Bands (Music) | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

Masonic Children Return

Newspaper article reporting on the concert at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of the Masonic Home of Utica which consisted of professional performers as well as children from the home dancing and performing music. The concert raised over $5,000 for the Masonic Home and the children enjoyed their trip to New York City. Letters received by William J. Wiley, superintendent of the home, are also printed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-29

Saint Patrick’s day in Washington

President Roosevelt rides on an elephant and leads a Saint Patrick’s Day parade featuring the “G.O.P. band,” which includes Secretary of War William H. Taft, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, Secretary of State Elihu Root, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. The parade has a banner with a three-leaf clover that has words in each leaf: “anti-rail-road rebate,” “Philippine tariff moderation,” and “Panama Canal—no grafting.” Roosevelt holds a “Spanish-American War” sword.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03

A school band playing at Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park dedication

A school band plays at the 1949, park dedication held near Painted Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-06-04

Photograph of Black Hills Air Force Band at Scenic Loop Drive dedication

Photograph of the Black Hills Air Force Band at the Scenic Loop Drive dedication at Wind Canyon in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1968-09-22

Photograph of band playing at dedication ceremony

President Lyndon B. Johnson stands with Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, during the dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial on Theodore Roosevelt Island. In the foreground the band plays while the audience stands.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial

Creation Date

1967-10-27

Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt statue with band

The 17 foot statue of Theodore Roosevelt, designed by Eric Gugler and sculpted by Paul Manship, rises over a band while they play at the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial dedication ceremony on Theodore Roosevelt Island.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial

Creation Date

1967-10-27

Photograph of band at dedication ceremony

Members of the band at the dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial on Theodore Roosevelt Island listen to the speaker at the podium. President Lyndon B. Johnson sits on stage, second to right of the podium.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial

Creation Date

1967-10-27

Photograph of band at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park

Band at the dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial on Theodore Roosevelt Island. President Lyndon B. Johnson sits on the stage, second to the right of the podium.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial

Creation Date

1967-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt sends Secretary of War Taft a letter from Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes, the widow of Tilden Russell Selmes, whom Roosevelt says Taft knew well. Roosevelt hopes that the Manila Constabulary Band can play at Taft’s inauguration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Truman Handy Newberry

President Roosevelt asks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry to have the Naval Academy band play at a Philadelphia football game in December.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-05

Letter from Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes to Theodore Roosevelt

Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes has heard about Secretary of War William H. Taft’s nomination as Republican candidate for President, and is glad that President Roosevelt has secured his legacy. Selmes has received a letter from Walter Howard Loving, leader of the Manila Constabulary band, and asks if there is any way that his wish for his band to play at the presidential inauguration could be fulfilled. She praises Loving highly, and says that allowing this could help race relations, both with African-Americans in the United States, but also regarding the Philippines and Filipinos.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-27

Arrival of President Theodore Roosevelt at the armory

Photograph showing automobiles arriving as a military band awaits them. President Roosevelt can be seen on the left side in the vehicle, lifting his hat to the onlookers. Relates to the re-interment of John Paul Jones at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-05-09

Military band at Rough Riders camp, Montauk Point, New York

Photograph showing band members, some with instruments, Montauk Point, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes

President Roosevelt hopes to have Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes over to dinner sometime so that they can have a satisfactory talk. Roosevelt has forwarded Selmes’s letter to Secretary of War Taft, and says that if he wins the election Roosevelt believes they can get the Manila Constabulary Band to come play. He says that Taft would like to hear from Selmes, as she was the wife of his old friend Tilden Russell Selmes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-30

Dedication of Sagamore Hill by President Eisenhower

Silent color film showing the dedication of Theodore Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill, as a national shrine on June 14, 1953. Speakers at the dedication include President Dwight D. Eisenhower, former President Herbert Hoover, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and Leonard W. Hall, Chair of the Republican National Committee. Also present at the dedication were singer William Warfield, members of the Roosevelt family, representatives of scouting troops, and a brass band.