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Joel A. Hayes writes to Theodore Roosevelt about development projects along the waterfront in Oakland, California. Hayes is concerned that Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, is allowing the railroads to modify the harbor line by constructing a sea wall and drudging the bay, which would permanently alter the waterfront.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-26
President Roosevelt would like Postmaster General Payne to report on a letter from Reverend Robert Francis Coyle recommending the re-appointment of William H. Friend as postmaster at Oakland, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-12
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines Cordelia Leslie’s invitation to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21
Theodore Roosevelt thanks H. Glissman for the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary provides Senator Chamberlain with an itinerary of the dates that Roosevelt will depart various cities on his West Coast tour.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt discusses plans to visit Reno, Nevada on a trip through San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California. Roosevelt sends congratulations to Senator Flanagan for his participation in the erection of a new Y.M.C.A building and expresses interest in “progressive Christianity,” which would establish Catholics and Protestants as ethically equal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-31
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Secretary of War Taft to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Department of War in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-23
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Department of the Treasury in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-23
President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress recommending the rebuilding of public buildings in San Francisco belonging to the Post Office, Treasury, and War Departments, and asks Postmaster General Cortelyou to prepare figures for him detailing the costs associated with repairing buildings belonging to the Post Office Department in San Francisco, as well as those damaged in Sacramento, San Jose, and Oakland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-23
George O. Sanborn informs Theodore Roosevelt of his travels across the country and tells him of the people’s strong opinion to have him run for the 1911 presidential elections. Sanborn states how the people are dissatisfied with William H. Taft’s tariff policies and hopes Roosevelt decides to serve his American duty by honoring the presidential nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-23
On behalf of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Iwing H. Kahn, Charles F. Cole, and C. F. Gorman invite Theodore Roosevelt to visit the city, which has has so highly spoken of.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-28
W. F. Jackson, president of the Negro Business League, has tried to reach Theodore Roosevelt several ways in the hopes of inviting him to speak to the African American citizens of Oakland and San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-23
Representative Knowland has received a request for Theodore Roosevelt to speak at Mills College in Oakland, California. It is the leading women’s college in the Pacific Coast.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-16
Cordelia Leslie has followed Theodore Roosevelt’s career from the time he was elected Vice President. She has written him twice, but does not think he has received the letters. She would like him to visit her when he is in Oakland this spring, but only if he has time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-08
The League of Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican Clubs of California publishes its platform of principles adopted at a meeting held on August 1, 1907, in Oakland, California. The organization desires to return to Republican principles and remove the domination of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on the Republican Party in California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-01
Journalist Gene Frances Baker, who wrote under the name Gene Baker, reports on the crowd of women who “came in droves” to hear Margaret Sanger speak at the Hotel Oakland ballroom. Sanger, who Baker describes as “feminine” with “personal warmth,” scientifically and clearly described the issue of birth control. She criticized the censorship of the United States Postal Service and former President Roosevelt’s sense of morality. Sanger asked the audience who was more moral: she, for encouraging small, responsible families, or Roosevelt, for encouraging American couples to have many children? At this, Baker reports that Sanger received a great deal of applause, indicating that “the Rooseveltian theory would never win him many of the women’s votes.”
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
1916-06-15
Theodore Roosevelt tells Gilbert B. Daniels, the editor of the Oakland Enquirer, that he had already seen the editorial in his newspaper and thought it was particularly good. He also mentions an editorial in the Oakland Tribune.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-03
President Roosevelt greets a crowd in Oakland, discussing his visit in California. Roosevelt highlights the accomplishments of the service men during the Spanish American War.
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1903-05-14
President Roosevelt thanks the veterans who escorted him to the dock in Oakland. These are the service men whose example “we endeavored to follow.”
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1903-05-14
President Roosevelt briefly thanks the veterans of the Spanish American War who escorted him in Oakland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-14