Research at Sagamore Hill

Are you interested in learning more about The Roosevelt family and Sagamore Hill? Do you have a question about someone that could have worked for the family? Have you found a cool object or document related to the Roosevelts and want to learn more about it? Reach out to Chief of Cultural Resources Clare Connelly by email at clare_connelly@nps.gov or by mail at:

Attn: Clare Connelly
20 Sagamore Hill Rd.
Oyster Bay, NY 11771

If you are not sure what we have in our collection or where to start, check out this helpful repository guide. Browsing this document lets you know exactly how we might help answer your question. Once we receive your request, you can expect a response acknowledging receipt within ten business days. Depending on the complexity of the request and staffing, answers to the question(s) themselves could take up to four weeks. If the request involves high-resolution photographs for publication, we will send you the appropriate release forms to fill out before sending the photos.

Frequently Researched Topics:

• Roosevelt Family Pets

• Theodore Roosevelt and National Parks

• Sagamore Hill Staff

• How the Roosevelt Family Celebrated Holidays

• Roosevelt Family Books

• Taxidermy and Hunting

• Roosevelt Recipes

Research Reports

Theodore Roosevelt and His Sagamore Hill Home
NPS Historic Resource Study (2007), 194 pgs, PDF
This engaging, new historical resource study was undertaken in conjunction with a new National Park Service (NPS) planning effort, the first in forty years, designed to reassess park themes and resources. While a considerable scholarly literature has been produced on Roosevelt and the Roosevelt presidency, this literature only tangentially addresses Roosevelt’s life at Sagamore Hill. The NPS’s 1972 historic resource study and base map provide detailed accounts and vignettes of family life during Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, but do not place the chronicled events in a larger historical context or address the whole period of the Roosevelt family’s residency. Three Roosevelt scholars—H. W. Brands, Kathleen Dalton, and Lewis L. Gould—and Natalie A. Naylor, a scholar on the history of Long Island, provide new insights on Sagamore Hill and its occupants.