Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968

Biographical Note

Kermit Roosevelt

• 1889, Oct. 10: Born, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
• 1908: Graduated from Groton School, Groton, Mass.
• 1909: Accompanied his father, Theodore Roosevelt, on a hunting expedition to Africa
• 1912: Graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1912 - 1916 : Engaged in engineering and banking in South America
• 1913: Member, Theodore Roosevelt's expedition to Brazil in search of the source of the Duvida River
• 1914: Married Belle Wyatt Willard
• 1917: Joined the British armed forces and served in Mesopotamia
• 1918: Transferred from the British to the United States army in France
• 1919 - 1938 : Executive, various steamship lines
• 1939: Resigned from the shipping business and entered the British army
• 1939 - 1941 : Served with British armed forces in Norway and Egypt
• 1942 - 1943 : Joined the United States army and served in Alaska
• 1943, June 4: Died, Alaska

Belle Roosevelt

• 1892, July 1: Born, Baltimore, Md.
• 1914: Married Kermit Roosevelt
• 1939: Organized and directed the business, Your Secretary, Inc.
• 1941: Organized Young America Wants To Help, Junior Division, British War Relief
• 1944: Campaigned for the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1968, Mar. 30: Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Kermit Roosevelt and Belle Roosevelt Papers, 1725-1975, (bulk 1900-1964), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)