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Bibliographical Aids

Black, Gilbert J., ed. Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919: Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1969.

Collin, Richard H. "The Image of Theodore Roosevelt in American History and Thought, 1885-1965." Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1966. Available from University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI. Discusses virtually every book and major article on TR in period 1885-1965, and includes extensive bibliography.

Grantham, Dewey W., Jr. "Theodore Roosevelt in American Historical Writing, 1945-1960." Mid-America 43, no. 1 (January 1961): 3-35. Important bibliographical and historiographical article.

Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Dictionary Catalogue and Shelflist. 5 vols. Prepared for publication by Gregory C. Wilson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. Reproduction of the over 52,000 cards in the catalogue of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard, the most complete collection of printed materials on TR. This together with the 1986 Supplement (see below) is the most complete bibliography on TR.

Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Dictionary Catalogue and Shelflist. Prepared for publication by Wallace Finley Dailey. Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1986. Updating the original Harvard Catalogue (see above), the Supplement contains virtually all publications and dissertations on TR in the years 1951-1986.

Index to the Theodore Roosevelt Papers. 3 vols. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1969. In the Library of Congress's Presidential Papers Index Series, this guide describes the Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress, and lists letters sent and received by TR alphabetically and chronologically. The TR Papers include about 250,000 items, and are available on microfilm.

The Theodore Roosevelt Association Film Collection: A Catalog. Prepared by Wendy White-Hensen and Veronica M. Gillespie. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1986. Lists the contents of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Film Collection in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress. The collection consists of over 140,000 feet of negative, duplicate negative, and positive stock on TR and his times.

Tilchin, William, "The Rising Star of Theodore Roosevelt's Diplomacy: Major Studies from Beale to the Present." Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal 15, no. 3 (Summer 1989):2-24. Essay on historiography of TR and foreign policy in the years from the 1950s to the end of the 1980s.







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