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Collection: 10797 - Katherine Pelissier (Kate Roberts) Papers
Folder: 0002
Item: 00045
Title: Margaret Barr Roberts
Date: 1900
Creator: Haynes, F. Jay--(Frank Jay),--1853-1921
Inscription/Marks: neighbor of Roosevelt's
Summary: Three quarter full view of Mrs. Margaret Roberts sitting in a straight back chair. She is dressed in a one piece long dress with frills at the neck, shoulders and upper arms. She is holding a book on her lap.||Margaret Roberts was born in Ireland in 1853 but arrived in Dakota Territory in 1877. She and her husband J. Lloyd began a ranching operation near Medora. Margaret was left to run the ranch with her small children after her husband was murdered in 1886. She became a friend of Theodore Roosevelt during his time in the Badlands.
Red ID: MS_I_368630 Image ID: 173298 Image Notes: 10797-00045-back

Collection: 10797 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Katherine Pelissier (Kate Roberts) Papers
Date: circa 1878-circa 1955

Summary: A scrapbook includes Mrs. Pelissier's reminiscences of life as a pioneer in the Medora (Dakota Territory) area, photographs with Theodore Roosevelt, autographs of Madam de Mores and her daughter, letters from Dorothy Stickney, photographs, and news paper clippings of local events.

Collection Summary
Collection: 10797 - Katherine Pelissier (Kate Roberts) Papers
Folder: 0002
Item: 00045
Title: Margaret Barr Roberts
Date: 1900
Creator: Haynes, F. Jay--(Frank Jay),--1853-1921
Inscription/Marks: neighbor of Roosevelt's
Summary: Three quarter full view of Mrs. Margaret Roberts sitting in a straight back chair. She is dressed in a one piece long dress with frills at the neck, shoulders and upper arms. She is holding a book on her lap.||Margaret Roberts was born in Ireland in 1853 but arrived in Dakota Territory in 1877. She and her husband J. Lloyd began a ranching operation near Medora. Margaret was left to run the ranch with her small children after her husband was murdered in 1886. She became a friend of Theodore Roosevelt during his time in the Badlands.
Red ID: MS_I_368630 Image ID: 173297 Image Notes: 10797-00045

Collection: 10797 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Katherine Pelissier (Kate Roberts) Papers
Date: circa 1878-circa 1955

Summary: A scrapbook includes Mrs. Pelissier's reminiscences of life as a pioneer in the Medora (Dakota Territory) area, photographs with Theodore Roosevelt, autographs of Madam de Mores and her daughter, letters from Dorothy Stickney, photographs, and news paper clippings of local events.

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