Egypt

Ambassador Reid writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about events in England following news of the death of Secretary of State John Hay, including the Fourth of July reception held by the embassy there. Reid shares information about the Kings of England and Spain and hopes that she will share the news with President Roosevelt. Reid also expresses some nervousness about speeches being printed verbatim in Europe, and remarks about the volume of speeches he is asked to give. He includes several songs that were sung at gatherings he attended.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-10

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-13

Creator(s)

Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Having been recently appointed ambassador in Rome, Italy, Henry White has just learned that Lewis Morris Iddings, first secretary at the embassy there, has been appointed minister in Cairo, Egypt. White believes that the current second secretary in Rome is too young and inexperienced to serve as Iddings’s replacement, and suggests that R. S. Reynolds Hitt might fill the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-20

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

John Muir writes that the first part of the trip in the Sierra with Theodore Roosevelt was the best. The letter Roosevelt gave Muir made things easy in Siberia and Manchuria. Muir traveled along through India, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. What Muir saw in the Philippines made him proud of his country. Muir believes Roosevelt will be elected.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Creator(s)

Muir, John, 1838-1914

Silas McBee forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler requesting to reprint Secretary of War Taft’s letter. McBee also asks Roosevelt to send him the details of a story in which Roosevelt met the Archbishop of Canterbury in Egypt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-04

Creator(s)

McBee, Silas, 1853-1924

Tweed Roosevelt describes the arduous process of removing an obelisk named Cleopatra’s Needle from Egypt to New York City. The project was planned and managed by Henry H. Gorringe who persuaded Theodore Roosevelt to hunt buffalo in Dakota Territory in the fall of 1883. Roosevelt explains how obelisks were constructed in ancient Egypt, and he provides a history of the two obelisks known as Cleopatra’s Needles, one of which was moved to London, England. Roosevelt details the process of moving the obelisk which included specialized rigging and lifting mechanisms, and he laments that the obelisk’s presence in New York City is virtually unknown because of its location behind buildings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Six photographs and seven illustrations, including seven depictions of the obelisk, populate the text along with a text box with poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2010

Paul Russell Cutright examines the thirteen natural history notebooks that Theodore Roosevelt kept during his childhood and young adult years. He notes the dates, the subjects, and the locations of the observations kept in each notebook. Cutright focuses on Roosevelt’s love of birding and most of the notebook excerpts deal with this subject. He highlights Roosevelt’s skill at identifying birds by their calls and songs, notes his considerable observation skills, and credits various naturalists and friends who influenced Roosevelt.

Two photographs of Roosevelt as a child and young man and a full-page picture of a mounted snowy owl that Roosevelt prepared accompany the article.

A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with the members of the executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is on page two of the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The author discusses Italy’s decision to intervene in Tripoli, comparing it to previous movements by countries to bring modern civilization into unruly places. If peace talks and international arbitration were able to control the world, Western civilization would not be what it is today.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-04

Creator(s)

Unknown

An illustrated pamphlet with reviews describing the lectures William J. Taylor gives on Norway, Egypt, Israel, and Rome, Italy, in which he “describes the beautiful scenery, the folk-lore, the customs and home life of the people.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-19

Creator(s)

Taylor, William J. (William John), 1870-1927

E. J. Ellerston finds it illogical to compare Theodore Roosevelt’s return from Africa to that of Napoleon from Elba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-11-29

Creator(s)

Ellerston, E. J.

Surveyor of Customs Clarkson suggests that President Roosevelt meet with Leigh S. J. Hunt, who has just returned from abroad and has a lot to say about his experiences in Egypt and the Sudan, as well as the Russo-Japanese War. Clarkson reports that in New York, the Democrats are turning against Alton B. Parker. The Republicans in New York are nervous regarding the Secretaryship of the Panama Commission, with support for Edward Charles O’Brien. It has been asserted that five of the seven commissioners are Democrats, and Clarkson suggests that Roosevelt consider whether there is a Republican secretary who could be as good as the Democrats.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-11

Creator(s)

Clarkson, James Sullivan, 1842-1918

In a response to President Roosevelt’s complimentary speech on British rule in India, the author of this article affirms that Roosevelt’s praise is both prized and justified. The author claims that the British administration in India removed cruel rulers, “established the reign of law” in India, and “indoctrinated” Indians with “the learning and theories of the West.” The author concludes that British administration needs to continue to press for social reform in India, in order to “save” Indians.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-19

Creator(s)

Unknown

John Wallace Riddle, consul general in Egypt, requests a new assignment. He prefers Belgium, Holland, Denmark, or Sweden. However, he would go to any location if there was an interesting task to be done, as long as it is not Turkey. Turkey is “the graveyard of diplomatic reputations.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-26

Creator(s)

Riddle, John Wallace, 1864-1941

Nicholas Williams McIvor forwards a memo sent to Baron Kaneko regarding permission to erect a trust in Japan. McIvor goes on to discuss world politics at length.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-12

Creator(s)

McIvor, Nicholas Williams, 1860-1915

Sheet music for “Teddy, We’re Glad You’re Here,” a song welcoming back Theodore Roosevelt from his African safari and imploring him to give up “the strenuous life” and let America love him. The cover features a portrait illustration of Roosevelt surround by hands reaching for the portrait and animals. There is also illustrations of the Sphinx and Roosevelt riding a camel.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Russell, Vivian I.; Whipp, Lawrence Kilbourne, 1888-1945

Text of a speech delivered by Gutzon Borglum on the occasion of the unveiling of the figure of Thomas Jefferson on Mount Rushmore. Borglum notes the historical significance of the impending completion of Mount Rushmore and invokes the architectural accomplishments of antiquity to underscore the success of Mount Rushmore.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1936-08-30

Creator(s)

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941

Judge Batcheller describes the formation and workings of Egypt’s mixed, international courts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Batcheller, George Sherman, 1837-1908

Puck stands with lithographic pen and a long banner with scenes from cartoons that appeared in Puck Magazine during 1884, including the British Lion and “El Mahdi” in Egypt and Sudan, James G. Blaine’s presidential hopes, the rise of Chester A. Arthur, a downtrodden Tammany tiger, John Kelly and Benjamin Butler as entertainers, the French and the Chinese in “Tonquin,” the figure for the Independent Vote and Grover Cleveland joining forces, and millionaires Jay Gould and William H. Vanderbilt.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-12-31

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894

Since Corinne Roosevelt had been writing so much, Theodore Roosevelt had not previously written to Edith Kermit Carow. Roosevelt has been enjoying the trip and killed several hundred birds with a shotgun his father gave him. He particularly enjoyed Egypt and camping in Syria.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1873-04-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s notes on animals, primarily birds, he observed and collected during a 1872-1873 trip to Europe, Syria, and Egypt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1873

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919