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Independent Order of Odd Fellows discharge certificate

Honorable discharge certificate from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for Charles C. Myers.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1913-05-03

Independent Order of Odd Fellows certificate

A certificate to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows certifying that Charles C. Myers paid his dues.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1913-05-03

Homestead Certificate of Charlie Morton

Homestead certificate for a plot of land deeded to Charlie Morton, near Park Rapids, Minnesota. Signed on behalf of President Roosevelt by Frances M. McKean, a clerk in the General Land Office

Comments and Context

Charlie Morton is an ancestor of Steven D. Easton, former president of Dickinson State University.

Collection

America

New York State Historic Preservation Award

Certificate presented to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) by Bernadette Castro, New York State Commissioner for Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation in recognition of the TRA’s work in preserving sites related to Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2001-05-17

Membership certificate

A confirmation of Theodore Roosevelt’s membership to the Society for Protection of the Dignity and Honor of the Uniform of the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-17

Guaranteed cotton certificate

A certificate from the Polk County Warehouse Company detailing the rules and regulations concerning its use for the purchase of cotton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-26

Certificate of honorary membership

This certificate proclaims President Roosevelt as being an honorary member of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10

Practicing certificate for F. H. Register

Signed practicing certificate announcing that F. H. Register has applied and been admitted to the practice of law in the district courts of Dakota Territory.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

1883-11-27

Charter membership certificate to the Progressive Party

B. W. Rhamy receives his charter membership and founder’s certificate for the Progressive Party in Allen County, Indiana.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1912-10-28

1902 Adams Express Company frank

Complimentary frank for President Roosevelt to use during 1902 allowing him to send personal packages through Adams Express Company free of charge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

1902 United States Express Company frank

Complimentary frank for President Roosevelt to use during 1902 allowing him to send personal packages through the United States Express Company free of charge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

1901 Western Union Telegraph Company frank

Complimentary frank for President Roosevelt to use during 1901 with the Western Union Telegraph Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

1902 American Express Company frank

Complimentary frank for President Roosevelt to use during 1902 allowing him to send personal parcels through American Express free of charge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Certificate of marriage of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice H. Lee

Certificate of marriage for Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife Alice Hathaway Lee. Signed by Newton, Massachusetts, city clerk Edwin O. Childs on October 14, 1880, and by Minister John Buckingham on October 27, 1880.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1880-10-14

Nobel Peace Prize

Illuminated manuscript presented to Theodore Roosevelt with the Nobel Peace Prize Award.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1906-12-10

Certificate of military training completion

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s certificate verifying he completed a month long course of military instruction at Plattsburgh, New York. It also certifies him as a first lieutenant.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1915-09-06

Progressive party membership certificate

A Progressive Party charter membership certificate given as a receipt for contributing $1 to their campaign fund. It features Theodore Roosevelt’s picture as candidate for president, Hiram W. Johnson’s as candidate for vice president, treasurer Elon Huntington Hooker’s signature, and the party slogan, “Pass Prosperity Around.”