Special intelligence report on the progress of the work on the Panama Canal
Navy report on the progress of the Panama Canal, including maps and photographs.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1886
Your TR Source
Printed
W. C. Williams name carving
This rock carving reads “W. C. Williams 7 Cav 1876”. The photograph may have been taken by Theodore Roosevelt National Park Historian Chester L. Brooks.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-1954
Sketch of Battle of Mauve Terre
Print of sketch of the Battle of Mauve Terre on Flat Top Butte by Fred Brandt, 1864.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1864
Four men standing on the Keogh Trail
This photograph shows four men standing on the old Fort Keogh Trail.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1953-1955
Custer Trail: Kellogg’s notes describe march to Little Missouori
Diary entries and other documentation from members of General Custer’s 1876 expedition during their time in the North Dakota badlands near present day Medora, North Dakota.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Custer Trail: crooked river, rugged badlands impede march, Kellogg relates
Diary extracts and other documents from members of General Custer’s 1876 expedition as they travel through the North Dakota badlands.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Fire Control Map ND-LU-24
Fire control map of Billings County and Golden Valley County, North Dakota, with handwritten notes regarding a battle taking place in section 21.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1931-09-13
Newspaper article on Theodore Roosevelt and African Americans
The author attacks President Roosevelt for meeting with Booker T. Washington and courting the African American vote. The article claims that the African Americans of Albertville, Alabama, do not believe in racial equality and would give Roosevelt a cold reception.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901
Duel interests vice president
Emil Hartman received a letter from Vice President Roosevelt requesting further information in the duel between Hartman’s son, Adolph, and Lieutenant Pachmann of the German army that took place in Aachen, Germany. The duel was over an insult to the United States. Hartman was pleased that Roosevelt was interested in the duel and sent him the original letters he received from his son.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-08-26
Nearer public ownership
The creation of the Northern Securities Company is another step towards the consolidation of the nation’s railroad system. The new entity is almost a monopoly west of the Mississippi River. If railroad consolidation and organization continues the government will be in a perfect position to assume control.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-14
Promissory note from the State of Massachusetts Bay to Luke Day
Note promises to pay 2000 pounds from the State of Massachusetts Bay to Captain Luke Day, by March 1, 1783, with interest of 6% per annum. The note is apparently related to service with the Continental Army.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1780-01-01
No rogue e’er felt the halter draw with good opinion of the law.
Former Kansas Senator Joseph Ralph Burton sits at a desk writing, “I shall talk when not writing and write when not talking.” Former ambassador Bellamy Storer, heavily bandaged and on crutches, stands behind him saying, “Take my advice, don’t do it.” Behind them hangs a picture of “Pres Roosevelt,” turned to the wall.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-26
The Federalist
Volume I, Number 6 of the newspaper, “a National Journal devoted to Politics, Literature and Finance.” This issue includes a portion of an address on federalism by Alexander Del Mar given before the Liberal Club of New York City, as well as details of the debate that followed Del Mar’s remarks.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1873-02-22
Admiral Evans ill; ready to retire
Admiral Robley D. Evans is set to retire on his 62nd birthday because of his bout with rheumatism.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-04-10
The hour: the peril: the duty
Reprint of an address delivered at Columbus, Ohio, on April 11 and April 17, 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, by the Adjutant-General of Ohio. Originally printed by Harris & Hurd, Columbus, OH, 1861.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Lydia Bixby
President Lincoln sends condolences to Mrs. Bixby on the loss of five sons who fought in the Civil War. This copy of the letter was sent by Berry Brothers, Ltd., Varnish Manufacturers, Detroit, “with the feeling that every home, where it hangs upon the wall, will, in some way, be bettered.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1864-11-21
Dakota Dan claims million dollar estate
Undated newspaper article regarding “Dakota Dan Russell,” a rancher in Medora, North Dakota, who claimed he was an heir to Daniel Blake Russell’s million dollar estate in Boston, Massachusetts.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
Business card of John A. Gable
Business card of John A. Gable, Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
Unknown
President accused of mispronouncing his own name
This clipping includes an article written by Richard Mayne, the Chairman of the Department of Reading & Speech Culture, regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s pronunciation of his own name, and features a printed response by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1903-05-25
Theodore Roosevelt – cowboy and ranchman
Article detailing Theodore Roosevelt’s experience in the Badlands in the 1880s and involvement with ranching and cattle.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1904