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The Outlook Company announces that President Roosevelt will join the editorial staff of The Outlook on March 5, 1909, and he will use the magazine as his exclusive channel for writings on political, social, and industrial topics.
1908-11-07
Theodore Roosevelt believes Commander of the USS San Francisco Belknap’s article should be published in The Outlook but advises him to send it directly himself and not ask Roosevelt to submit it for him. He agrees with Belknap about the “silliness” of a remark by Harvard president Charles William Eliot regarding the need to break a man’s will, to train him as a soldier.
1915-10-27
Theodore Roosevelt thanks author and editor Edward William Bok for the “little Dutch book” and wishes him luck.
1910-07-13
Theodore Roosevelt informs author and editor Edward William Bok he cannot do as Bok wishes because he would have to do it in every case and he is returning Bok’s check. Roosevelt will decide which picture is his favorite and then write an “elaborate essay” on it.
1911-11-10
Theodore Roosevelt cannot write the article requested by author and editor Edward William Bok for two or three months and inquires if Bok would still want it then. Since Bok gave him the topic, Roosevelt will not write on it for any other publication.
1914-11-04
Theodore Roosevelt encloses the article he wrote for author and editor Edward William Bok. He says Bok can change the allusion to him in the first line if he wishes, but Roosevelt does not want anything else changed.
1914-12-08
President Roosevelt thanks Frederick William Holls for his note and discusses articles printed in the Express and the Review of Reviews written about him.
1901-10-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he is glad that Bishop clarified some issues regarding an article in The Outlook and makes plans to have lunch with him.
1911-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop about helping Bishop’s son find work. He also confirms that the “bridge-whist” incident that Bishop read about is true. Roosevelt sends Bishop a pamphlet he wrote and also encloses a letter from Bryce about one of Roosevelt’s articles.
1911-09-08
John Burroughs writes to President Roosevelt complaining about William Long and others who, Burrough’s claims, write fake natural history. He also asks Roosevelt a number of questions about the hunting behavior of members of the cat family.
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1903-12-31
John Burroughs is having an article published in The Century and complains of The Outlook continuing to publish William J. Long’s absurd nature articles such as “Animal Surgery.” On behalf of the citizens of Kingston, New York, Burroughs invites President Roosevelt to attend the 250th anniversary of the town’s founding. There will also be a cornerstone ceremony at a home for homeless children.
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1903-09-20
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the Harper’s Weekly article and how to respond to it.
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1903-08-04
July 1903 edition of The Postal Record, the monthly journal of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Several paragraphs, mostly those regarding resolutions by state conventions thanking William Randolph Hearst for his support of letter carriers, have been circled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07
John A. Sleicher, editor of Leslie’s Weekly, thanks William Loeb for photographs of President Roosevelt, to be used in cartoon sketching, and requests a copyright permission to use the photos. Sleicher invites Loeb to visit while they are both vacationing in the Thousand Islands region of New York State.
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1903-07-06
Acting Secretary of State Loomis explains to the White House that the statement did not reach the newspapers in time for the late editions.
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1903-07-02
Book review of Unknown Mexico: A Record of Five Years Exploration Among the Sierra Madre by Carl Lumholtz. Several pages of articles from the magazine The Nation.
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1903-04
Charles William Fulton describes a trip he took to California the previous year, traveling mostly by rail from Colorado. Fulton details various attractions and sights along the route, as well as his experiences fishing along the California coast.
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1903-03-13
Harry T. Clinton of Collier’s Weekly sends four photographic prints of John Singer Sargent’s portrait of President Roosevelt and asks for one to be dedicated and returned. The portrait will appear in the March 28, 1903 issue of the magazine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-12
Collier’s Weekly would like permission to reproduce the upcoming portrait of President Roosevelt by John S. Sargent. Collier’s also wants permission for Charles D. Gibson to record some images of the social aspects of the administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-06
The unknown author is proud of the achievements of Theodore Roosevelt, Booker T. Washington, and “The Outlook crowd.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-20