Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-04

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Excerpt from Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s Theodore Roosevelt and His Time about the October 1912 assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bucklin covers the shooting, Roosevelt’s speech, his hospitalization, and the motivations of the shooter, John Schrank.

A drawing of Roosevelt’s speech showing the hole made by the assassin’s bullet accompanies the excerpt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-12-05

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Joseph Bucklin Bishop thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his article on bird coloration and praises his writing. He recalls the coloration and songs of the birds and hawks of his childhood in detail. He also has a collection of photographs. He mentions that he does not know how President William H. Taft could possibly be re-elected.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-20

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-12

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Language

English

In this letter to the editor of the Boston Transcript, Joseph Bucklin Bishop discusses the unique character of the upcoming Republican Party convention, in which Theodore Roosevelt will be unanimously nominated as the candidate for president of the United States, in opposition to most of the party’s machine politicians. Bishop reflects on Roosevelt’s popularity, which he attributes to his doing what is for the good of the people, independent of party politics.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06

A list of men for a dinner to Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the Isthmian Canal Commission secretary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-16

Joseph Bucklin Bishop satirically informs President Roosevelt that The Sun‘s coverage of New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell is “the keenest anguish,” and laments that he does not have a newspaper of his own to cover the “delicious comedy” of Roosevelt’s enemies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines Roosevelt’s time as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and his contributions during the lead up to the Spanish-American War.

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1919-11

Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines the events, decisions, and actions that brought about the Treaty of Portsmouth and ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. Bishop primarily focuses on Roosevelt’s work to bring about peace; work that earned Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1919-09

Filipino leader Apolinario Mabini has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-17

Charles M. Pepper observes that the Republicans will probably receive more votes than the Democrats in New York. The article compares William Jennings Bryan to Judge Alton B. Parker and discusses the Gold Democrats.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-15

An article praising President Roosevelt as a peacemaker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-30

Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes an editorial supporting the expected nomination of Seth Low for Postmaster of the City of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-15

Joseph Bucklin Bishop, editor of The Globe in New York City, enclosed this article in a letter to President Roosevelt. Bishop wrote this article about the independent vote for Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1904. In all cases, Bishop writes, independent voters seem to have preferred Roosevelt, even in states which elected democratic governors.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-12-07

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Joseph Bucklin Bishop will be able to visit President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York, on July 8. He will also send Roosevelt a copy of the article he wrote for the International Quarterly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-27

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-12-18

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-26

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Murphy, J. W.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-26

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971