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The newspaper contains information related to the shooting of President McKinley including updates on McKinley’s condition, details of the arrest of anarchist Emma Goldman, and eyewitness accounts of the shooting.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-10
The newspaper contains information related to the shooting of President McKinley including updates on McKinley’s condition, background information on Leon F. Czolgosz, and information on anarchist activity.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-11
The newspaper contains information related to the shooting of President McKinley including an account of Emma Goldman’s first court appearance, an update on McKinley’s condition, comments from foreign diplomats on the topic of anarchy, quotes from the doctors who treated McKinley, a comparison of McKinley’s and former president James A. Garfield’s injuries, and background information on Goldman.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-12
The newspaper contains information in the aftermath of the shooting of President McKinley including McKinley’s condition, public reaction to McKinley’s decline, an update on Leon F. Czolgosz’s health, and the actions of Vice President Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-13
Vice President Roosevelt rides in a carriage saluting the camera. The clipping is captioned, “Dedication of the Pan-American Exposition. Vice-President Roosevelt Saluting the Crowds on Main Street.”
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901
Articles include the latest bulletins on the health of William McKinley, updates on Theodore Roosevelt’s journey to Buffalo, and many articles on Leon Czolgosz.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-07
The newspaper includes extensive details of William McKinley’s funeral, an account of Theodore Roosevelt’s movements, and reactions from different countries and people to McKinley’s death.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901-09-16
Brief, satirical newspaper making light of Theodore Roosevelt and his African safari.
1910-06-06
Page four of the July 3, 1903, edition of the Des Moines Daily Capital. Several sections on this page are emphasized, including an article titled “Why These Attacks Upon Cousins?,” another titled “The Head Liners Have Their Ideas,” and a brief poem. The first of these discusses the difference in treatment given to Iowa Governor Albert Baird Cummins and others who have expressed their opinions about the tariff, and the treatment given to Robert G. Cousins when he did the same. The second compares the different ways that headlines across the country have described the Iowa Republican Convention. The circled poem declares that the “Iowa Idea” is dead and should be buried.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Full page, sepia tone portrait photograph of Theodore Roosevelt that appeared in The New York Times the week of Roosevelt’s death.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1919-01-12
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform on horseback. A short biography of Roosevelt is on the reverse side.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898-08-28
Headline from the New York American newspaper announcing the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1917-03-16
The front page of the New York Times announcing that Germany has declared war on Russia thus beginning World War I.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-08-02
Headline from the San Francisco Examiner: “Great Britain declares war.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-08-05
Headline from the newspaper The World announcing the ship Lusitania was sunk by two torpedoes with a loss of 1,446 lives. President Woodrow Wilson is in stunned seclusion.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1915-05-08
Page two of The Enquirer from January, 1904, which contains many small articles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01
Several pages from the January 9, 1904, edition of the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette. The first page contains an article that congratulates President Roosevelt for his “magnificent and independent manhood” in discharging his duties as president and demonstrating “wisdom and bravery in the matter concerning Panama.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-09
Newspaper article about the resolutions of the executive committee for the Tennessee primary. The committee endorsed President Roosevelt’s actions regarding the Panama Canal and his nomination for president in 1904.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-03
Front page of The Denver Republican, with several articles highlighted: “Roosevelt’s Name on Charter Ticket Denounced by President,” “Senator Clark on the Acquisition of Wealth,” and “‘Big Mitt’ is Given Free Reign: Corrupt Judges Reappointed Despite Hover and Uzzell.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-04
Page three of the New York Times dated Sunday, November 15, 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-15