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Colorized postcard showing a large neoclassical building, the State Normal School of San Diego, California. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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Colorized postcard showing a stone sculpture with a bronze statue of a man in front located by a pool of water. Text on the reverse of the postcard describes that the monument commemorates the men who volunteered to be part of the Mormon Battalion who marched from Iowa to California to participate in the Mexican War. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.
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This film shows part of the festivities at the Panama-California Exposition, where Theodore Roosevelt reviews the Annapolis Naval Academy’s midshipmen on July 28, 1915. Alongside Roosevelt, stands Governor Dunne of Illinois at his right, and Rear Admiral Fullam, Superintendent of the Academy, at his left.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1915-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt just received Millicent Todd’s letter after it had been forwarded to San Diego and then to Oyster Bay. Roosevelt is sorry he was not able to see her friend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt received Albert Bushnell Hart’s note after he returned from San Diego. Roosevelt may have seen Savage while he was there, but as he had not received Hart’s note he did not give him any special attention. Roosevelt invites Hart to visit if he is ever in the neighborhood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-16
Theodore Roosevelt cannot write a letter of introduction for Gustave S. Duschnes as he knows no lawyers in San Diego. Roosevelt encourages Duschnes to ask other members of the National Progressive New York State Law Committee to write letters of introduction for him, as Roosevelt does not personally know Duschnes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-27
President Roosevelt received Alice Lee’s letter about his nominating Russell C. Allen to be Collector of the Port at San Diego. He would like to learn more about Allen, and to nominate him, but the Senators in California support former state Senator Martin Luther Ward. Ward has strong local backing, and Roosevelt does not want to have a fight between himself and the Senators.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-28
President Roosevelt provides Vice President Fairbanks with details explaining why it is urgent that Congress act quickly to appropriate funding for coastal defenses of several areas in and around the Pacific. Roosevelt explains both the current situation of defenses in Manila Bay, Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the plans that are currently in place to improve these defenses. He asks Fairbanks to try to expedite the process of providing funding for these purposes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-21
President Roosevelt provides Speaker of the House Cannon with details explaining why it is urgent that Congress act quickly to appropriate funding for coastal defenses of several areas in and around the Pacific. Roosevelt explains both the current situation of defenses in Manila Bay, Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific Coast of the United States, as well as the plans that are currently in place to improve these defenses. He asks Cannon to try to expedite the process of providing funding for these purposes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-21
President Roosevelt tells Russell C. Allen that the a recent report by a post office inspector painted a picture of the actions of Postmaster John N. Newkirk that was not entirely satisfactory. The matter has not been concluded, and Roosevelt believes Newkirk may be reappointed but warns that it is not a clear case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-25
President Roosevelt congratulates the school children of San Diego, California, on the establishment of Arbor Day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-16
Governor Johnson has given Colonel Collier of San Diego a card requesting that Collier be given a brief meeting with Theodore Roosevelt. Collier is influential in San Diego and is looking to take part in the Progressive struggle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-02-12
Earl M. Cranston tells Theodore Roosevelt that during his recent business travels across America, the people cannot stop talking about Roosevelt. Cranston also mentions that Roosevelt predicted the confessions of the dynamiters and that people agreed with the remarks he made in The Outlook.
In December 1911, the McNamara brothers, on trial for placing a bomb in the alley of the Los Angeles Times due to their anti-union stance, changed their plea to guilty.
Mayor Grant Conard invites Theodore Roosevelt to visit San Diego.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-21
Alice Lee encloses letters from two men who both agree that Russell C. Allen is a better candidate for Collector of the Port of San Diego than Martin Luther Ward. She reiterates that Ward voted for Senator Frank P. Flint over Thomas Robert Bard against the wishes of his constituents. The people of San Diego feel liberated by many of President Roosevelt’s policies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-15