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A card with the five articles of constitution of the Municipal League of Seattle, including the organization’s purposes and membership. The opposite side is an enrollment application.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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Blank form stating the holder’s desire to become a member of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-29
This certificate proclaims President Roosevelt as being an honorary member of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10
William H. Taft reports that he followed President Roosevelt’s advice and accepted the election as an honorary member of the Steam Shovel and Dredge Men.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-11
An application for the American Bison Society. The application is blank, and pre-addressed to treasurer Clark Williams. There is an option to pick associate member, member, or lifetime member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
President Roosevelt receives an invoice from the National Rifle Association of America for his purchase of a lifetime membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-26
A card announcing the election of President Roosevelt as an honorary member of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-20
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Steel has not received acknowledgment of his letter from April 9th and sends it again. The offer of honorary membership to the Mazamas has not been met cordially, and lack of acknowledgment to this letter will lead to the assumption that President Roosevelt desires to “to snub” the club.
1906-05-14
Theodore Roosevelt explains to President Charles H. Sholes how he came to accept honorary membership to the American Alpine Club but not to the Mazamas. Roosevelt asks that the matter is not given any publicity.
1906-05-22
William Loeb notifies Henry G. Bryant that President Roosevelt gladly accepts honorary membership in the American Alpine Club.
1906-02-28
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Steel asks President Theodore Roosevelt why he refused honorary membership in the Mazamas, a mountain climbing club but accepted it from the American Alpine Club. Steel references an enclosed piece of correspondence.
1906-04-09
Corresponding Secretary W. G. Steel extends to President Theodore Roosevelt an offer of honorary membership in the Mazamas, a mountain climbing club. The induction would recognize Roosevelt’s lifelong interest in natural conservation and his role in creating Crater Lake National Park. Steel describes the club’s history and the parameters of honorary membership and requests permission to submit Roosevelt’s name for election at the next annual meeting.
1905-08-17
Benjamin F. Barnes informs W. G. Steel that President Roosevelt declines the offer of honorary membership in the Mazamas. Roosevelt appreciates the courtesy but has made it a personal rule not to accept membership in organizations in which he cannot take an active role due to his public duties.
1905-08-24
Receipt from the Montana Stock Growers’ Association for Theodore Roosevelt’s membership dues covering April 19, 1887, to April 19, 1888.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
1887-04-20
Membership nomination from Kermit Roosevelt to Isabella Greenway for the National Association of Audubon Societies. The pamphlet includes a roster of the society’s members and its objects and needs.
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The Greenways have settled into their new home in Ajo, Arizona, for the winter and would like Kermit and Belle Roosevelt to visit. John Campbell Greenway cannot attend the Boone and Crockett Club dinner but encloses a check for his entrance fee and dues. He regrets not being able to see the unveiling of the Theodore Roosevelt monument in Cuba.
1924-12-04
John Campbell Greenway has been elected as a regular member of the Boone and Crockett Club. Kermit Roosevelt will be sending, under separate cover, the club yearbook, and asks for Greenway’s preferred permanent address. In a postscript, Roosevelt asks what the chances are of Greenway being at the December dinner and notes his sister’s “competition.”
1924-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt believes any club would be lucky to have Carl Ethan Akeley as a member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-03
President Roosevelt briefly speaks at the Press Club in San Francisco. He thanks them for electing him to membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-12
President Roosevelt responds to a gift of honorary membership to the Press Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also discusses his personal friendship with various members of the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-03