Sarah Tawney Lefferts, Teddy Bear Original Art Archive. Dated 1907. Including original copy of the book authored by Sarah Tawney. Includes 3 original artworks; Mr. Cinnamon Bear, pen and ink, ink, signed by Lefferts. Little girl and bear, pen and ink,  paper size: H 13" W 11-1/4", framed size: H 17-1/2", W15 5/8". Teddy Bear with Bowler Hat, pen and ink, ink wash and charcoal, paper size: H 15", W 10 -1/4", framed size: H 18-1/4", W 13-1/8", multiple bears paper size: H 13-1/2", W 12". Framed size: H 16-5/8", W 15-1/4". Both "Bear with Top Hat" and" Multiple Bears" are the original illustrations for the Lefferts Book. A rare archive for the Teddy Bear collector. The name Teddy Bear originated from an incident on a bear-hunting trip in Mississippi in November 1902, to which Roosevelt was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew H. Longino. There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already killed an animal. A suite of Roosevelt's attendants, led by Holt Collier, cornered, clubbed, and tied an American black bear to a willow tree after a long, exhausting chase with hounds. They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the bear himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike, but instructed that the bear be killed to put it out of its misery (citation needed), and it became the topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in the Washington Post.