McLean Towler to Theodore Roosevelt</a> </li> </ul> <p class="intro"> <a href="/Recently-Added">See all recently added records</a> </p> <br /> </div> <div class="article last"> <h3>Digital Updates</h3> <h4><a href="/About-Us/News/Item/Digitization Update November 2024">Digitization Update November 2024</a></h4> <p></p> </div> <div id="social_media"> <label>connect:</label> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheodoreRooseveltCenter"> <img src="/images/icons/sm-fb.gif" width="29" height="29" alt="Facebook" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TR_Center"> <img src="/images/icons/sm-twitter.gif" width="29" height="29" alt="Twitter" /></a> <a href="/Quote-of-the-Day"> <img src="/images/icons/sm-qotd.gif" width="70" height="29" alt="Quote of the Day" /></a> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer_wrapper"> <div id="footer"> <div class="menu"> <a href="/">Home</a> <span>  |  </span> <a href="/Learn-About-TR.aspx">Learn About TR</a> <span>  |  </span> <a href="/Research.aspx">Research</a> <span>  |  </span> <a href="/Get-Involved.aspx">Get Involved</a> <span>  |  </span> <a href="/About-Us.aspx">About Us</a> </div> <a href="http://www.dickinsonstate.edu"><img src="/images/logo_dsu.png" height="36" alt="Dickinson State University" class="logo" /></a> <p class="menu"> <a href="/Sitemap">Sitemap</a> <span>  |  </span> <a href="/About-Us/TRDL-Terms-of-Use">Terms of Use</a> <span>  |  </span> <a href="/About-Us/Privacy-Policy.aspx">Privacy Policy</a> </p> <p class="credit"> <a href="http://www.idminnovates.com">Site development by IDM USA LLC</a> </p> </div> </div>  <div id="ttdUniversalPixelTag73172c8d26124c0ea3f3292ce7dee356" style="display:none"> <script src="https://js.adsrvr.org/up_loader.1.1.0.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function (global) { if (typeof TTDUniversalPixelApi === 'function') { var universalPixelApi = new TTDUniversalPixelApi(); universalPixelApi.init("ljyz52f", ["t818cmp"], "https://insight.adsrvr.org/track/up", "ttdUniversalPixelTag73172c8d26124c0ea3f3292ce7dee356"); } })(this); </script> </div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/superfish.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.hoverIntent.minified.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/utils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.prettyPhoto.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/home.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> function goToPage(p) { window.location.assign(window.location.pathname + "?page=" + p); } </script>  </body> </html>

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