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Victor A. McClanahan tells Theodore Roosevelt of “chautauquas,” meetings held throughout Illinois to promote honesty and temperance. They have raised enough money to bring in a “headliner” for the next assembly, and although several big names were suggested, they hope Roosevelt will speak.
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1911-10-10
On behalf of the Guthrie County Chautauqua Association, Frederick W. Bechly invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak to the association on August 16, 1912.
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1911-09-30
Colonel Halgrims, secretary of the Humboldt Iowa Chautauqua Association, invites Theodore Roosevelt to give a speech at their fourth annual session.
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1911-09-22
Roy A. Haynes asks Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at the Hillsboro Chautauqua during the week of August 12–18, 1912, highlighting the event’s role in promoting public thinking in rural communities and noting Hillsboro’s historic significance and past distinguished speakers.
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1911-09-11
Frederick V. Fisher sends Theodore Roosevelt a program from the first session of the Utah Chautauqua and expresses regret that Roosevelt could not participate. He invites Roosevelt to speak at the next session in July 1912, assuring him of a warm welcome. Fisher also references his recent Outlook article on the Mormon situation, noting both criticism from church authorities and support from local Utah residents.
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1911-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt respectfully declines an invitation from the Lincoln Park Chautauqua of Cawker City, Kansas.
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1912-07-18
Theodore Roosevelt declines the invitation from A. C. Lippitt.
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1911-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt tells J. William White that he has written to Captain Rice, and he will allow White to keep the letter from Dernburg. Roosevelt is impressed by creative descriptions of President Wilson, and he declares that Wilson is a more “noxious man” than Secretary of State Bryan.
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1914-12-16
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Northrop, a Baptist minister, for the letter.
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1908-11-11
President Roosevelt approves of Secretary of War Taft speaking at the University of Notre Dame. Roosevelt agrees with Taft about the Storers, and he thinks Wilson and Park should be put in the cavalry. Roosevelt is enjoying his summer at Oyster Bay with his family.
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1904-09-05
Senator Bristow would be appreciative if Theodore Roosevelt could speak at the Lincoln Park Chautauqua in Cawker City, Kansas. The distances involved might make the trip inconvenient and Bristow defers judgment on the desirability of the trip to William Allen White.
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1912-07-16
Representative Hanna recently spoke at the Mouse River Loop Chautauqua in Tolley, North Dakota. Hanna requests that Theodore Roosevelt send a congratulatory telegram to the chautauqua’s secretary and a letter to S. H. Sleeper, who worked to make the event a success.
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1912-07-09
G. A. Wood asks Theodore Roosevelt to speak during the 1912 session of the Stone Lake Chautauqua as a corrective to the local citizens who are focused too much on material gain and pleasures due to their agricultural prosperity.
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1911-10-30
Wilbur L. Davidson of the National Chautauqua Bureau constantly thinks about having Theodore Roosevelt lecture and hopes he will agree.
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1911-08-24
John L. Hamilton invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the Hoopeston, Illinois, Chautauqua meeting in August. They could either pay him $500, or, in an agreement similar to one made by William Jennings Bryan, divide the proceeds of the meeting between the association and Roosevelt.
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1911-07-11
Homer J. Ward writes to Theodore Roosevelt to ask if Roosevelt is able to attend the Gallipolis Chautauqua in early August.
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1911-06-08
George E. Vincent inquires about Theodore Roosevelt’s plans for the upcoming summer, and reminds him of a promise to attend the Chautauqua in Saint Paul, Minnesota, if he accepted any other summer engagements.
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1911-06-06
C. E Gullett asks Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the Lincoln Chautauqua in August.
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1911-03-29
Frederick V. Fisher invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at an upcoming Chautauqua in Ogden, Utah. The Republican party in Utah “is rapidly reaching a crisis,” and Fisher believes that a speech from Roosevelt would help retain the progressive element of the party through his advocacy of reform.
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1911-03-23
John M. Hall asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would consider attending and speaking at several Chautauqua assemblies in August, and what his conditions for such an engagement might be. Hall promises that this would be a good way to speak to the entire country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-09