Telegram from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
General Wood was delighted to receive John Campbell Greenway’s telegram and sends his regards.
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Creation Date
1921-01-10
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Arizona Historical Society
“I hope to pay one last visit to the ranch, with little Ted, who will then be nearly eleven; and I shall think of you very often, riding over the immense rolling plains, with their mat of short, sun-scorched grass; for it has always seemed to me that we two felt those plains as no one else I have ever seen does,” wrote Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes in 1897.
Established by an Act of the First Territorial Legislature on November 7, 1864, the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) is Arizona’s oldest historical agency. The items in their collections illuminate Roosevelt’s relationship to the Great Plains, as well as his connections to the Selmes, Greenway, and Ferguson families. Isabella Greenway was the first U.S. congresswoman in Arizona history, as well as the daughter of Patty Selmes. The Selmes family called North Dakota home.
Materials in this collection include correspondence from Gutzon Borglum regarding the creation of Mount Rushmore, letters examining national politics, as well as items relating to the history of the Rough Riders. Most importantly, this collection shows the value Roosevelt and his family placed on developing and preserving relationships over a lifetime.
See below to view items from this collection.
Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood
John Campbell Greenway has lobbied Senator Warren G. Harding to appoint General Leonard Wood to the cabinet as Secretary of War. He does not want to see “another wobbly record made by our Government in Mexican matters.”
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Creation Date
1921-01-25
Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Warren G. Harding
John Campbell Greenway recommends the appointment of General Wood as Secretary of War.
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Creation Date
1921-02-02
Letter from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
Governor Wood describes his work in the Philippines on behalf of education, prevention of infant mortality, and other public health and civic issues.
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Creation Date
1922-09-20
Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood
John Campbell Greenway was very interested in Governor Wood’s letter about the Philippines. He regrets that Wood will be in the Philippines for another year as a Rough Rider reunion was being planned for Wood’s return. The price of copper is low and the copper mining industry is in “bad straits.”
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Creation Date
1922-12-18
Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood
John Campbell Greenway was delighted with the cablegram from General Wood, Frank Ross McCoy, and Gordon Johnston. Greenway describes how the family spent Christmas and hopes Wood returns to the United States soon.
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Creation Date
1924-01-11
Telegram from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
Leonard Wood, Frank McCoy, and Gordon Johnston send Christmas greetings and congratulations to John Campbell Greenway.
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Creation Date
1923-12-24
Letter from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
Governor Wood thanks John Campbell Greenway for his Christmas and New Year’s greetings.
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Creation Date
1925-01-27
Letter from Isabella Greenway to Louise Adriana Wood
Isabella Greenway thanks Louise Adriana Wood for the letters. Greenway cherishes every word from her husband and believes the letters will be meaningful to their son. Greenway expresses her pleasure at meeting Wood and can imagine how proud General Wood would be to know that his son will receive his commission as captain of cavalry.
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Creation Date
1928-07-09
Letter from Isabella Greenway to Louise Adriana Wood
Isabella Greenway thanks Louise Adriana Wood for the “very wonderful” letter from Leonard Wood, which will be an heirloom for her family.
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Creation Date
1928-07-24
Telegram to John Campbell Greenway
General Wood is still in the hills and will be in Fort Apache on October 6.
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Creation Date
1911-10-01
Telegram from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood
John Campbell Greenway would like to see General Wood before Wood leaves Arizona. Greenway suggests he can pick up Wood and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson at Fort Huachuca and drive them to Bisbee, Arizona, for the night.
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Creation Date
1911-10-09
Telegram from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood
John Campbell Greenway will meet General Wood at Fort Huachuca to bring him to Bisbee, Arizona. A car will meet Wood in Bisbee to convey his party to El Paso, Texas.
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Creation Date
1911-10-16
Letter from John Campbell Greenway to Leonard Wood
John Campbell Greenway was delighted with the cablegram from General Wood, Frank Ross McCoy, and Gordon Johnston. Greenway describes how the family spent Christmas and hopes Wood returns to the United States soon.
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Creation Date
1924-01-11
Letter from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
Governor Wood acknowledges John Campbell Greenway’s recent letter and sends warm regards from all Greenway’s old friends in the Philippines; including Louise Adriana Wood, Gordon Johnston, and Frank Ross McCoy. Wood describes the long, hard fight happening in Manila against “agitators of various types.”
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Creation Date
1924-02-15
Christmas Card from The Leonard Wood Memorial
Christmas card from The Leonard Wood Memorial. The front image of the card depicts a nativity scene. The text of the card tells a short story about a mother visiting her deceased child at a leper colony.
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Unknown
Letter from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
Governor Wood thanks John Campbell Greenway for the copy of The Bisbee Daily Review. He sends his congratulations on the fine reception the people of Arizona gave to Greenway on Greenway Day.
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Creation Date
1925-07-18
Telegram from Leonard Wood to John Campbell Greenway
Genearl Wood requests that John Campbell Greenway work to ensure that the Arizona delegation arrives at the Republican National Convention with instructions.
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Creation Date
1920-02-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Commissioner Roosevelt encloses a note that John Wallace Riddle can give to Mr. Rock, Roosevelt’s tailor. He considers Rock to be very good, and so does Elliott Roosevelt, which is more to the point. Roosevelt enjoyed the “alligator-bagger” clippings, and he will send them on to his family.
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Creation Date
1889-10-08
Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to John Wallace Riddle
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her distress over John Wallace Riddle’s illness. She hopes he is really better and that he and Theodate Pope Riddle will let her know when they are in New York.
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Creation Date
1931-01-27