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Writing sample by James A. Ray

Writing sample by James A. Ray

President William Howard Taft turns in vain to a number of politicians for advice. The politicians all make excuses and pass Taft on to the next person . Ray makes reference to the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy and the investigation of Harvey Washington Wiley. Ray closes by announcing these controversies and political figures have cleared the way for Robert M. La Follette, a progressive, to be president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-20

Uncle Jim Owens

Uncle Jim Owens

An account of the work of Uncle Jimmy Owens, a game warden who lived and worked in the Grand Canyon and often led hunting trips in the region, including a trip for Theodore Roosevelt, Archibald B. “Archie” Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, and Nicholas Roosevelt. William M. Mace describes Owens’ efforts to control the mountain lion and cougar populations with his hunting dogs, and praises his success in protecting the area from an overabundance of these predators.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

The great Rainbow Natural Bridge

The great Rainbow Natural Bridge

A draft of “The Great Rainbow Natural Bridge,” written by Nicholas Roosevelt and copyrighted by Waldo M. Wedel. The manuscript includes photographs and journal entries by Roosevelt on this portion of his trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Throughout the manuscript are notes made by Wedel.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Creation Date

2010

George H.W. Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Theodore Roosevelt Association

George H.W. Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Theodore Roosevelt Association

This article consists of a letter written by former President George Bush to Shawn Thomas of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in February 1993 as well as an introduction to the letter by William N. Tilchin. It also reprints the address and citation given on the occasion of conferring the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal to Bush on October 31, 1998, along with three photographs of Bush from prior issues of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. In the five page hand-written letter, Bush writes that he admires Theodore Roosevelt’s love of the outdoors, his willingness to lead in politics and military service, and his ability to write, and he notes that having his grandchildren play at the White House made him think of Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018

A parallel

A parallel

Using Biblical parallels, George U. Young discusses the experiment of democratic government as a progressive expression of the minorities’ desires. He especially highlights the importance of having leaders who endeavor to stay on paths of “virtue and manliness.” He believes the Arizona Constitution is the most prominent expression of this experiment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-14

Theodore Roosevelt, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln

Celia Baldwin Whitehead critiques a recent speech by Theodore Roosevelt dedicating a park to the memory of John Brown. Roosevelt’s speech, while dedicating a park to Brown, does not mention him much, which Whitehead reflects on. She further compares Roosevelt’s handling of trusts and special interests to be similar to that of Abraham Lincoln handling the problem of slavery, and muses that, just as Lincoln ultimately came to the conclusion that the only way to control slavery was to kill it, whether Roosevelt will come to the conclusion that the only way to control trusts will be for the government to own them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-24

Regis Henri Post and Puerto Rico school superintendents

Regis Henri Post and Puerto Rico school superintendents

An unknown witness relates an incident in which he reports that a likely-inebriated Governor of Puerto Rico Regis Henri Post unleashed a slew of verbal abuse on the Puerto Rico School Superintendents, with particular acrimony aimed at Assistant Commissioner of Education Everett W. Lord. One redacted section quotes Post accusing the superintendents of being the second largest cause of anti-American sentiment in Puerto Rico, behind only the missionaries. The recounting of Post’s attempts to apologize the next day does not suggest the superintendents were willing to forgive Post.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-28