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Robert Bridges believes that the advertising department made a typographical error with President Roosevelt’s book. The typo was only reported in the Times and has been fixed. Bridges reports that he gave a copy of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems to May Sinclair and that he forwarded Roosevelt’s note to Brander Matthews.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-23
Nathan Haskell Dole thanks President Roosevelt for saying a good word about his friend Edward Arlington Robinson’s book of poetry. Dole also congratulates Roosevelt on securing peace between Russia and Japan, a feat many thought was impossible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-11
Alexander Blair Thaw hopes that the ode he wrote for Roosevelt’s inauguration expresses the hope and faith the American people have in Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-17
William Davison Johnston addresses the annual dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association on October 24, 1986, on the eve of the commissioning of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. He notes the many Roosevelt family members in attendance and closes his remarks by reading a passage from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Building of the Ship.” A photograph of Johnston shaking hands with Captain Paul W. Parcells, Commanding Officer of Theodore Roosevelt, supplements the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1986-10-24
Obituary of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the first born and last to die of Theodore Roosevelt’s children. The obituary details her celebrity status during her father’s presidency, her wedding to Congressman Nicholas Longworth, and his career in the House of Representatives. The notice also examines Alice Longworth’s decades long position as a Washington, D.C. power broker and socialite, and it notes her friendship with presidents, journalists, and celebrities. Her work in compiling an anthology of American poetry, her relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and her efforts to memorialize her father are also covered. The obituary notes her love of reading, acerbic wit, and sense of humor.
Four photographs accompany the article: the first shows Alice in 1904; the second shows the entire Roosevelt family, Theodore and Edith Roosevelt and all of their children and Alice’s husband, Nicholas Longworth, at the White House; the third shows Alice with her sister Ethel Derby and her brother Archibald Roosevelt at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C.; and the fourth is of Alice late in life.
A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt birthplace committees is included in the article.
A poem written by Percy F. Montgomery, and dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, entitled “La Vaquero.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-16
Text of a speech reviewing the literary achievements of North Dakota and North Dakotans. Theodore Roosevelt is specifically mentioned as beginning his literary career in North Dakota with Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
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