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National Park Service Director Drury writes a detailed letter to Horace M. Albright about the recent dedication ceremony for Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Drury describes the ceremony, other events that took place while he was in North Dakota, and the time he spent with other government officials who also attended.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-06-08
Allyn F. Hanks, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, informs the National Park Service Regional Director that a hearing regarding a lawsuit that originated with the park’s dedication ceremony has been postponed. Hanks informs the Director that in the case of McCarten vs. the Greater North Dakota Association, a settlement was reached out of court.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-11-25
Allyn F. Hanks, Superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, informs the National Park Service’s Regional Director of a lawsuit that originated with the park’s dedication ceremony. Hanks had thought the case had been dropped but has learned that he may be subpoenaed. The lawsuit was brought against the Greater North Dakota Association by a program participant who claimed he had been injured during the ceremony.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt encloses an article entitled “Education in Science as a Preparation for Industrial Work” that he feels expresses his views and Quentin Roosevelt’s practices. Ethel Roosevelt Derby will be undergoing an appendectomy, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering from a “tough worm.” Roosevelt is finishing a book that will be published next spring. Some of the chapters pertain to the trip they took, along with Archibald Roosevelt, to Arizona, and the book will be dedicated to Quentin and Archie. Roosevelt loves all of his grandchildren and is not concerned whether they are sons or daughters.
1915-10-18
Flora Whitney, Quentin Roosevelt’s fiance, visited for dinner, and Theodore Roosevelt found her to be the “dearest girl.” Quentin is very fortunate. Roosevelt has been disappointed that he could not join the war effort but these feelings have been swept away by “immense pride” in his sons. He hopes to continue working until his sons come home so that he can start Archibald Roosevelt and Quentin out all right. Then he will retire because an “elderly male Cassandra” can do little work and is more of a nuisance. Roosevelt’s new book, The Foes Of Our Own Household, will soon be published and dedicated to his children and their spouses. Flora will receive her own copy with a special inscription.
1917-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt encourages Quentin Roosevelt to stick with the “uncongenial work” even though he would rather be flying. If Quentin truly decides that he is being mistreated, Roosevelt can try and help as long as he knows exactly what Quentin wants. Roosevelt visited the Mineola aviation ground and was taken up on a plane with a new engine design. He thought it was better but is unsure how it compares to planes at the front. Richard Derby is at Yaphank, New York, where the new draftees are arriving. Roosevelt is sending a copy of his new book. A copy was also sent to Flora Whitney.
1917-09-17
President Roosevelt’s speech commemorates the dedication of the State Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, noting the state’s historic legacy in America.
1906-10-04
President Roosevelt has read most of the articles in Lincoln Steffens’s book, but not the dedication. After he reads it carefully he will tell him his views on it. Roosevelt wants to know when he will see Steffens again and closes with “many thanks.”
1906-06-27
Curtis Guild writes to President Roosevelt to urge him to choose a date for the dedication of President McKinley’s statue in Adams, Massachusetts.
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1903-08-24
Lodge is advising Roosevelt, in the strictest confidence, to refuse the invitation to go to Adams, Massachusetts for the dedication of McKinley statue
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1903-06-04
Wallace Downey, president of Townsend Downey Shipbuilding Company, replies to William Emlen Roosevelt’s request for a statement concerning a controversy over the selection of wine used for the christening of German Emperor Wilhelm II’s yacht, The Meteor at Shooters Island, New York, on February 15, 1902. Downey reassures Roosevelt that Moët & Chandon was the bottle used at christening and no trickery was involved.
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1902-05-31
William Emlen Roosevelt encloses information concerning Sohnlein & Co.’s Rheingold wine controversy surrounding the christening of German Emperor Wilhelm II’s yacht, The Meteor, at Shooters Island in New York on February 15, 1902. Roosevelt is looking forward to seeing the family when they get to Oyster Bay, New York.
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1902-06-02
Rhinegold Champagne was not used at the christening of the Meteor, Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht; President Roosevelt wants to make sure it is used from now on when the next battleships are christened, “if proper.”
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1902-05-15
General Brugère sends to President Roosevelt the address given by the general at the inauguration of the monument to Rochambeau.
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1902-05-24
Hippolyte Conry is writing an ode to the friendship between the United States and France on the occasion of the inauguration of a monument to Rochambeau in Washington, D.C.
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1902-05-24
There is a dispute between two champagne manufacturing companies, Sohnlein and Moët & Chandon, pertaining to whose product was used to christen Kaiser Wilhelm II’s yacht, the Meteor. Moët & Chandon was used. However, Sohnlein at first claimed their product was used and when this was proven false, claimed that they had an agreement that Sohnlein was supposed to be used but was not. George A. Kessler, Moët’s American representative, filed suit against Sohnlein for their actions.
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1902-05-05
Hippolyte Conry writes that he is sending a poem for the inauguration of a monument dedicated to Marechal de Rochambeau in Washington. The poem is also a show of his sincere friendship for the American people.
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1902-04-17
Helen Miller Gould invites President Roosevelt to deliver an address at the dedication of the Naval Young Men’s Christian Association building in Brooklyn.
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1902-03-20
President Thwing of Case Western Reserve University asks if he can dedicate his upcoming book, The Function of a University in a Democracy, to President Roosevelt.
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1901-12-20
Senator Lodge received the copy of The Winning of the West that Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sent and apologizes for not sending a copy of his book. He is touched and full of gratitude that Roosevelt would dedicate the volume to him. The work embodies their shared philosophy of an active life and the principles they strive towards.
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1897-10-26