Cuba--Santiago de Cuba

Carl G. Grill explains his situation to and asks for help from Theodore Roosevelt: he is a veteran of the Spanish-American War who has been working as a transfer clerk in the railway mail service in Aberdeen, South Dakota, but has moved to Oregon to benefit his wife’s health. Grill was told it was easier to resign and seek reinstatement than to be granted transfer service, so he resigned, but is facing difficulties with getting reinstated. He lists cases of others who have been successful in similar situations and asks for Roosevelt’s assistance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-15

Creator(s)

Grill, Carl G. (Carl Gottlieb), 1875-1942

French Ensor Chadwick has researched the history of the Spanish-American War for several years, and writes to congratulate President Roosevelt on the tenth anniversary of “the most heroic thing in the records of war” that Roosevelt took part in, that is, the charge to take the San Juan Heights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-30

Creator(s)

Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919

Charles E. Magoon, Provisional Governor of Cuba, refers President Roosevelt to his prior letter, wherein he outlined the steps that have been taken to discover the location, extent, and value of a church property in Santiago de Cuba. Cardinal James Gibbons may not understand the difficulties involved in the investigation. The price of the property is not $35,000, but $535,000. Magoon is moving forward with the report as quickly as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-14

Creator(s)

Magoon, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1920

Governor Charles E. Magoon details for President Roosevelt the difficulties the Provisional Government in Cuba faces in closing the matter of Catholic Church property in Santiago. In large part the difficulties in assessing the property stem from the loss of accurate records and a lack of cooperation from the Archdiocese. Magoon will write up a final report and close the matter by June.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-07

Creator(s)

Magoon, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1920

General Barry informs President Roosevelt that Herman Speck von Sternburg and Lillian May Speck von Sternburg have departed Havana, Cuba, for Santiago, Cuba. They are planning to leave for Washington, D.C., on March 10th, and will travel via Tampa, Florida. It is currently Carnival season in Havana, so the city is full of visitors, including Richard Harding Davis and his wife Cecil Clark Davis. Barry says that they have kept the peace in the temporary absence of Provisional Governor Charles E. Magoon, but will be glad to having him back.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-04

Creator(s)

Barry, Thomas Henry, 1855-1919

Provisional Governor Taft updates President Roosevelt on the progress of disarmament in Cuba. Frederick Funston is not as effective in managing the details of disarmament as Taft had hoped. Taft does not want to avoid responsibility for some of the mistakes, but feels that Funston lacks capacity as an executive. There is also some delay in dismissing the militia because of corruption. Secretary of State Elihu Root’s publication of the correspondence between the United States Government and former Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma has caused surprise among the Moderate Party in Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-06

Creator(s)

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

Jacob Sleeper, chargé d’affaires, updates Secretary of State Root on the uprising in Cuba. The veterans have given up their efforts to bring about peace, and President Tomás Estrada Palma is not certain if the government will be able to put down the rebellion although he is hopeful there will be a quorum in the House and Congress. Estrada Palma has pledged to safeguard Americans and their property. In Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio provinces, bridges and culverts have been destroyed. The rebels are now threatening to dynamite train stations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-13

Creator(s)

Sleeper, Jacob, 1869-1930

Chargé d’affaires in Cuba Sleeper informs Secretary to the President Loeb that the revolutionary movement has started in Manzanillo, Cuba, and they have two thousand men armed to fight.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-09

Creator(s)

Sleeper, Jacob, 1869-1930

Colorized stereograph of the USS Oregon. Several soldiers, many wearing white uniforms, can be seen on the deck of the ship, and an American flag is raised at the back of the ship. Text on the reverse of the stereograph details the history of the Oregon as a battleship in the Spanish-American War, as well as various features of the ship and the armaments on board.

Collection

Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Continental Art Co.

This postcard shows a view of the cemetery in Santiago de Cuba. A person walks down a neatly maintained path over which hang a variety of trees. On either side are sarcophagi and tombs surrounded by fences.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown

This postcard shows Morro Castle, situated on a hilltop overlooking the bay near Santiago de Cuba.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown

This postcard shows a portion of a suburb of Santiago de Cuba. A streetcar travels on the left side of the card, while the right is taken up by a church building. The street pictured in the photo is empty apart from the streetcar, and there are few trees in the vicinity. Hills can be seen in the far distance.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown

This postcard shows a market street in Santiago de Cuba. The busy cobbled street is filled with people.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown

This postcard shows Saco street in Santiago, Cuba. This street has streetcar tracks running down one side of it, while carriages and pedestrians stand on the other. A man dressed in a yellow suit stands center frame and gazes out at the viewer. The street is lined with shops sporting striped awnings.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown

Charles C. Myers describes a series of thirteen postcards depicting areas of Cuba and its inhabitants.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Wallace Finley Dailey, Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, describes in detail two exhibits of Theodore Roosevelt material on display in the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery in the Nathan Marsh Pusey Library in 1977. One exhibit covers Roosevelt’s long relationship with Harvard University from his undergraduate student years to his death. The other explores Roosevelt’s relationship with his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby. In both exhibit summaries, Dailey quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s letters and speeches and provides descriptions of the photographs used in the exhibits. 

Three photographs and one illustration accompany the article. One photograph shows Dailey examining the exhibit display cases. Another shows Roosevelt with a group of his Harvard classmates, and one shows Derby at the White House in 1902. The illustration is a drawing by Roosevelt’s classmate, Charles G. Washburn, that depicts a monument detailing Roosevelt’s many activities at Harvard. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Writing from the trenches outside of Santiago, Cuba, just after the Battle of San Juan Hill, Theodore Roosevelt thought that the event that would make his political career–the campaign in Cuba–appeared to be on the verge of becoming a catastrophe. Within a few months of writing this letter, Roosevelt would be elected governor of New York; in 1900 he was elected vice president.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1898-07-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A postcard with a black and white photograph of a memorial dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt erected in Santiago de Cuba.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1926-1940

Creator(s)

Unknown

A picture of Theodore Roosevelt and two men sitting on horses in front of a building in Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1907

Creator(s)

Unknown

A handbook for Roosevelt’s Rough Rider Association, which includes a list of association officers, the association’s constitution and by-laws, and a list of the association’s members, honorary members, and the muster-out roll. Handwritten annotations about members or officers is present throughout. Pages 56-57 and 88-89 are uncut in the original and cannot be scanned.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Roosevelt's Rough Rider Association