Employment references

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-02-08

Creator(s)

Gunner, John H. (John Henry), 1851-1911

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-02-24

Creator(s)

Byrnes, Frank J.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

John H. Collins sends Vice President Roosevelt letters of recommendation for former Rough Rider, Henry P. Bardshar, from Governor of Arizona Nathan Oakes Murphy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-06-08

Alfred B. Benson asks Vice President Roosevelt for information on how to apply to the Secret Service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-06-05

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-3

Creator(s)

Rhodes, Sadie D. Dargan, 1874-1953

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Robert A. Kirk informs Ralph H. Cameron he will travel to Washington D. C. on a secret trip for the Governor of Arizona. Kirk will be delivering returns and asks Cameron and Archibald Willingham Butt to collect him upon his arrival. Kirk confirms there is support for Theodore Roosevelt clubs in Arizona, but more support for President William H. Taft is needed. Kirk includes a postscript to Cameron asking for his help securing him a position.

Comments and Context

Robert A. Kirk and Ralph H. Cameron were heavily involved in securing statehood for Arizona, which would occur on February 14, 1912.

Collection

Grand Canyon National Park

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-01-26

Creator(s)

Taylor, W. G. Langworthy (William George Langworthy), 1859-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William A. Wells highly recommends Ira F. T. Wright as a private barber to Vice President-elect Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-01-24

James M. Sweeney, at the suggestion of others, seeks to apply for the position of medical examiner of the local recruiting station. He can send references to Vice President-elect Roosevelt if needed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-01-23

J. Peter Grace recommends Cabot Ward to Senator Platt for a position on the governor’s council in Puerto Rico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-06

Richard J. Dowdall reminds Theodore Roosevelt that he and his wife, Mary Agnes Bolster Dowdall, had the pleasure of visiting Roosevelt at the White House. Dowdall explains the work he has been doing since they met and asks Roosevelt for help securing a position with more income.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Jefferson D. Dunwody writes to President Roosevelt regarding his character reference for Frank Gordon. Dunwody notes that despite Gordon’s past indiscretions, he is now on a better path.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-29

President Roosevelt writes Senator Wetmore to recommend sculptor John Boyle for a commission.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1907-06-08

Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt writes to President Harrison in support of Frederick W. Kruse as a candidate for Solicitor of the Treasury.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1889-03-23

President Roosevelt states that the bearer of this letter, Mrs. George E. Spencer, is to be given a position in one of the government offices in Boise, Ohio – that of the United States Marshal, the District Attorney, or the Land Office.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-03

Frank J. Ward advises Theodore Roosevelt that he found Roosevelt’s “maple leaf” on the battlefield in Cantigny, France in May of 1918. Ward says he treasures the leaf as a relic of the war and asks Roosevelt for a recommendation regarding Ward’s fitness for a position as a guard at a penitentiary. Someone has written at the top of the letter that the leaf is in the glass-topped table in the drawing room at Sagamore Hill.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1920-12-18

Judge Boyd writes a recommendation for Captain D. J. Gilmer to serve in the war. Boyd writes that Gilmer is “colored” and lists his qualifications as a lieutenant and captain in the Philippines.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1917-05-07

Major Andrews provides a letter of reference for William O. Trenor for a Commission in the Officers’ Reserve Corps.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1917-03-06

Major General Murray provides a letter of reference for William O. Trenor for a Commission as Major of Cavalry in the Officers’ Reserve Corps.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1917-02-02

William H. Taft provides a letter of reference for William O. Trenor for a commission as Major of Cavalry in the Officer’s Reserve Corps. Taft knew Trenor as a graduate student at Yale.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1917-01-14