Entertainment events

A ship lies at a loading dock in Cuba or South America where they are shipping their revolutions, with scenery, military equipment, and personnel, to Coney Island. There is organization and composure in the boarding of the ship as revolutionaries and soldiers await their turns.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-10-03

President Roosevelt, pictured with a cigar in his hand, greets guests at the White House. Many other guests appear in the background, dancing, smoking, and visiting.

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-16

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Clemens J. France of the Municipal League of Seattle, Washington regarding an entertainment committee. The Secretary suggests France contact Senator  Miles Poindexter to decide which meetings Roosevelt should address.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-23

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was very pleased to receive Winthrop Chanler’s letter discussing Hester’s marriage, but it also brought him some sorrow to reminisce about earlier times.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt regretfully turns down an invitation for him and his wife to attend an event with Gutzon Borglum.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Isabella Hagner informs Ottyle Sondheim that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt does not expect to have a series of musicals this season and therefore cannot hear Sondheim perform. However, Hagner will write again if it can be arranged later in the winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-28

Creator(s)

James, Isabella (Belle) Hagner, 1876-1943

President Roosevelt is interested in seeing the bracelet but would not feel comfortable retaining it and suggests James Mitchell show it to him at a White House event.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

“Captain Jack,” Jack Crawford, expresses frustration to Theodore Roosevelt over his lack of acknowledgement of Crawford’s performing and preaching talent. Crawford encloses a poem about Roosevelt that he recited to a large group, and remarks upon the successes of many of his recent speeches. Crawford questions why Roosevelt has given him little opportunity to preach at the White House, and requests a time to perform at Roosevelt’s house in Oyster Bay. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-18

Creator(s)

Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917

This program describes the events during a week of celebration in Marietta, Ohio, and Parkersburg, West Virginia. Events include the dedication of two buildings at Marietta College, excursions to Blennerhassett Island, reunions of the Union Veteran Association of Washington County, the conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the dedication of a bronze tablet commemorating the first settlement in the Northwest Territory. The tablet was unveiled by Alice Roosevelt Longworth and dedicated by Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10

Creator(s)

Unknown

Clara Louise Stone Hay, wife of John Hay, writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to plan a meeting and thank her for a blanket.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905

Creator(s)

Hay, Clara Louise Stone, 1849-1914

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson was delighted to see President Theodore Roosevelt and has much more she wishes to discuss with him. If Roosevelt is seriously considering attending the Army vs. Navy football game, Princeton University’s Ivy Club would gladly entertain him. Robinson thinks it would be lovely if Roosevelt could visit Princeton as he did Harvard and Yale.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-17

Creator(s)

Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933

Nicholas Murray Butler wishes President Roosevelt well on an upcoming trip. Butler also notes that he has issues to discuss with Roosevelt when his trip is over.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-30

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

A woman dancer, wearing a bright yellow dress and long feathers in her hair, kicks a tambourine that also appears to have feathers or streamers attached to it.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-05-21

Creator(s)

Barribal, William H. (William Henry), 1873-1956

“Cabaret Accompaniment” is introduced into various social and public settings, including “A Song & Dance With Every Shave,” a “Singing Conductor” on the street railroads, a shoe-shine man with instruments strapped to his back, a “Sunday Collection” in a church, even parents in costume who startle or embarrass their children during courtship with cabaret routines.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-02-12

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933