NTDMG5299 Guide to Photograph album of Theodore Roosevelt's visit Photograph album of Theodore Roosevelt's visit Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2022

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-01-13. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Photograph album of Theodore Roosevelt's visit MG 5299 1 volumes 29 items. 10 April 1911 Photographs of the visit of President Theodore Roosevelt to the University of Idaho. This collection is located in the Small Manuscripts section of U of I Library Special Collection and Archives. English .

On April 9-10, 1911, former President Theodore Roosevelt visited the University of Idaho. Roosevelt arrived at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 9th, and took a room at the Hotel Moscow. During his visit he planted a tree and spoke to a reported 8,000 people. In his speech, Roosevelt mentioned his first visit to Idaho came before any of the students in attendance were born. After his speech was finished, the former president took a special 10:30 a.m. train back up to Spokane.

Collection is open for research.

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt visited the University of Idaho campus in April of 1911. This collection includes a photograph album containing images of his visit.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Moscow (Idaho) University of Idaho Presidents College campuses Speeches Photographs Scrapbooks Idaho