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President Roosevelt issues an executive order outlining the reorganization of the Isthmian Canal Commission in Panama. The order details the way in which the commission will now function, how contracts will be issued, and how reports will be made. It also appoints new members to the commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-01
Correspondence between James Francis Smith, Secretary of Public Instruction in the Philippines, and Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker, the Bishop of Jaro, regarding concerns over the use of a certain textbook in public schools.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-11
City of Pasadena employee identification card for Charles C. Myers in the light department. Features a photograph of Myers, his signature, and his fingerprint.
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An emergency identification card for Charles C. Myers from the City of Pasadena. Myers, an employee in the department of “light power,” is required to report to Pearl Street in the case of an emergency.
1931
City of Pasadena employee identification card for Charles C. Myers in the light department. Features a photograph of Myers, his signature, his address, his fingerprint, and other identifying physical factors.
1936
The United States Congress amends a previous agreement between the United States Government and the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Sioux on the Devils Lake Reservation. The amended treaty makes provision for the disposal of a large parcel of land that was mistakenly omitted from the previous treaty.
1904-04-27
President Roosevelt asserts that all the conditions set in place by the treaty between the United States government and the Native Americans of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Sioux have been fulfilled, and opens the remaining land for settlement. Some parcels of land are excepted for particular purposes. The proclamation also sets out the method through which homesteads will be issued.
1904-06-02
President Warren G. Harding designates the Montana National Bison Range, Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, and Elk Refuge as bird refuges, in addition to their previous designations.
1921-12-22
Secretary of the Interior Garfield establishes regulations to standardize governmental printing and binding of documents. Garfield additionally sets out guidelines for the writing of annual reports, specifying that–unless strictly necessary–they should exclude tables and detailed descriptions of methods, and instead focus on broad descriptions of work done and expenditures incurred.
1909-01-27
Two excerpts from the final report of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission that highlight the work of a young John A. Gable in promoting Theodore Roosevelt in his hometown of Lenox, Massachusetts. The article includes a photograph of Gable with Hermann Hagedorn, one of Gable’s predecessors as Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1959-07-09
Representative Raker submits a report recommending a small change to the wording of the bill H.R. 5588, which aims to repeal section 5 of the act entitled “An act to establish the Lassen Volcanic National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, in the State of California, and for other purposes.” The bill was referred to the Department of the Interior, which recommended that the bill be favorably reported due to the increasing costs associated with developing Lassen Volcanic National Park.
1922-02-21
Clipping from the Congressional Record of April 13, 1911. In Senator Isidor Rayner’s speech about relations with Japan and Mexico he mentions a treatise on the Monroe Doctrine that Theodore Roosevelt wrote.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-13
Fragment of the header for the February 10 edition of the Congressional Record, compliments of Senator Coe Isaac Crawford.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02
The text of a bill, H.R. 19181, presented by Representative Shiras to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The bill proposes establishing an executive-level Department of Sanitary Science, as there are no Federal level protections for American citizens’ health even though animals have similar protection at the Federal level. Federal protection is needed because American citizens travel between states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-01
Major General Bell issues orders making graduates from the Mounted Service School instructors in horsemanship and equitation in their units.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-23
A list stating the approximate order and date of commission of United States battleships and cruisers that are currently under construction or being appropriated for.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-05
Statement of funds acquired and spent by the Treasury Department in Cuba up to November 30, 1905.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-30