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Speech at Roosevelt, Arizona (dedication of Roosevelt Dam)

Speech at Roosevelt, Arizona (dedication of Roosevelt Dam)

President Roosevelt addresses the crowd at the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona and tells them about how the dam came to be. He knows the value of irrigation to the west, and through hard work, he was able to convince the east of the necessity of irrigation. Roosevelt congratulates all of the people involved with the construction of the dam and reflects on the honor of having the dam named after him. He considers the two material achievements he is most proud of in his administration to be the construction of the Panama Canal and the irrigation work in the western United States. Roosevelt also further reflects on what it means to be a citizen and the duty of Americans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-18

Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard

Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard

Secretary to the President Loeb encloses the requested signed quotations from President Roosevelt. The quotations are on Roosevelt’s opinion of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and national memory of the Civil War more broadly, praise of white backwoodsmen’s use of guns and axes in North American western expansion and imperialism, ideal gender roles for men and women, and the need for national commitment to “the life of strenuous endeavor.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oliver Wendell Holmes

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Oliver Wendell Holmes

President Roosevelt thanks Justice Holmes for sending him a copy of a biography written by President Charles William Eliot of Harvard (probably John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman) and thinks that in time it may be considered a classic. Roosevelt reflects on Eliot’s message of how people are remembered after their deaths and for how long. Roosevelt thinks that ultimately it is best for a person to feel internally that they lived honorably and did not shirk any duties, regardless of how long civilization as a whole remembers them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-05

Address in honor of the birthday of the late President McKinley (press copy)

Address in honor of the birthday of the late President McKinley (press copy)

President Roosevelt praises former President William McKinley for leading the nation through several crises with virtue. Roosevelt compares McKinley to Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and Jackson, all of whom Roosevelt notes have left long-standing legacies in the American memory. Roosevelt traces McKinley’s service to the United States from his commission in the Union Army during the Civil War, through his time in Congress and governorship of Ohio, before becoming President of the United States. McKinley helped the country move through a period of financial depression, as well as the Spanish-American War and the subsequent issues arising from having claimed new island territories. Roosevelt closes by noting that McKinley’s assassination shocked the nation, but that he died “in the golden fullness of his triumph,” and that his example lives on for the nation. This is a press copy of the speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-27

Address in honor of birthday for the late President McKinley (edited copy)

Address in honor of birthday for the late President McKinley (edited copy)

President Roosevelt praises President McKinley for leading the nation through several crises with virtue. Roosevelt compares McKinley to Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson and Jackson, all of whom Roosevelt notes have left long-standing legacies in the American memory. Roosevelt traces McKinley’s service to the United States from his commission in the Union Army during the Civil War, through his time in Congress and governorship of Ohio, before becoming President of the United States. McKinley helped the country move through a period of financial depression, as well as the Spanish-American War and the subsequent issues arising from having claimed new island territories. Roosevelt closes by noting that McKinley’s assassination shocked the nation, but that he died “in the golden fullness of his triumph,” and that his example lives on for the nation. This is a press copy of the speech with edits marked.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-27

Address in honor of the birthday of the late President McKinley

Address in honor of the birthday of the late President McKinley

President Roosevelt praises former President William McKinley for leading the nation through several crises with virtue. Roosevelt compares McKinley to Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and Jackson, all of whom Roosevelt notes have left long-standing legacies in the American memory. Roosevelt traces McKinley’s service to the United States from his commission in the Union Army during the Civil War, through his time in Congress and governorship of Ohio, before becoming President of the United States. McKinley helped the country move through a period of financial depression, as well as the Spanish-American War and the subsequent issues arising from having claimed new island territories. Roosevelt closes by noting that McKinley’s assassination shocked the nation, but that he died “in the golden fullness of his triumph,” and that his example lives on.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-27