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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-11
President Roosevelt acknowledges Hilary A. Herbert’s letter and believes his views are broadly similar to Herbert’s opinions. The president laments he does not know what to do about African Americans in the South and believes only the communities themselves can solve the problem in the long run. Roosevelt promises to treat white people and black people in the South alike with justice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
John F. Rosenwald invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend the Lac qui Parle County Fair and Pioneer Home-Coming celebration in Minnesota, emphasizing Roosevelt’s pioneer heritage and popularity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-09
Judge Lindsey contemplates the duty of the community in raising children. It is important for communities to provide places where children can play and grow, because without areas where this is permitted they will still act and play as children, but may do so where it is not permitted and thus risk wrongly running afoul of the law. Communities play almost as important a role as parents in the raising of children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909
President Roosevelt speaks of the importance of national unity, saying that dividing the nation by caste, creed, or locality is the surest path to destruction. He believes the government should not devolve either to government by a moneyed elite or by the masses of the poor who want to destroy the wealthy. He says that the character of a person is more important than their possessions when determining their worth.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-05-23
President Roosevelt speaks in Butte, Montana, on the character of the United States, and denounces sectionalism and factionalism that seek to divide the country. He particularly emphasizes this point regarding the tension between different social classes, and says that the law must apply fairly to everyone, regardless of section, creed, or class. He says that the government must never be a plutocracy or one that has been given over to mob rule. He denounces millenarianism, and says that the United States must work through its problems in practical ways, rather than hoping for miracles to solve everything.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt speaks in commemoration of Decoration Day in Nassau County, New York.
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