American periodicals

Letter from Thomas St. John Gaffney to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas St. John Gaffney writes to President Roosevelt about an enclosure regarding the Consul General of Italy. Gaffney spoke with Collier’s Weekly owner, Peter Fenelon Collier, about Norman Hapgood’s editorials. Collier reassured Gaffney that the paper supports Roosevelt and Collier will speak with Hapgood about supporting the President in his editorials so there is no doubt as to how the newspaper stands. Gaffney also mentions a reception for Cardinal Satolli; his plans for the Chicago convention; and Archbishop Ireland meeting him before the event. Gaffney reminds the President to speak with Monsignor O’Connell.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-08

Letter from Franklin Matthews to Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin Matthews writes a letter of apology and explanation to President Roosevelt why an interview given by Roosevelt and the article written by Matthews did not appear in Harper’s Weekly. Matthews believes Harper’s Weekly management may have been afraid to print the article due to the possibility of offending Wall Street investors related to the magazine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-22

Pages from Polly Pry, vol. II, no. 12

Cover and pages three through six from the May 21, 1904, edition of Polly Pry.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-21

Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

George Bird Grinnell informs Theodore Roosevelt that the Boone and Crockett book will be out in May and that Roosevelt’s article “comes out very well.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-05

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal cover

Advertisements for a book, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, and a periodical serial about the Rough Riders, both written by Theodore Roosevelt, appear on the front and back covers of this issue.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1898

Odds and Ends

The “Odds and Ends” portion of The Wide World Magazine prints a number of noteworthy pictures, complete with descriptions. The first page includes a swarm of locusts in South Africa and a home in Canada that is placed on rollers and moved to its family’s new location. The reverse shows an old fishing boat that has been made into a pony stable in the Shetland Islands and a massive man-eating crocodile that was captured on Lake Victoria.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer

Theodore Roosevelt assures George von Lengerke Meyer that he has already attended to a task. Roosevelt thinks Meyer will be satisfied with the editorial, which comes out next week. (The date stamped on the letter is incorrect.)

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1912-02-02

Letter from Ray Stannard Baker to Theodore Roosevelt

Ray Stannard Baker tells President Roosevelt that he will receive a copy of McClure’s Magazine “a little in advance of publication,” because he wants Roosevelt to read his article on the Colorado labor situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Macomb Flandrau

Theodore Roosevelt was very pleased with Charles Macomb Flandrau’s article. If Flandrau is ever in New York, Roosevelt wants to see him.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1918-02-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles D. Lanier

Theodore Roosevelt believes the Review of Reviews should be used in schools to assist with teaching current events.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-10-25

Advertisement for article by Theodore Roosevelt

Advertisement for an article titled “The Panama Blackmail Treaty” by Theodore Roosevelt which will be published in the February issue of The Metropolitan.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1915-1916

Letter from Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett has seen Ambler Mason Blackford’s article in The Outlook about Quentin Roosevelt during his time at Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia, and adds to this account her own remembrance of Quentin. Fawcett reflects on the receiving photographs, letters, and kind words remembering her own son, Lieutenant Richard Hartshorne Fawcett, who also was killed while in the Air Service.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-10-21

Cover of Collier’s: The National Weekly, Vol. 56, no. 6

Cover of Collier’s, The National Weekly, Vol. 56, no. 6. The cover article, entitled “The Most Interesting American” by Julian Street, is about Theodore Roosevelt. Cover illustration by Edward Penfield depicts Roosevelt seated with arms on desk.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1915-10-23

Letter from Assistant Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to G. S. Blake

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs G. S. Blake that Roosevelt is not involved with accepting manuscripts to The Outlook. He suggests that Blake contact the managing editor for publication information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-14

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to D. B. Dalzell

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary directs D. B. Dalzell to reference The Outlook in order to answer his question about Roosevelt’s stance on the initiative and referendum.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-20

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. A. W. Nicholson

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Mrs. A. W. Nicholson to write a letter to Roosevelt expressing her views on women’s suffrage. She is to write in a tone that reflects that Roosevelt is for suffrage, and he may send the letter to The Outlook to publish. Roosevelt showed Nicholson’s letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, who has been “extremely lukewarm” on the subject of women’s suffrage, and Mrs. Roosevelt approved of Nicholson’s approach. Roosevelt increasingly favors women’s suffrage, but does not want to force it on states that do not want it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Julian LaRose Harris

Oscar K. Davis releases this item for the morning papers of August 3, 1912. Theodore Roosevelt describes in detail the treatment of African Americans by both the Republican and Democratic Parties, but believes that for the Progressive Party, this issue is not a race issue, but a moral issue. Roosevelt concludes that the Progressive Party, as well as Southern black men, will be best served by appealing to Southern white men who support civil rights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Governor Roosevelt thanks General Johnson for the Baltimore Sun article he forwarded and sends a photograph of the Roosevelt children in return.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1900-03-15

Women’s rights; and the duties of both men and women

Theodore Roosevelt professes his support for women’s rights and the responsibilities of both males and females in safeguarding those rights.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912-02-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Sandford Martin

Police Commissioner Roosevelt tells writer Edward Sandford Martin that he and Mrs. Roosevelt never miss Martin’s column in Harper’s Weekly. Roosevelt says Martin is right about Stephen Crane, who has been making allegations of wrong-doing against the police. Roosevelt invites Crane to produce evidence to this effect. Martin’s diagnosis of Ms. Dora Clark was correct.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-10-26