American periodicals

Letter from E. Parmelee Prentice to Theodore Roosevelt

E. Parmelee Prentice, encouraged by Theodore Roosevelt’s approval of the Amherst Plan, sends Roosevelt an article he contributed to the June 1911 issue of Harper’s Monthly. He discusses the value of basing education on a foundation of industry, concentration, and personal independence of judgement. An education in the classics is essential for students to understand the principles of democracy. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-24

Letter from John Allison to Theodore Roosevelt

John Allison examines Richard Olney’s article on the constitutionality of the United States Congress delegating control of railroad operations and rates to a commission.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about current happenings in Oyster Bay, New York. Roosevelt and his friends have created a polo club. Cousin Emlen Roosevelt is playing as well and Uncle Jimmie might, too. Two of Roosevelt’s political essays are going to be published. Alice is visiting Grandmother Lee.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1888-05-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward William Bok

Theodore Roosevelt sends Ladies Home Journal editor, Edward William Bok, his second article and requests a proof.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-08-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward William Bok

Theodore Roosevelt agrees to write 12 articles within a year for the Ladies Home Journal. Roosevelt writes that he does not know if he can satisfy the readers, but will try.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-08-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Sloan Bissell

Theodore Roosevelt assures Anna Sloan Bissell that the information printed in the Sun regarding his payment of taxes while fighting in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was false.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1910-10-20

Metropolitan

Fragment of paper from Metropolitan, “The Livest Magazine in America;” 432 Fourth Avenue, New York. Possibly from an envelope or stationery.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1900-1920

Letter from M. E. Perry to Theodore Roosevelt

M. E. Perry encloses a copy of The Pass-Book, a magazine designed to teach young people “the importance of thrift.” Perry asks Theodore Roosevelt to write a few words supporting the publication and encouraging young men and women to save. He also offered to send Roosevelt more copies, if he wants.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Letter from Elizabeth B. Knapp McClellan to Theodore Roosevelt

Elizabeth B. Knapp McClellan, member of the Birmingham Women’s Literary Club, has been tasked with researching Jacob A. Riis and hopes Theodore Roosevelt will be able to provide some information on Riis and confirm the rumor that Riis died recently.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-09

Letter from Walter F. McGinnis to Theodore Roosevelt

Walter F. McGinnis asks Theodore Roosevelt to promote the Kaffir Corn Carnival in the Outlook and invites Roosevelt to attend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-07

Letter from David Jayne Hill to Theodore Roosevelt

David Jayne Hill asks to come to see Theodore Roosevelt in New York upon his return from Switzerland in November. He and his wife, who will not be joining him on his journey to the United States, wish Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-07

Letter from Peter Zuckriegel to Frank Harper

Peter Zuckriegel writes to Frank Harper about a letter Zuckriegel sent to Theodore Roosevelt at The Outlook which he never received a response to. He has enclosed another copy of the original letter and hopes Harper will bring it to Roosevelt’s attention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-06

Letter from W. S. Rainsford to Theodore Roosevelt

W. S. Rainford sends Theodore Roosevelt a pamphlet which he hopes Roosevelt will acknowledge in The Outlook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-30

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney, editor of The Outing Magazine, wishes President Roosevelt a happy New Year and says he speaks for all “real Americans” when he thanks God for giving the country a brave and right administration. He encourages Roosevelt to read a book by Fiona MacLeod (pseudonym of Scottish writer and poet William Sharp), titled Where the Forest Murmurs. Whitney especially points out the inclusion of a Swedish poem that reminded him of Roosevelt’s recently published essay on Irish Sagas in The Century Magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-01

Letter from Albert Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt

Albert Shaw discusses his new magazine Country Calendar and updates President Roosevelt on the arrangements for articles featuring Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-28

Letter from John Burroughs to Theodore Roosevelt

John Burroughs thanks President Roosevelt for his suggestions and writes about his Cosmopolitan article on animal intelligence. He also discusses his dislike of William J. Long’s depictions of animals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-09

Letter from Charles Gates Dawes to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Gates Dawes notifies President Roosevelt that an article Dawes wrote on the attitude of business men towards the current corporation problems will be appearing in the Saturday Evening Post under the editor-selected headline of “Roosevelt & Corporate Reform.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-23

Extract from a letter to Booker T. Washington

The unknown author is proud of the achievements of Theodore Roosevelt, Booker T. Washington, and “the Outlook crowd.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-23

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler sends an article about tariff reform. Richard Watson Gilder wants Butler to write an article about President Roosevelt for the Century magazine. Butler asks Roosevelt’s permission to write it. Butler would use a conversation he and Roosevelt had about the books “busy men” should read as the basis of the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-01

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler sends a newspaper clipping to President Roosevelt. Butler will be visiting Roosevelt soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-14