Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-25

Creator(s)

Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Draft of a letter of introduction from Theodore Roosevelt to William J. Calhoun on behalf of Charles P. Stewart, who will be traveling to China on behalf of United Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Comments and Context

Drafted by Gilson Gardner for Theodore Roosevelt to type up and send with Roosevelt’s signature.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Gilson Gardner praises Theodore Roosevelt’s recent article. He has been collecting public opinion, and most farmers are against President William H. Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-08

Gilson Gardner was pleased with Judge Lindsey’s electoral success in Denver, Colorado and is supportive of Lindsey as a potential candidate for vice president. Governor Johnson remains the leading candidate and Lindsey’s affiliation with the Democrats could cause difficulties with the Republican delegates. However, this affiliation could also strengthen the idea that the progressives are an independent, nonpartisan movement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-04

Gardner Gilson sends Theodore Roosevelt the materials on the decisions of the Commerce Court.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-02

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-01

Creator(s)

Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-27

Creator(s)

Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Recipient

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-25

Creator(s)

Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Gilson Gardner wishes to visit Theodore Roosevelt to discuss an upcoming visit to China for a member of The United Press.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-22

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-21

Creator(s)

Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Gilson Gardner asks Theodore Roosevelt if he wants to express for publication any opinion on the United States’ right or duty to intervene in the Italian-Turkish affair.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-06

Gilson Gardner sends Theodore Roosevelt birthday wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-26

Gilson Gardener asks Theodore Roosevelt if he is going to be at his office the next day, Friday. He plans to give him a call.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-19

Gilson Gardner sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter William B. Colver wrote to Gifford Pinchot about the program for Alaska regarding government regulation of railroad freight rates as ineffective checks on coal monopolies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-12

Gilson Gardner asks Theodore Roosevelt if they can meet tomorrow at The Outlook office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-10

Gilson Gardner encloses clipping in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt, and states there is a “campaign of deliberate falsehood,” as the Washington Post and the Star are featuring similar content almost daily. Gardner thanks Roosevelt for denying “the lie carried out by the Associated Press.” He states a local paper editor in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, had also seen the story in the Associated Press that Roosevelt had endorsed William H. Taft’s nomination, and the editor had not seen Roosevelt’s denial. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-16

Gilson Gardner sends Theodore Roosevelt a newspaper clipping.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-01

Gilson Gardner thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending an umbrella and informs him Senator Robert M. La Follette promises to visit soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-29

Journalist Gilson Gardner will lunch with Theodore Roosevelt on Saturday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-21

Gilson Gardner asks if Theodore Roosevelt can see him at his Outlook office on Friday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-22