Political Success is the Realization of the Largest Number of Longest Lasting Satisfactions.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-18
Creator(s)
Language
English
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Handbill
H. R. 22645
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-30
Creator(s)
Language
English
Senate bill no. 1
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-26
Creator(s)
Language
English
H. R. 23577
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-04-20
Creator(s)
Language
English
An act to provide revenue for the people of Porto Rico and for other purposes
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-01-31
Creator(s)
Language
English
Beware of Debs!
A circular by Charles J. Kluser denouncing the Socialist speaker Eugene V. Debs, labeling him a revolutionary and a liar, and begging any Christians not to pay to see him speak.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-12
German East Africa Line
This handbill for the German East Africa Line describes departure and arrival locations for the steamship enterprise, as well as ticket rates.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908
Commemorating the ‘ride to glory’
This fold-out pamphlet entitled “Commemorating the ‘Ride to Glory'” details the events of September 13 and 14, 1901, and Theodore Roosevelt’s ride to the North Creek Railroad Station. Created by the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Celebration Committee for the Towns of Newcomb and Minerva, New York, celebrating the centennial of Roosevelt’s birth in 1958.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1958
Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt: Their labor records compared
The handbill, associated with the 1912 presidential election, dedicates one page each to summarizing the labor records of Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s summary lists, in significant detail, his achievements as a member of the New York State Assembly, governor of New York, and President of the United States, as well as his Progressive Party platform.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912
Advertisement for “Roosevelt Hats in The Ring” campaign badges
Paper handbill advertisement seeking agents to sell “Roosevelt Hats in The Ring” campaign badges; from the Wheeler Specialty Company, Foxboro, Massachusetts. Suggests that agents “can make a week’s wages in a day … with very little work.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912
What Colonel Roosevelt’s election will mean to the business world
Booklet with reprinted text of an article by Frank A. Munsey, originally printed in Munsey’s Magazine, July 1912. The article discusses Roosevelt’s past efforts in regards to trusts, the railroad industry, and the economic panic of 1907.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912
Theodore Roosevelt’s labor record
Campaign pamphlet including a list of labor measures that Theodore Roosevelt voted for in the New York State Assembly, signed as Governor of New York State and as President, and what progressive measures he currently supports.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912
Protect our immigrants is Jane Addams’ plea
Political handbill reflects on the effects of current labor policies on immigrants, appealing for greater protection as advocated by the Progressive Party. Addams relates stories of individual immigrants severely injured and maimed in industrial accidents.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912
Why Edison is a progressive
In an interview by Will Irwin with Thomas Edison, Edison explains that he is a Progressive because he believes in the principles of the movement: initiative, referendum, review of judicial decisions, compensation for injured workingmen, suffrage. Edison also believes in Theodore Roosevelt as the right man to lead the movement: “We never needed a big leader more.”
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912
Twenty-one reasons why those interested in Progressive legislation should vote for Wilson
List of 21 laws enacted during Woodrow Wilson’s first administration that were part of the Progressive National Platform.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1916
Roosevelt primary campaign handbill
Folded, one sheet handbill promoting Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy and delegates for the 1912 Republican presidential primary in Massachusetts. The cover features a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt sitting in a chair.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
Creation Date
1912