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Certificate presented by the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission and the Theodore Roosevelt Association to the State Teachers College of Dickinson, North Dakota, in recognition of valuable participation in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.
1958
Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frederick B. Dalzell for the photographs and promises to send the check once he receives it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs Jennie Allender Rightmire that Theodore Roosevelt has no involvement with the granting of Carnegie prizes for bravery. They suggest she write to the secretary of the Carnegie Foundation in New York City.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Richard R. Sinclair, accepting an honorary membership to the Aero Club of New York “with pleasure.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-18
Theodore Roosevelt sends Frederick B. Dalzell $30 and says he would like Dalzell to select any trophy he sees fit. If he did not have so many obligations, he would make it a larger amount.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt thanks members of the Loyal Order of the Moose for the certificate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-27
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Allen S. Olmsted for his courtesy in naming Roosevelt an Honorary Vice President of the Harvard Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage, but he is unable to take on any further commitments. He recommends looking at Roosevelt’s pieces in The Outlook for his perspectives on “woman suffrage,” as well as speeches in at Berkeley in California and other places.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Louisa Lee Schuyler for her nomination of Roosevelt as honorary vice-president and notes that, while he is happy to send his goodwill, it would be impossible for him to play any active role in any organizations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson to confirm receipt of and express appreciation for the “gold medal and diploma awarded to [Roosevelt] by His Majesty the King of Italy in connection with the earthquake disaster in Calabria and Sicily in 1908.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-19
Theodore Roosevelt sends William E. Coffin the list. However, he is confused by the question of guides and professional hunters. He describes how during the kills on his safari, he was usually alone or had another amateur, white hunter with him. The native gun-bearers typically found the game. As such, Roosevelt does not feel he deserves “high honor” in these cases. The same is mostly true for his American hunts, although sometimes he did have guides.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-25
Theodore Roosevelt needles William E. Coffin for thinking he would not remember him. He is glad Coffin liked his book and is amused at its effects regarding Coffin’s views of foreign missions. Numerous other demands prevent Roosevelt from attending the Camp Fire Field Day in June. He encloses the requested list of game animals and their values of “honor” and “high honor,” but questions some of his choices.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-28
Theodore Roosevelt praises Alexander Hamilton Rice as “one of the Americans whose acts have added to the sum total of American achievement.” Rice, also a famed geographer, was serving as a volunteer physician in France and running a charity hospital there during World War I, and was recently the recipient of an honorary degree from Harvard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-16
President Roosevelt writes to Harry Pratt Judson that he wishes he could be at the University of Chicago in person to congratulate professor A. A. Michelson for the Nobel Prize and the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of Great Britain. Michelson’s scholarship is exactly the kind of work that America needs more of.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-31
In accordance with the Congressional Act of February 23, 1905, to promote the security of railroad travel, President Roosevelt awards Edward A. McGrath with a Medal of Honor for risking his life to save a child who had wandered on the railroad tracks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-07
President Roosevelt responds to Daniel Carter Beard’s invitation for Roosevelt’s name to be used by the Sons of Daniel Boone for an award. Roosevelt wants the award to honor deeds of heroism, but he does not want the organization to use his name for any promotional materials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-22
President Roosevelt approves of calling the trophy for the upcoming yacht races at the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition the “Roosevelt Cup,” but would like Charles P. Tower and John E. DeMund to make it clear that it will not be awarded by Roosevelt himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-11
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt that he has written to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and encloses a program for a recent dinner. Roosevelt relates to his son news from home, including the stories he is currently reading to Archie and Quentin. He speaks of his impending Nobel Prize and informs Kermit that he must reject the corresponding cash reward as long as he is in office, although he regrets that he would not be able to use the money to benefit Kermit and his siblings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-05
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Peirce to secretly accept the offer of the 1906 Peace Prize from Chairman of the Nobel Committee Jørgen Løvland. Roosevelt tells him to convey his extreme gratitude, and that once the prize is publicly announced he will make a proper acknowledgement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-01
President Roosevelt believes that it is inappropriate for him to offer a cup in the international small boat races. He believes that the two clubs involved should each offer cups, which Roosevelt and “the Emperor” will sponsor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-25
President Roosevelt is concerned that the advertisement that James E. Sullivan sent him offers “such large money prizes.” However, Roosevelt reminds Sullivan that enlisted navy men do not share the same physique as amateur collegiate athletes, and he does not want to decide what to do about them. He will ask Admiral Robley D. Evans for his thoughts on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-06