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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Transcription of a letter or speech, part of a larger transcription of shorthand record possibly by Theodore Roosevelt discussing social conditions in America.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1911
Transcription discussing creating a universal arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. A treaty between the United States and the Dominican Republic is mentioned. This may be the words of Theodore Roosevelt. There are a number of words missing and a note on page 2 says the subject is continued for 6 more pages of shorthand.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1911
Manuel Delgado, El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Relations and Justice, is pleased to receive President Roosevelt’s offer to mediate a Pacific settlement between Honduras and Nicaragua. Delgado informs Secretary of State Root that President Pedro Jose Escalon conveyed this offer to Presidents Manuel Bonilla and José Santos Zelaya.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-12
David P. Barrows argues that fear is the most primal human emotion, and that even children understand the importance of overcoming fear, although adults do not help them do so. He discusses the importance of cultivating courage in people of all ages.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-06
Secretary of War Taft and Herbert Wolcott Bowen question Harry Unwin on his work as an auditor for the asphalt trust. Taft and Bowen focus on a bank draft for $5,000 or $10,000 which Unwin was instructed to send to Henry W. Bean in Venezuela.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-10
Secretary of War Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Loomis and Herbert Wolcott Bowen question William Worthington Russell about papers left by Loomis in Caracas, Venezuela. Russell states that the papers were left in the safe but Bowen contends that he found some of them on Russell’s desk. Russell denies opening any of the papers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-10
Former President Cleveland accepts an invitation by Thomas Fortune Ryan to be a trustee of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-10
Rear Admiral Newton E. Mason explains the budget and spending of the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance including expenditures for ships, guns, ammunition, equipment, and facilities. Mason defends the budget in an attempt to secure ideal funding for the upcoming year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-11
Transcript from the Panama Canal Appropriation discussion. Secretary of War William H. Taft, as well as Senators Shonts, Hall, Perkins, Wetmore, and Warren discuss various issues regarding the salaries of the Chief Engineer John Frank Stevens, as well as the use of auditors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-21
Transcription of Baron Komura’s telegram. According to Prime Minister Sergie Witte, Emperor Nicholas II still refuses any further concessions. Komura fears that President Roosevelt’s efforts for peace will be futile.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-28
Mayor Weaver stated that President Roosevelt agreed with his position on newspapers, namely that there is no machine so dangerous as a newspaper machine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-08
Transcript of a speech given on Theodore Roosevelt Island concerning Theodore Roosevelt’s influence on both technology and conservation policy. The speaker points out Roosevelt’s faith in technology given his execution of both Panama Canal and the White Fleet. The speaker goes on to balance the resulting existence of steam shovels and bull dozers with Roosevelt’s policy of ‘cut-a-tree, plant-a-tree’. The speaker concludes by talking more in-depth about Roosevelt’s groundbreaking legislation regarding resource management.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1988
Transcript of a speech given by Edward P. Cliff, the former chief of the Forest Service, at Theodore Roosevelt’s 125th birthday celebration on Theodore Roosevelt Island. Cliff gives a brief history of how the forest service came into existence and praises Roosevelt’s dedication and many contributions to forestry and resource management.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1983-06-18
Transcript of an interpretive talk given by historian Ellis W. Bell of the National Park Service on Theodore Roosevelt Island outlining Theodore Roosevelt’s life and contributions to the American political and natural landscape. Bell describes the childhood illness Roosevelt overcame as well as his early love of the outdoors. He goes on to discuss Roosevelt’s early political career and his time in North Dakota. Bell describes Roosevelt’s presidency focusing on his groundbreaking reforms to the railroad, coal and steel producers. Bell also focuses on Roosevelt’s foreign policy initiatives including military preparedness and restrained power. Bell goes on to detail Roosevelt’s conservation policies, in particular the creation of the Forest Service, the Reclamation Act, the Antiquities Act and his general push for resource management.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1968-06-18
Transcript of hearing from the Senate Interior Department Appropriations committee concerning money for development of Theodore Roosevelt Island. Conrad L. Wirth, Director of the National Park Service, requests money for the development of Theodore Roosevelt Island and to raise a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. There is also a discussion of access to the island.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1953
Transcript of hearing from the House Appropriation subcommittee concerning money for the development of Theodore Roosevelt Island. Conrad L. Wirth, Director of the National Park Service, requests funds for a water system and shelter on the island. The hearing goes on to discuss the eventual dedication of the island to Theodore Roosevelt and its beautification.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1953
Interview with Mary Ellen Osterhout, a resident of Medora, North Dakota, since 1910. She shares her knowledge of Medora and the Badlands.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1966-10-18
Wide ranging interview with Dr. Ralph Hubbard.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1977-08-14
Colonel Ernesto Asbert states that the revolutionaries are not in arms for the purpose of waging capricious warfare, but that the attitude of the Cuban government, which is using the most reprehensible means to keep itself in power, has forced them to take this position. Asbert values efforts to establish peace that have arisen without further bloodshed. The revolutionists will maintain their position while parties attempt to find a solution, accepting with resignation the consequences this may bring. They prefer a new American intervention that will guarantee future legal elections.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29