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President Roosevelt sends good wishes to the founders of the “New Theatre” and expresses his support for their goals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-19
President Roosevelt writes to Brander Matthews expressing his enjoyment in both “skits,” but found he was more fond of the one about William Randolph Hearst as it “has got solid truth behind it.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-21
Olga Nethersole invites President Roosevelt to her theater production of “The Writing on the Wall” at the Columbia Theater in Washington, D.C. The play is a critique of corrupt and exploitative Trinity Church Corporation which owns slums in New York, and Nethersole believes its message aligns with Roosevelt’s own opinions. Nethersole will send him a copy of the script ahead of his attendance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-15
Robert Bridges concurs with President Roosevelt’s decision to use the pseudonym “Jacob Van Vechten” in publishing Ted’s poem “Sunset on the Marsh” in Scribner’s Magazine. Bridges will notify Baron Christian Karl Bernhard von Tauchnitz that Roosevelt approves of the terms for issuing an edition of Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter in Tauchnitz’s series. Recently, a firm in Amsterdam expressed interest in a Dutch translation of Roosevelt’s Oliver Cromwell, but Bridges says that no arrangements have been finalized. He sends the latest book by Jesse Lynch Williams and notes that he has not yet heard from James B. Connolly but expects his agreement with the plan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17