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President Roosevelt has examined the papers related to Dr. Austin M. Curtis of Freedman’s Hospital and has a high opinion of Paul Laurence Dunbar. He would appreciate Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock looking into the case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01
President Roosevelt tells Lida Keck Wiggins that he only met poet Paul Laurence Dunbar once, but greatly admired his poetry and prose.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-02
Joseph R. Ornig chronicles Theodore Roosevelt’s work as a writer of histories, biographies, natural histories, essays, letters, and journalism. Ornig highlights some of these works, such as Roosevelt’s The Naval War of 1812 and The Winning of the West, by describing Roosevelt’s research, his aims, the books’ reception, and the time it took to complete them. Ornig also examines why Roosevelt wrote so much, citing the need to make money, articulating a reform agenda, and organizing his thoughts, and he notes those who acted as mentors to the literary Roosevelt like Henry Cabot Lodge and Owen Wister. Ornig also notes that Roosevelt assumed the role of mentor to many aspiring writers like the poet Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Eleven illustrations accompany the essay, including three of Roosevelt writing and two examples of his hand writing.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2014