Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Percival Leonard Rosseau
Theodore Roosevelt declines the invitation from Percival Leonard Rosseau.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-16
Your TR Source
Art--Exhibitions
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles R. Huntington
President Roosevelt tells Charles R. Huntington that his portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., by Daniel Huntington, Charles R. Huntington’s father, is in the country cannot be shipped. Roosevelt suggests that Huntington contact Corrine Roosevelt Robinson or Eleanor Roosevelt about another suitable portrait. Roosevelt is sure they will be glad to send it to the exhibition of paintings by Daniel Huntington if possible.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-30
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid
President Roosevelt would like Ambassador Reid to get in touch with the London Post regarding their reporter A. Maurice Low, who Roosevelt considers “a liar and a slanderer.” Low has cause considerable trouble for the United States government. Roosevelt also shares his enjoyment of a recent exhibition of American artists.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-17
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Andrews Clark
When Senator Clark’s collection of pictures is on exhibition at the Corocoran Art Gallery, President Roosevelt would like him to take him over to see them.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-27
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John La Farge
President Roosevelt cannot send the picture to an exhibition because it is government property.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Ella T. H. Haines to Theodore Roosevelt
Ella T. H. Haines writes Theodore Roosevelt about a patriotic-inspired painting of hers on display in an exhibition on Market Street in San Francisco. She hopes he will write something describing it. She says she had a “spiritual inspiration” to create this painting and she also “knew two years before” that William McKinley would be assassinated.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-18
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Letter from Sergei Witte to Theodore Roosevelt
Sergei Witte writes a letter of introduction to President Roosevelt for the painter Aleksandr Alekseevich Borisov. Borisov has had success with exhibitions in Europe and is hoping to have similar success in America. He would like to start off his visit to America by visiting Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-09
Creator(s)
“TR and the horse” at 20 Audrey Avenue
Report on an art exhibit, “TR and the Horse,” at the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) headquarters in Oyster Bay, New York. The report is drawn from excerpts of two newspaper columns, and it notes the artists and the various types of mediums employed to depict horses. The article notes the speakers from the TRA, and it features six photographs of the event taken by Art Koch, along with a poster for the exhibition.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
2010
Creator(s)
A great social and artistic event
A newspaper article discusses a successful exhibition of the Newspaper Artists’ Association. The exhibit included original pen drawings and paintings by newspaper artists of leading metropolitan papers. Patrons attending the exhibit included members of the “400,” the leaders of New York society. The article includes a list of patrons attending the exhibit. The lists of patrons is divided by gender.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01