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Lewis L. Bingham knows Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt believes in churches and that if more people attended, there would be an increase in moral earnestness, which is essential to democracy. He asks her to show Theodore Roosevelt the enclosed appeal as he thinks it would interest him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-11
Edwin D. Kizer wonders if Theodore Roosevelt knows why many men avoid attending church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Reverend Schick thanks God for the recovery of Archibald B. Roosevelt. Schick tells President Roosevelt that he is more than welcome to come back to church whenever he is ready to return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary provides information on Roosevelt’s past and present religious activities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-31
President Roosevelt tells Howard Allen Bridgman that he is not planning to write anything next year outside of his African trip. Roosevelt would like to do anything Bridgman asks but does not think he could write that article. He muses that the fact he goes to church is a stronger appeal than anything he could write asking people to go to church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-15
President Roosevelt apologizes for missing church but Archibald B. Roosevelt is still sick, and Roosevelt does not want to take the chance of infecting others. He should be able to attend next Sunday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-17
President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on the family’s recent activities. In particular, Quentin Roosevelt is eager to attend Fay School, much to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s sorrow at seeing him leave home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-23
President Roosevelt is unaware of what was in the newspaper regarding his visit to Chattanooga, Tennessee, but defends his schedule for that Sunday. Roosevelt claims to have attended two church services and visited the battlefields of Chattanooga and Chickamauga.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-13
Reverend Davis W. Lusk is writing a paper on the importance of church attendance. He asks Theodore Roosevelt to write a paragraph on the intellectual stimulus offered by the ministrations at the pulpit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-09
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
This edition of “News and Notes” details the annual police awards conferred by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in Dallas, New York City, and on Long Island, New York. It also reviews the results of the TRA Public Speaking Contests held in New York City and Long Island. The section updates readers on the status of Pine Knot, Theodore Roosevelt’s retreat in Virginia, and it promotes a two part documentary on Roosevelt to be aired on PBS in October 1996. “News and Notes” highlights the annual Fourth of July celebration in Oyster Bay, New York, and notes the retirement of Barbara Brandt from her post at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site in Buffalo, New York.
The section also features an excerpt from a speech about Roosevelt given by Elihu Root in 1919, and it features four extracts from Roosevelt’s writings and addresses under the title of “TR Said…”. Six photographs appear in the section as does an illustration of Sagamore Hill done by architect Tuck Harvey.
President Roosevelt speaks at the Centennial Meeting of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church to celebrate one hundred years of missionary work. Roosevelt commends the work as laying the foundation of national greatness. As examples of what has been achieved, Roosevelt recounts the work the United States has done to form a free republic in Cuba, and the response of the military providing relief after the recent eruption of Mount Pelée.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-20
Corinne Roosevelt has arrived to stay with them for the summer. Theodore Roosevelt accompanied the Minkwitz family to a castle and a service at the German Reformed Church. His language studies are going well and the children have started a club that meets once a week. The boxing gloves are a “great amusement” and Roosevelt relates his “best round yet.” Elliott Roosevelt is the best boxer but Theodore would win “rewards” for bloody noses.
1873-06-15