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Philip D. Fagans, secretary of the West Side Y.M.C.A., invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend to the opening meeting of “The Saturday Night Club.” The club is for less fortunate boys who cannot afford membership in the Association.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-27
President Roosevelt agrees to lend his name to the Sons of Daniel Boone for use with a notch. He suggests that it be related to good deeds of heroism and daring, and provides some examples of what he means.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-22
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends an autographed copy of Roosevelt’s book Hunting the Grisly instead of his work African Game Trails, which John W. Souter had requested for a library collection intended for the Boys’ Club in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-31
President Roosevelt thanks the Sons of Daniel Boone for making him an honorary member of Fort Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-15
President Roosevelt asks Jacob A. Riis for information about the Roosevelt Boys Club in San Francisco. He comments on public opinion regarding the spelling affair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-26
President Roosevelt enjoyed Donald A. Carson’s letter and is interested in his club for boys. Roosevelt tells Carson about his boys, Theodore Roosevelt, Archibald B. Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt, and the animals around the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt send best wishes to A. H. Hutchinson and movements like his that allow boys to work their way up. Roosevelt had many Rough Riders who were members of such organizations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-02-05
President Roosevelt is glad to hear that the boys of the Boys’ Parlors Association like the picture which was forwarded.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-28
James V. Di Crocco helps run a club for the foreign boys of his local district to help them become “useful American citizens.” He asks Theodore Roosevelt to contribute a piece to the club’s paper, of which he is editor-in-chief.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-28
James E. West clarifies for Theodore Roosevelt that the Boy Scouts of America is not a military organizations and does not include guns in their equipment. Confusion has arisen because the American Boy Scouts organization was organized with the help of William Randolph Hearst and does military drill with boys.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-15
Louis H. Hollender asks Theodore Roosevelt to help raise funds to purchase guns for his local Boys’ Brigade.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-13
Photograph showing a group of boys, members of the Bath 3 Club, with David Young, a Civil War Veteran.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-04
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Albert H. Hutchinson a donation of $25 to help support the work of the Roosevelt Boys’ Club. He asks Hutchinson to not make the donation public, as Roosevelt would then receive a large number of requests for similar donations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-05
Jacob A. Riis supports replacing Commissioner McSweeney due to charges of corruption within the Immigration office but he does not want Mr. Marsh to have an important position within the new administration. He criticizes Governor Odell for violating the New York Tenement House Act and “playing into the hands of the builders.” Riis concludes by lamenting that he “disgusted a lot of women” by opposing a bill to build Boys Clubs in all New York boroughs at taxpayers expense.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-24