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Elizabeth L. Field invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend the Richmond Hill Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star fundraiser fair, where they are collecting funds to build a temple. Once the temple is built, they will be hanging a photograph donated by Edith Kermit Carrow Roosevelt at last year’s fair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
Charles H. Madole tells Theodore Roosevelt the Park Methodist Episcopal Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey is building a new $26,000 Sunday school building, which their Epworth League is fundraising for by holding a fair in November. He asks if Roosevelt would donate an autographed copy of his biography to help their efforts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-16
Members of the Alabama State Fair Association remind Theodore Roosevelt of previous conversations about him opening the fair in the fall. They reiterate that they will continue their requests until he agrees.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-07
On behalf of the Western North Carolina Fair Association, George S. Powell invites Theodore Roosevelt to their event in Ashville, citing that he would be a strong representative for issues related to conservation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
Glen Fleming, secretary of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Fair Association, invites Theodore Roosevelt to the open the event given his interest in agricultural industries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-02
James F. Robertson invites Theodore Roosevelt to the Mecklenburg Fair Association to deliver some kind of address on a subject of his choice. Robertson says that the governor, many congressmen, and thousands of people would be there to hear him speak.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-01
Harry C. Robert wishes to know if Theodore Roosevelt will be able to attend the Georgia State Fair this year, after being unavailable the last two times he has been invited.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-30
Joseph H. Reynolds asks Theodore Roosevelt to open the fair, benefitting Oyster Bay Fire Company No. 1.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-27
H. Floyd Rust asks Theodore Roosevelt to donate an item to the upcoming multi-county fair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-31
Edward R. Morawetz invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend an open fair in Roosevelt, Long Island. The fair is for the benefit of the Roosevelt Hose Co. 1 for purchasing needed fire prevention equipment for the rapidly growing village named after Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Herbert Parsons has received a letter from Joel Elias Spingarn, which he quotes, asking if it would be possible for Theodore Roosevelt to attend a field day celebration at Amenia, New York. Parsons asks how Roosevelt would like him to respond, and briefly comments on a recent editorial by Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-25
The Union County Agricultural Society’s annual fair will take place in September. F. W. Getz invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at the event on either September 28 or 29, addressing the people of Pennsylvania on a topic of his choosing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-22
In verse, Myrtle Mable Preble asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to send a handkerchief for the booth she is tending at a fair. In a note below, she asks if her daughter Ethel would also be interested in sending one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-12-01
Rowland Gibson Hazard invites President Roosevelt to visit Rhode Island to educate the people as he did at Chautauqua.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-22
The article states that Richard Robert Wright has sent Theodore Roosevelt an invitation to address the ex-slaves of Georgia during the colored state fair in Macon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-09
Advertisement for the annual fair benefitting the Bayville M. E. Church on August 2 and 3.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
The brightly dressed Cracker Jack Bears stand on a Navy ship. The bears are surrounded by members of the Navy dressed in uniform. In handwriting on the back, the notation reads “Plainfield, Ill. Labor Day 1907.” Number eight in a series of sixteen cards that were sent for free to anyone who mailed in ten sides from Cracker Jack boxes or ten cents in “silver or stamps.”
1907
The Roosevelt bears walk a tightrope at the county fair. Number 6 in a series of postcards depicting scenes from Seymour Eaton’s “Roosevelt Bears” books.
1907
Postcard featuring illustration of Colonel Roosevelt charged by an African bull elephant. Katherine Swartzlander writes to eight-year-old nephew Erdman J. Allen about the street fair and an upcoming parade in Omaha, Nebraska.
1908-09-25
Cardboard fan on a wooden handle, souvenir of Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition. One side of the fan includes a color illustration of the fair grounds; other side has an advertisement for a “Blue Label” (Union-made) Cigar — including a quote from Theodore Roosevelt regarding tenement house factories.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1893