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Theodore Roosevelt confirms that he does not want newspaper men in Oyster Bay. He will inform Loren Palmer or Lucius F. Curtis of the Associated Press if he has anything to communicate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-09
Newspaper article describing Theodore Roosevelt’s statement on Harrison Gray Otis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-17
Massachusetts Governor-elect Guild thanks President Roosevelt for his letter and the enclosure regarding current governor William Lewis Douglas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-14
Attorney General Bonaparte updates President Roosevelt about the work of United States Attorneys throughout the country. He delivered an address at the University of Chicago, where he was questioned about the conduct of United States Attorney William H. H. Llewellyn. Oklahoma is about to gain statehood and Bonaparte would like to discuss the matter with Roosevelt, given his earlier opposition. Many people Bonaparte met in Chicago support a third term for Roosevelt. He believes they would accept Secretary of War William H. Taft as president if necessary, but would oppose Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-20
Film containing quotations and still photos interspersed with factual footage of Theodore Roosevelt’s home and family in Oyster Bay, New York.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1930
President Roosevelt advises Minister William Woodville Rockhill on the importance of an official’s relationship with the Associated Press and how Rockhill can better and more discreetly voice his opinions.
1906-08-06
Ted Roosevelt is a little better today and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s presence has been beneficial.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-08
President Roosevelt sends Joseph Bucklin Bishop four private telegrams between himself and Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. He also inquires if Bishop saw a speech that he sent to the Associated Press and emphasizes his comparison between “the crimes of the criminal rich and the crimes of the criminal poor.”
1903-05-27
Press reports indicate that President Roosevelt has been given authority to cede all of Japan’s demands on Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-28
Theodore Roosevelt shares the speech that he will give to the railroad men on June 10th with Edwin A. Van Valkenburg. He asks Van Valkenburg to distribute it in Philadelphia if there is demand, and to send a copy to the Kansas City Star. Roosevelt has sent copies to the United Press, Associated Press and International News.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edwin Augustus Van Valkenburg to clear up an Associated Press article asserting Roosevelt’s support for President Taft’s second term. Roosevelt states that the writer of the article and Frank B. Noyes are misinformed. He asks that Van Valkenburg send a copy of this letter to Charles Kenny McClatchy, Frank Knox, and Frank B. Noyes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-27
Asa Steele called the secretary of Theodore Roosevelt today and said that G. Warfield Hobbs had not yet received a copy of the speech Roosevelt will make in Chicago, IL. As a result, Harper will enclose a copy to Hobbs with the express instruction that the speech remain unpublished until it is delivered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt is happy with Charles Dwight Willard’s previous letter and enclosed newspaper clippings. He discusses the issues of clergymen and ministers championing morality but not embodying it, and the complicity of newspapers and the press. He did not know of actions taken against Otis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Edwin A. Van Valkenburg and returns his two letters, but he does not want to allow “Mr. Stone and Mr. Hayes to remain in the position of having greatly misstated my position, and justify themselves for so doing without being called to sharp account. Either Mr. Hillis or the Associated Press was guilty of greatly improper conduct, and one can be held blameless only if the other if blamed.” Roosevelt asks if he may write to Mr. Stone or Mr. Hayes directly or if Van Valkenburg will provide them with copies of the last letters Roosevelt sent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary answers J. B. Nelson’s request for an autographed photograph for the Seattle Press Club. Roosevelt was pleased to oblige and enjoyed his last visit to Seattle. He also mentions receiving a similar request from Mr. Simpson of San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Gilson Gardner to say that the clippings he received are “characteristic” and he finds it “difficult … to believe that the Associated Press did not spread that report deliberately and as part of the general campaign.” He also requests to see Gardner when he has a chance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt is outraged by some of the recent actions of the Associated Press in issuing statements about him that are false, and reporting him to have said things that he did not. Roosevelt has also noticed that the Associated Press seems to be suppressing news about him that is true, but this bothers him less.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-14
Theodore Roosevelt muses about whether he could let a letter from Charles Dwight Willard leak, especially as George G. Hill and British Ambassador James Bryce think highly of it. He appreciated seeing the copy of the letter that Hill sent to Roscoe C. E. Brown, as it allayed his suspicion that the story had been leaked by someone at the White House, which angered him to think about. The Associated Press appears to be creating fake news surrounding Roosevelt, “both by the suppression of the truth and the suggestion of the false.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
Theodore Roosevelt believes that the action of the Associated Press is an outrage, and tells Edwin T. Earl that he believes something should be done about it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
Theodore Roosevelt tells William Hutchinson Cowles that the Associated Press dispatch was a fake, and that he believes something about it. Because of it, Roosevelt felt that he should not accept an invitation from President William H. Taft. Roosevelt expresses consternation with the Associated Press’s recent actions and reporting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13