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On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary encloses Roosevelt’s picture so that Martha Cordes may utilize it to raise funds. Roosevelt wishes her well in her undertaking.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-23
Amelia Bingham asks Theodore Roosevelt to open the Professional Woman’s League’s upcoming bazaar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-08
Vivetta Stevenson asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to donate a small gift she can sell at her booth at a fundraising bazaar for the Volunteer St. Gregory Hospital. First Lady Helen Herron Taft donated a handkerchief. A handwritten note from Roosevelt says, “No.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-04-26
An invitation to the Easter bazaar sponsored by the Bellevue Alumnae Association to be held April 5 and 6. A list of patronesses is also included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-05
Theodore Roosevelt received a complimentary letter from a New York policeman whose son is in the squad that Quentin Roosevelt reorganized. Roosevelt attended an Allied bazaar as Corinne Roosevelt Robinson had a booth for the Fatherless Children of France. He is generally opposed to bazaars as they have a “vapid country-fair” atmosphere and tend to waste money in order to make a little. Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt is visiting and brought some of Archibald Roosevelt’s letters. The letters offer a glimpse into the trenches but are full of “violent truthtelling” that Roosevelt has warned Archie not to put in writing. He continues to make occasional speeches but feels very useless during wartime.
1917-12-07
Mary A. Taylor Harris asks President Roosevelt for an autographed copy of one of his books, to be used as part of a fundraiser for Prince George Episcopal Church in Georgetown, South Carolina. Harris knew Roosevelt’s brother Elliott, and met Roosevelt in Abingdon, Virginia, many years ago, but doubts that he would remember her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-07