Books--Authorship

President Roosevelt will not be able to help Sydney Brooks as a reference for the volume Brooks wishes to write.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Allen White reviews the recent election in Kansas. Although the Progressives were not successful in Kansas, White is continuing to organize the party and looks forward to success in 1914. He is also working towards the completion of a novel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-14

Creator(s)

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

Herbert David Croly seeks Theodore Roosevelt’s advice about whether he should accept a position on a national committee in the progressive party. Croly sees his most important work as that of a publicist and is afraid an association with the party would detract from the impact of a book he plans to write on the American progressive movement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-03

Creator(s)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930

Mary Prichard Agnetti has received Theodore Roosevelt’s note, along with her manuscript, and thanks him for all the help he was able to provide. She has been encouraged by the response she has received from The Outlook and Scribner’s. Agnetti sends Roosevelt a copy of one of her previous books that she hopes he will enjoy reading during his leisure time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-09

Creator(s)

Agnetti, Mary Prichard

Cora L. Tillmore 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-16

Creator(s)

Tillmore, Cora L.

Helena de Kay Gilder is about to prepare a collected volume of the papers of her late husband, Richard Watson Gilder, and wonders if Theodore Roosevelt has any letters from Gilder that he would allow her to see.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-24

Creator(s)

Gilder, Helena de Kay, -1916

F. V. Greene regrets that he will be unable to visit with Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday, and so has decided to write a letter instead. Greene discusses the manuscript he has written focusing on a history of the United States Army, the plans he has for its publication, and asks for Roosevelt’s opinion on several matters related to it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-19

Creator(s)

Greene, F. V. (Francis Vinton), 1850-1921

William N. Tilchin provides an introduction to Theodore Roosevelt’s 1915 study America and the World War. Tilchin notes that this issue features the foreword and three chapters from the work, and Tilchin also provides seven brief excerpts from the foreword and the chapters which touch on subjects such as preparedness, the navy, and national honor. The title page of the book illustrates the essay.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2018

Creator(s)

Tilchin, William N., 1950-; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Joseph R. Ornig chronicles Theodore Roosevelt’s work as a writer of histories, biographies, natural histories, essays, letters, and journalism. Ornig highlights some of these works, such as Roosevelt’s The Naval War of 1812 and The Winning of the West, by describing Roosevelt’s research, his aims, the books’ reception, and the time it took to complete them. Ornig also examines why Roosevelt wrote so much, citing the need to make money, articulating a reform agenda, and organizing his thoughts, and he notes those who acted as mentors to the literary Roosevelt like Henry Cabot Lodge and Owen Wister. Ornig also notes that Roosevelt assumed the role of mentor to many aspiring writers like the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Eleven illustrations accompany the essay, including three of Roosevelt writing and two examples of his hand writing.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2014

George Otto Trevelyan discusses writing The American Revolution, his history book, and the joy at hearing President Roosevelt’s remarks on it. He also responds to Roosevelt’s request for Trevelyan to visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-25

Creator(s)

Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928