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William Dean Howells writes Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt about an unidentified book. The book may be volume two of John G. Nicolay and John Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, which was published in 1890.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1890-10-26
Edward A. Freeman thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for his recent letter and for the books. Freeman comments at length on Roosevelt’s analysis of English and Spanish colonization in America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-01-14
Cleveland H. Dodge expresses appreciation for Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt’s book New York City: A History. Dodge finds that Roosevelt has shown a “capital sense of proportion,” “splendid patriotism,” and will help give a “higher sense of pride and loyalty” in order to leader to “nobler efforts for the City’s best good.” Dodge also finds Roosevelt to be a source of encouragement and inspiration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-03-20
James Bryce asks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for information on Civil Service Reform for a new edition of his book, The American Commonwealth. Bryce asks specifically about the total number of offices included in the Pendleton Act, and the total number of places in the Federal Civil Service. In addition, Bryce hopes Roosevelt will remind “[Henry Cabot] Lodge of his promise to take steps to have an official publication of State Constitutions, in continuation of [Benjamin Perley] Poore’s Collection.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-12-12
William P. Trent thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for his letter regarding Trent’s recently published biography of William Gilmore Simms. Trent discusses what he learned from reading southern antebellum literature from the period of the Civil War and his views on the problems with sectionalism in the South. He admits that his voice will likely not be heard beyond the classroom.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-03-20
Thomas R. Lounsbury responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s critique of his Studies in Chaucer. He encourages Roosevelt in his work of civil service reform.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-05-05
Lucinda B. Scott encloses a copy of a biographical sketch of A. W. Merrifield from the book Progressive Men of Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-11
Paul Niedieck informs President Roosevelt that he and Captain Charles Robert Eustace Radclyffe completed their journey to Kamchatka, Siberia, and Alaska. Niedieck is close to completing a book on his travels and asks if he might dedicate the book to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-22
Two-page section of a THRO publications reference list of books and articles about Theodore Roosevelt’s time in the Badlands and the Medora, North Dakota, area as well as Yellowstone Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1970-1990
Howard W. Baker writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding a book manuscript by Zdena Trinka, its accuracy, and the possibility of Ray H. Mattison writing a foreword for it.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-05
Ray H. Mattison writes to Zdena Trinka regarding her book The Theodore Roosevelt Saga of the Roosevelt National Memorial Park and his review of it for historical accuracy.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-04-27
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding the historical accuracy of Zdena Trinka’s book The Theodore Roosevelt Saga of the Roosevelt National Memorial Park and its endorsement.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-04-25
Ray H. Mattison writes to Hermann Hagedorn regarding a revision of Hagedorn’s book Roosevelt in the Badlands. Mattison offers help with the revision and provides a list of “old timers” with whom Hagedorn could talk.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-19
Anne McDonnell writes to Ray H. Mattison regarding resources at the Historical Society of Montana for Mattison to research, mentioning the Eastern Montana Stockgrowers Association and Miles City newspapers.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1948-12-20
Vivian H. Hay writes to Arthur A. Henderson regarding a book sent with information on Theodore Roosevelt’s connections to the Masonic Lodge. Hay encloses a return label to be used when the book is sent back.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-06-07
Arthur A. Henderson writes to Vivian H. Hay regarding the receipt of the book Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-07-01
Allyn F. Hanks writes to Archibald B. Roosevelt regarding George Bird Grinnell’s book, History of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1951-05-28
Allyn F. Hanks writes to Archibald B. Roosevelt regarding a newly acquired copy of George Bird Grinnell’s History of the Boone and Crockett Club and states that the park will return it via registered mail.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1951-10-13
Chester L. Brooks writes to Edith Derby Williams, at Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s request, providing information about Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park and various publications of the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1953-06-08
Chester L. Brooks writes to Ethel Roosevelt Derby regarding future museum plans for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Brooks mentions Antoine Vallambrosa, the grandson of the Marquis de Morès, and his plans to donate land in Medora to the park for road development and a museum site.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-09-20