Diseases

Coroner Harrison is a little too previous

Uncle Sam reclines in a chair with his feet resting on a foot stool. On a table next to him are medications labeled “Tariff Reform Tonic” and “Repeal of Sherman Silver Law Elixir.” Benjamin Harrison stands at center holding a large “Certificate of Death – Died of Democratic Rule.” He is attended by several men with their mourning hats, including Thomas Collier Platt, Charles A. Boutelle, Whitelaw Reid, George F. Hoar, and Thomas B. Reed. They have come to pay their last respects.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1893-09-06

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Celestial wrath

Startled French soldiers in rice paddies confront an angry blazing sun rimmed with cannon barrels and bayonets, and stating “Population 500,000,000.” Signs labeled “Malaria, Disease, [and] Fever,” as well as Chinese soldiers also face them. Caption: China – “I will make it HOT for you!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-09-12

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is not well, and Vice President Roosevelt feels helpless while he worries about her. Roosevelt explains that he sent a letter to Anna Roosevelt Cowles at Farmington, requesting that she invite Colonel Francis Edward Younghusband to visit.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1901-06-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. G. Maddock

Theodore Roosevelt thanks J. G. Maddock for his letter and explains that buck fever presents itself differently in different cases. Roosevelt also encloses an Outlook card as Maddock requested.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-05-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt writes about Edith Roosevelt’s critical condition and recent surgery; while she is in great pain, the doctors are optimistic about her recovery. Roosevelt discourages Anna Roosevelt Cowles from visiting, as there are many family friends present and there is little she could do for Edith.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Edith Roosevelt’s fever is returning and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is calling in Dr. Osler from Baltimore. Roosevelt was pleased to receive the informative note from William S. Cowles about the investigation into the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana, even though there is not yet any conclusion about the cause.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-02-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt notifies Anna Roosevelt Cowles that his aide will be visiting her soon. He also describes the serious health conditions of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt gives an update on the health of his wife and children. Edith Roosevelt is still ill with influenza and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Quentin Roosevelt are also not well.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-01-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Edith Roosevelt is recovering slowly and being cared for by a nurse. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt suggests the guest list for his rescheduled visit to Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s home.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-01-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses his upcoming visit to the Cowles’s house. Edith Roosevelt is only slightly better and may have to wean the baby. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is still sick, and Kermit Roosevelt is also ill.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-01-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is concerned over the recent USS Maine explosion and Edith’s increasing fever. He is very grateful to Anna Roosevelt Cowles for taking care of Alice Roosevelt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-02-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is impressed with Alice Roosevelt’s letter-writing; he agrees that the environment at the Roosevelt home may have been overwhelming for her. Edith Roosevelt is recovering slowly but Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s health is improving more quickly.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-02-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has asked the Secretary of the Navy to reassign William S. Cowles away from the South. Roosevelt is increasingly concerned over Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s health, as well as that of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-04-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt tells Anna Roosevelt Cowles that she does not need to travel to Washington, D.C., because Edith Roosevelt’s condition is satisfactory.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-03-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Saint Sam and the Dragon

Uncle Sam, as a knight on horseback, carries a lance labeled “Anti-Fly Crusade.” He is charging toward a gigantic fly emerging from a container with a small child at its feet. Caption: A challenge to that greatest of public enemies, the disease-breeding fly.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-05-15

Creator(s)

Nankivell, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1869-1959

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt is greatly concerned about William Sheffield Cowles Jr.’s health and for Anna Roosevelt Cowles given the anxiety she has over her son’s recovery. Roosevelt and his wife, Edith, will meet Anna in New York as soon as she is able to travel there. Roosevelt offers to have his great-nephew “little Joe” Alsop for a visit, and he is eager to show him books about exotic wildlife.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-02-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The dance of death

In a banner across the top, men and women dance at a dance or nightclub. The banner breaks at the center and the women fall into prostitution, separating the bottom of the cartoon into two halves. On the left, a woman with clawed feet holds up a “Red Light” lantern with a skull-shaped bulb in her left hand while holding back dogs labeled “Disease,” “Insanity,” and “Suicide” with her right hand. Behind her is “The Potters Field” cemetery. On the right are two business establishments that appear to serve as fronts for illicit activities, as a line of patrons file out of a “Chinese Rest[aurant]” and into a waiting “Police Patrol” wagon. Caption: Small wonder there are protests against “The Grizzly Bear” and “The Turkey Trot.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-01-31

Creator(s)

Ross, Gordon, 1873-1946

The sleeping sickness

A large African man is leaning against a tree, asleep. Several European countries are staking claims to portions of Africa, planting flags labeled “England, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Spain, [and] France” all around the sleeping man. Caption: Cutting a continent out from under him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Ross, Gordon, 1873-1946

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Governor Roosevelt responds to General Johnson’s April 23, 1899, letter and news that Johnson has been seriously ill. Along with sending him well wishes on behalf of himself and the Roosevelt family, Roosevelt assures Johnson that he will forward him a copy of his Chicago speech as soon as he can.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-04-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles and William S. Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt is concerned about Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s rheumatism. He is pleased that she has made the decision to come home, believing that she is more comfortable in her own house. Roosevelt is glad that George Payne McLean defeated Morgan G. Bulkeley in the Connecticut race for United States Senate, but he wishes that either man were more like Joseph W. Alsop. Roosevelt is happy that his Christmas gifts, zebra-skin rugs, have been received well. He also gave one to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and one to Nannie Lodge, and says they are better than any trophies he brought back from his safari.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-01-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919