Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Laidlaw

Subject(s): Meetings--Planning, Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition, Speeches, addresses, etc.

Theodore Roosevelt can only make one speech and will not attend a second meeting. He offers suggestions on how the meeting and speaking should be handled. Roosevelt’s speech on the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition is around an hour and should be preceded by no more then four speakers who each speak for twelve minutes or less.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Laidlaw, Walter

Language

English

Period

Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Laidlaw. [January 16, 1915]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211417. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Laidlaw. [16 Jan. 1915]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211417.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1915, January 16]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Laidlaw.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211417.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 6, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.