Canals

Miller Freeman had anticipated that Theodore Roosevelt would be unable to interfere in the Lake Washington canal fight, but felt that its importance warranted contacting Roosevelt. As he believes that Roosevelt is interested in the subject, even if he is not able to act on it, Freeman sends Roosevelt a press report of the hearing before Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-24

Creator(s)

Freeman, Miller, 1875-1955

William Barnes expresses a wish to be present at the upcoming dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam, and explains his reasons.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-17

Creator(s)

Barnes, William, 1824-1913

Thomas Roberts Slicer requests Theodore Roosevelt address the Economic Club on the fortification of the Panama Canal. The Club seeks to present multiple perspectives on current topics by experts. Slicer asks to meet Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon to discuss the matter further.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-16

Creator(s)

Slicer, Thomas Roberts, 1847-1916

Henry Wayland Hill sends President Roosevelt a note and book that he wrote on the canals of New York State. A handwritten note clarifies what was sent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Hill, Henry Wayland, 1853-1929

Senator Beveridge sends President Roosevelt the latest word from Henry Riesenberg on the Panama canal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-09

Creator(s)

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes her brother, President Roosevelt, regarding the selection of a Connecticut Supreme Court Justice. She thinks that either Walter Chadwick Noyes or John J. Beach would be a good choice, although she has heard more about the latter. She also communicates that she is enjoying the summer weather and that her family is doing well in Farmington, Connecticut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-01

Creator(s)

Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

This report summarizes allegations by Inspector Edward B. Linnen related to the construction of a canal in Wyoming which was fraudulently used to claim desert land as having been reclaimed. A second canal was constructed by the company which acquired title to the lands from the original company. In order to effectively irrigate the lands, the second canal had to be constructed in a materially different manner than the first, proving that the first project was a fraud.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore P. Shonts informs John F. Stevens that no railway or canal official owns land in Colon. Shonts adds that Poultney Bigelow’s charges are “the rankest kind of nonsense.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Creator(s)

Shonts, Theodore P. (Theodore Perry), 1856-1919

Secretary of War Taft advises William Loeb that no one should go down to the Panama Canal Zone except for Taft, and President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The smaller the party, the better, since space on a ship is small. The Roosevelts are invited to attend a function hosted by President Manuel Amador Guerrero. Taft thinks Roosevelt will have no reason to travel outside the Zone unless he wants to visit Colon to see for himself what Poultney Bigelow had written about. Taft is traveling to Maine from Quebec and expects to arrive in Oyster Bay in a few weeks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

R. A. Alger acknowledges receiving the President’s telegram on the lock canal and has already sent a telegram to Senator Spooner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-19

Creator(s)

Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907

Article from the “Journal de St. Petersbourg” describing England in 1903 as the most powerful Navy in the world and quoting President Roosevelt as wanting the U.S Navy to be the most powerful by the Inauguration of the Panama Canal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-24

Creator(s)

Unknown

German Ambassador Sternburg is delighted to hear of President Roosevelt’s success while hunting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He sent Roosevelt’s message to German Emperor William II, who proposes sending Tincayos, a canal expert, as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Emperor William II will also send six railway experts for the upcoming conference. Sternburg reports on possible future events of the Russo-Japanese War. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-21

Creator(s)

Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908

Dominic I. Murphy tells William Loeb that his cousin who lives in Europe says that the European press favors Judge Alton B. Parker. Murphy asks if President Roosevelt would like a copy of a book about the canals of the world. Murphy also informs Loeb that he has heard of no complaint about the contract between the Panama Railroad Company and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-31

Creator(s)

Murphy, Dominic I. (Dominic Ignatius), 1847-1930

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

Period

Unknown

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

Period

Unknown

Colorized postcard showing a steamer traveling through the Suez Canal. Several buildings are seen on the distant bank and another boat is on Lake Timsah in the background. Text on the reverse of the postcard provides information about the history and the location of the Suez Canal.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Unknown

Postcard showing a ship traveling through the Suez Canal. Charles C. Myers describes the landscape surrounding the canal as level and only a few feet above sea level while the canal banks are several feet high in some places.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Lichtenstern & Harari; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Postcard showing a ship traveling through the Suez Canal. Several individuals are standing on the bank of the canal on the left.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Lichtenstern & Harari; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Postcard showing the Suez Canal in its entirety from Suez on the Red Sea to Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea. Charles C. Myers notes the journey through the canal is 90 miles long and passes through three lakes.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Lichtenstern & Harari; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942