California

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Chester H. Rowell

Theodore Roosevelt informs Chester H. Rowell that he will be in San Francisco for four days and wants to see as much of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition as possible, as well as certain friends and the Governor. Roosevelt agrees to make one speech while he is there, but reiterates that he is there for the exposition as a private citizen. Roosevelt has referred Mr. Stephens to Rowell and states that the enclosed letter explains itself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles W. Reed

Theodore Roosevelt tells Charles W. Reed that he cannot interfere in matters before Governor Hiram Johnson of California. Roosevelt refers Reed to his autobiography for his position on the the point Reed raises about civil service or the Civil Service Commission or the Civil Service Act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-03

Index, book three, President’s speeches, tour to the Pacific Coast-April 1 to June 5, 1903

Index of President Roosevelt’s speeches from May 14 to June 1, 1903, during his tour to the Pacific Coast. Includes speeches in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and Nebraska.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-14

Remarks of President Roosevelt, at Berenda, California, May 18, 1903

Theodore Roosevelt defines the fundamental virtues of American citizenship. Working hard at a profession makes one a good citizen.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-18

Index, Book Two, President’s Speeches. Tour to the Pacific coast, April 1 to June 5, 1903

Index of President Roosevelt’s speeches from May 1 to May 14, 1903, during his tour to the Pacific Coast. Includes speeches in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-01

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Iowa Falls, Iowa, June 2, 1903

President Roosevelt briefly thanks the citizens of Iowa Falls. He also speaks of how California did not develop much under the domain of the Spanish and how “in a decade it was one of the great commonwealths of the world” after being made part of the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-02

Note on travel of Eugene F. Ware

Eugene F. Ware is leaving for the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment in California around August 8 or 10.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07

Theodore Roosevelt in California

President Roosevelt stands in a carriage with a top hat in his hand.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1903

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elizabeth C. Seymour Dougherty

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) C. Seymour Dougherty for her support in the California primary. Roosevelt denies the stories that are circulating regarding his drinking habits. He does not know how to confront this type of enemy and is glad that Dougherty was not “misled by such false and malicious rumors.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912-05-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. Gordon McPherson

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to J. Gordon McPherson for the telegram and thanks him for the work and support he and other “colored citizens” did in securing a victory in California.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bonney Snitjer Armstrong

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Bonney Snitjer Armstrong for her letter of support regarding his success in the California primary. He particularly appreciates the votes of women.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912-05-27

Elementary honor

In a speech titled “Elementary Honor, Theodore Roosevelt responds to President William H. Taft.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1912

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt that it does appear her fiance’s divorce would hold up in court and she can marry him and live in California. He asks if she would like him to see another lawyer about the matter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1895-07-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel about his trip through New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, the Sierras, and California. He is glad she writes him often and wants her to tell mother all the women out there ride astride instead of side saddle and he thinks the side saddle will vanish by the time Ethel is old.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-05-10

Letter from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul Morton discusses the status of the Republican National Convention delegate support for President Roosevelt in Illinois, Colorado, California, and Pennsylvania.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-01

Telegram from George C. Pardee to Theodore Roosevelt

On behalf of “many prominent Californians,” George C. Pardee asks President Roosevelt to review the recent court martial of Hector A. Robichon, first lieutenant of the U.S. Army.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-21

Letter from Stewart Edward White to Theodore Roosevelt

Stewart Edward White offers to start a petition for removal of Charles S. Newhall as Superintendent of Forest Reserves in California. He requests that a circular letter be sent to “all rangers, military commanders and park keepers” informing them that he is “a respectable member of society.” The adventure and travel writer, accompanied by his future wife and co-writer, Elizabeth “Betty” Grant, was planning a visit to national parks in the West.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-12

Report from George B. Davis to Elihu Root

George B. Davis submits his remarks to Secretary of War Root, along with the record, in the case concerning Hector Arsene Robichon, First Lieutenant of the United States Army, who is charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-15

Letter from Yick Nam Quan to Theodore Roosevelt

Yick Nam Quan describes how much his father and his friend value the cane that has President Roosevelt’s name inscribed on it. Quan is disappointed that his gifts to Roosevelt were returned and asks if he can send them to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-24

Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt

James Jeffrey Roche plans to be in Washington, D.C., in January or February. Though he could not join President Roosevelt in California, everyone he spoke with along the coast admired the president. Roche hopes that Roosevelt will see William Butler Yeats when he visits Washington, D.C. Roche encloses a Boston Pilot article from eight years ago to show that he was “among the first of the prophets.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-04