Cuba

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.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A side trip up to Santiago Cuba, a city of about 40 thousand population, is one of interest. Santiago is a thriving city but in no way a desirable place to live long at a time. This is Saco St. in Santiago.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

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

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Another on [sic] of the busy market streets in Santiago.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

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.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A view in the suburbs of Santiago.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

This postcard shows a view of Havana’s Colon Park. A sign stands amid palms and other trees, while several people stand on the nearby path looking on.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “A section of the beautiful park filled with all kinds of tropical plants and flowers and fruit.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

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

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

John A. Gable provides a pointed criticism of the PBS documentary Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War by highlighting topics that the film does not discuss. Gable stresses that the film ignores the potential consequences to the Philippines if the United States had withdrawn after the war, and he notes that it also does not consider the weakness of the Cuban and Philippine governments in their infancy as independent nations. Gable admires the contributions of the many “talking head” historians, and he reserves a great deal of praise for the film’s use of period music.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

Greg Russell argues that Theodore Roosevelt’s promotion of the strenuous life has been too often linked with militarism and conquest, and he believes that Roosevelt applied the concept equally to the domestic and the international sphere. Russell says that Roosevelt believed that everyone should engage in the strenuous life by hard work and exertion. He examines Roosevelt’s views on foreign policy matters such as the status of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, and he asserts that Roosevelt believed that the moral integrity of individuals, and thus of the nation, mattered in its conduct of foreign policy.

Two photographs and an illustration of both sides of the Theodore Roosevelt Association medallion supplement the text.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Michele Bryant chronicles the ultimately doomed efforts of Katherine Augusta Wescott Tingley to transform the San Juan and Kettle Hill battlefields in Cuba into the Latin American headquarters for the Theosophical Society. Bryant notes that Tingley managed to buy the battlefield land and to erect two memorials, one an archway and the other a pillar, to Americans and Cubans who had died in the Spanish-American War. Bryant chronicles Tingley’s involvement with the Theosophical Society and her related charitable works, including establishing three schools in Cuba in the wake of the war, and she relates that Tingley’s planned development of the San Juan Heights property never was realized. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2013

Collection of twenty-five black and white photographs that chronicle various aspects of the visit of ninety members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association to Cuba in February 2012.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2013

A photograph of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill in 1898 appears on the front cover of this issue while a photograph of members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association at the same location in 2012 appears on the back cover.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2012

Gary Ross Mormino explores the relationship between Florida, Cuba, and the Spanish-American War. Mormino describes the enclaves of Cuban immigrants in Florida, and he notes that cities like Key West, Florida, were home to revolutionary movements and figures like Jose Marti. Mormino examines the influx of soldiers into Florida cities such as Tampa, Lakeland, and Miami, and he details the not unexpected difficulties with drink, women, and race relations between white and African American soldiers. Mormino also describes the chaotic mustering and departure of the troops from Florida, and he asserts that while much of Florida may have experienced a temporary economic boost from the war, it had “little long-term impact” on the state.

Eight photographs and five illustrations populate the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Cartoon shows a vulture “Comision Especial Ley Reciprocidad Nov. ’02” (Special Commission on Reciprocity, Nov. ’02) looming over a U.S. eagle lying on the ground wearing a tag “Recipocidad Anexionista” (Reciprocity, Annexation). On the left, Tasker Bliss, Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada and U.S. Minister to Cuba Herbert Goldsmith Squiers walk away. On the right Cuban politicians Arocha, Catá, Martinez, Ferrer, Mas, Sanguily and Perez lift their hats in celebration.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902 or 1903

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne standing on two documents, “Tariff Law 1897 [subsection mark] 209, 16 Dutch % reduction enrich sugar trust,” and “Annexation policy, assist Cuba, do not hurt the sugar trust.” The cartoon refers to Payne’s political positions on the US annexation of Cuba, tariffs and support for the sugar trust.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne and a Republican elephant sweating in the top of a tree labeled “Sugar Trust.” The roots of the tree are labeled “Dutch Standard,” “Cartel,” and “Bounty.” Below the tree stands Democratic Representative John R. Thayer holding a Democratic donkey wearing blinders and wearing a blanket labeled “Resolution March 12th.” Cartoon refers to a congressional resolution introduced by Thayer to leverage divisions in the Republican party. The resolution called for an investigate into whether the sugar trust would be the primary beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cartoon shows an unidentified man, possibly Attorney General Philander Knox, on the left holding sheet “Remove Dutch standard technicality 209 Tariff Law 1897” and H. T. Oxnard on the right holding a sheet “Remove 12 1/2 [cent] per. 100 lbs. on refined.” They stand on either side of a billboard, “57th Congress. Solutions wanted. Reward offered. Prevent Cuba’s annexation? Protect American beet sugars? Protect Louisiana cane sugars? Break sugar refiner monopolies? Preserve Republican harmony? Help Cuban sugar planters? Protect Puerto Rico sugars? Explanation 209 Tariff Law 1897. April 18, ’02.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903

Cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt and Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne walking arm in arm between two billboards, “Help Cuba grant 25% reduction and double stock,” and “Notice! Help Cuba remove Dutch Standard in Tariff Law 1897 Paragraph 209.” The billboards are supported by posts “Sugar Trust,” “American Planters,” and “Cuban Planters.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cartoon shows Republican House Majority Leader Sereno Elisha Payne, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, and a Republican elephant in the top of a tree labeled “Sugar Trust.” The roots of the tree are labeled “Dutch Standard,” “Cartel,” and “Bounty.” Below the tree stands Democratic Representative John R. Thayer holding a Democratic donkey wearing blinders and wearing a blanket labeled “Resolution March 11th, April 26th.” A long rein extends from the donkey to the other side of the tree where Republican Senator Henry Moore Teller holds the end of the rein. Cartoon refers to a congressional resolution introduced by Thayer to leverage divisions in the Republican party. The resolution called for an investigation into whether the sugar trust would be the primary beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cartoon shows a ticker tape machine labeled “Tariff Law 1897 Dutch Standard.” On the right, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, Henry Osborne Havemeyer, surrounded by three overstuffed bags labeled “Sugar Trust Profits,” cuts the ticker tape into dollar bills that fall into a feed trough in front of the GOP elephant and the Democratic donkey. Republican Speaker of the House Sereno Elisha Payne holds the tail of the elephant while James D. Richardson, a Democratic Congressman holds the tail of the donkey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cartoon shows blindfolded Justice holding a scale labeled “Republican Administration.” On the heavier side of the scale is a baby labeled “Sugar Trust” wearing a bracelet “12 1/2 [cent sign] and sucking on a bottle labeled “Tariff Law 1897 [paragraph] 209, Dutch Standard.” The lighter side of the scale holds the island of Cuba covered in gravestones and a label “War Bill $300 millions.” The cartoon implies that the Republican administration of Theodore Roosevelt favors the sugar trust over Cuba and the debt incurred during the Spanish American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Cartoon shows an empty office chair at a desk , possibly that of Henry Osborne Havemeyer, with a calendar ‘Mch 26″ and a notice “Will not return today.” On the wall are “Orders” : No. 1 A 1/16 on raw; No. 2 for cartel buyers cable to Germany; No. 3 to brokers. Buy Java stock, refuse beet and Cuban sugar; No. 4 For lobby, Congratulate Washington; No. 5 for brokers, Am. Sug.R. Co. bear – stand ready to buy all offers; Trust Democratic disinclination to untie a Republican Cuban knot.” On the floor lies a sheet of paper “Telegram A. S. Ref. Co. [i.e., American Sugar Refining Co.] 117 Wall St.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902