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President Roosevelt briefly speaks in Paso Robles, congratulating the citizens on their agriculture, commerce, and industry. He is also glad to see the vessels of the United States Navy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-09
President Roosevelt addresses citizens of Ventura and marvels at the unity of the American people. He discusses his travels through the country and the agriculture of California, a state he describes as “west of the west.” He also thanks the teachers for “what they have done” and speaks of character building and citizenship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-09
President Roosevelt briefly speaks to a crowd in Woonsocket, thanking them for their welcome. He remarks on the prosperity of South Dakota as related to soil, climate, and the farmers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-06
President Roosevelt addresses a crowd in Yankton and tells them about his time in the Dakotas. He discusses the character and prosperity of South Dakota. Roosevelt also speaks about the Grand Army and the Civil War soldiers and the lessons they impart to civil life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-06
President Roosevelt greets a crowd at Parkston, S. D. He congratulates them on their prosperity, especially in agriculture, and the character of their people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-06
President Roosevelt speaks of his previous time in Montana. He discusses Montana’s agriculture, water power, and mining. Roosevelt also enumerates the factors in Montana’s prosperity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-08
President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd at Grand Island. He states that he is glad to see the types of crops that they are growing, the amount of timber, and the establishment of forest reserves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-27
President Roosevelt greets a crowd from Salina and Bethany, Kansas. He discusses his travels and seeing the “productivity of the state” in its land changes. He also addresses the educational institutions nearby and the development of character. Roosevelt also discusses his previous gift of a football and lessons that can be learned from football.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-02
President Roosevelt greets and thanks a crowd in Russell, Kansas. He remarks on the cultivation of the land and the character of the people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-02
Theodore Roosevelt compliments the people in Wisconsin on the quality of citizens they raise. He also defines what makes a good citizen. His speech also highlights how the nation will live up to the Monroe Doctrine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-03
Two smug, well-dressed men, one labeled “Exporter” and the other labeled “Farmer,” ride in a fine carriage driven by the Roman god Mercury, his cape labeled “Commerce,” and drawn by two horses labeled “Manufacturing” and “Agriculture.” They ride past a broken carriage that crashed on a log labeled “Dingley Tariff.” The driver labeled “Importer” and the horse labeled “Import Business” sit on the ground next to the “Dingley Tariff” roadblock.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-02-01
A list of recommendations to help alleviate the problem of unemployment in the United States. Suggestions are made for projects in the areas of reclamation, rivers and harbors, roads, public works, trade and commerce, agriculture, and military service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915
Theodore Roosevelt demands a call to arms against Germany, to protect America’s ideals of freedom and democracy. He also argues that the United States should have gone to war much earlier than it had, but now it is important to fully support the war effort and the men fighting overseas. According to Roosevelt, “the foundation of our permanent civilization” rests on the land owning farmer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-08-26
President Roosevelt’s message to Congress at the beginning of the third session of the fifty-eighth Congress in 1904. In this message, Roosevelt discusses various aspects of the state of the union and introduces the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-06
A large knight sitting on a horse holds a lance with a banner that states “American Crops.” He has thrown a gauntlet to the ground before him. In the background, Uncle Sam and Columbia sit beneath a canopy in front of a building that appears to be the U.S. Capitol.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-09-06
A report on the Calaveras and Stanislaus big tree groves of California, prepared by the Division of Forestry with the intent of aiding preservation.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1900
Magazine article reviewing efforts to study and create dove hybrids. On the second page two articles are titled “Shorn Acres” and “Back to the Land: Leaves from a Countryman’s Notebook.” The latter discusses farming techniques including powdered milk.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-13
Letter from Andrew Carnegie dated July 17, 1903, concerning U.S. agricultural interests is enclosed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-01
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson’s report covers a wide range of agricultural issues and is particularly focused on agricultural education.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01
Ray H. Mattison writes to E. A. Phillips regarding the availability of two articles, Robert S. Fletcher’s, “The Hard Winter in Montana, 1886-1887” and “The End of the Open Range in Eastern Montana.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-11