Description:
Theodore Roosevelt is reluctant to serve on the committee for the Parks and Playgrounds Association as it would lead to many similar requests. He suggests that he could write a supportive article to be published in The Outlook.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Parks--Societies, etc., Voluntarism, Feature writing
Date:
1911-06-27
Description:
Dreamland Park and Rockaway Beach are on the market and the Parks and Playgrounds Association of the City of New York would like the city to purchase one of the properties. New York does not have a "seashore recreation park" and one is needed for the Convalescent Hospital and the Hospital for Bone Tuberculosis. Jacob A. Riis requests that Theodore Roosevelt join a citizens' committee to investigate the potential sites.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
New York (State)--New York--Coney Island, New York (State)--New York--Rockaway Beach, Parks--Planning--Citizen participation, Parks--Societies, etc., Hospitals, Convalescent, Tuberculosis--Hospitals
Date:
1911-06-22