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Sara Delano Roosevelt solicits assistance from Isabella Greenway for the Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She describes the needs of the children and how much monetary support is needed for each child.
1934-12-25
John Campbell Greenway would also like to join the troops and agrees that raising funds for the tank service is a “splendid idea.” Greenway believes he could recruit many “seasoned men and mechanics.”
1917-08-20
Frank S. Cairns explains and details how Cuban revolutionaries receive their funding. Most of the funding is derived domestically, through wealthy Cuban donors. There are rumors that some of their funding originates from the United States but there is no proof of this.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-22
President Roosevelt encloses $25 as a donation for the Porcellian Club gate. Although fond of both George W. Perkins and Robert Bacon, Roosevelt believes they are wrong about the trust question and knows that William McKinley had been uneasy over the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-04
Checks donated to Tammany Hall for the election of the organization’s candidates are made payable to Richard Croker, who has been the finance committee chairman for several years. Croker admitted to not having any records for the money donated to Tammany. Croker appears to have a large income and has extensive real estate and expensive racehorses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes a letter of introduction for Hendrika Van Der Flier, who is raising money to help the Belgian war orphans in Holland. Roosevelt encourages Hiram Johnson, governor of California, to give Miss Van Der Flier any possible aid in her mission to raise funds to care for the children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-29
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the appeals for money he receives from organizations and individuals around the world. He is glad that Charles A. Coffin, President of General Electric Company, was able to help Lady Murray.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-06
Theodore Roosevelt sends his encouragement and support for a fundraising campaign in New York City. The letter is marked “Cancelled.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-01
A monkey wearing a military uniform holds a sword labeled “Clan-na-Gael” and a flag that states “No Peaceful Solution! War!” The monkey stands on soil labeled “United States,” looking across the “Atlantic Ocean” at a lion dozing on ground labeled “Great Britain.” At the monkey’s feet is a cup labeled “To Free Ireland,” with a tag that states “Servant Girls Please Contribute.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-10-23
The Tammany Tiger, wearing tattered clothing and a patch over the left eye, sits on the steps outside the entry to “Tammany Hall.” A sign on his lap states, “Please Help a Poor Tiger Until This Reform Wave Subsides,” and he holds a string attached to a small dog with the face of Charles A. Dana who has a small cup attached to his collar. A notice on the side of the building states, “Notice. Tammany Treasury Empty!!! Funds Badly Needed!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-09-11
Father Knickerbocker, the symbolic figure of New York City, points to a notice of a proposal to raise a memorial fund for the family of Colonel George E. Waring Jr., head of New York City’s Sanitation Department. In the background, in an imaginary scene, a female figure places a laurel crown on a bust sculpture of Waring. Caption: Father Knickerbocker–Here is a splendid chance to show your appreciation of one who was a real benefactor of mankind.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-12-21
Theodore Roosevelt asks for donations and membership on behalf of the Nassau County Christmas Drive for the Red Cross and discusses the work of the Red Cross at home and abroad during the war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-12-16
Charles Parnell wears a tiara and sits on a throne, with many Irishmen bowing before him and placing bags of money into a container labeled “Parnell Fund.” On a table next to him are papers labeled “Remission of Rents” and “Assassination Absolution.” Sitting on a throne on the left, unattended by anyone, is Pope Leo XIII wearing the papal tiara and looking on with dismay. At his feet, on the left, is a basket of papers labeled “Indulgence” and “Absolution,” and, on the right, a container labeled “Peter’s Pence” that appears to have been broken into and emptied.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-06-06
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
Puck’s Independent Party figure sits on the left next to Puck beneath a sign that states “Independent Road to the White House.” At center, A. M. Clapp, with a cash box labeled “Republican Campaign Fund” and a sheet of paper that states “Permission to Remain in Office,” appears with Green B. Raum, who is holding a box labeled “Absolution” containing papers that state “Indispensable Dispensation,” selling indulgences for absolutions and dispensations to an old woman with a broom labeled “U. S.,” a “U. S. Scrub-Woman,” a “Page,” a “Treasy. Clerk,” and a “U. S. Postman” holding a paper that is a “Guarantee against Decapitation.” In the background, Whitelaw Reid carries a banner that states “The Republican Party is the Party of Salvation,” Thomas Jefferson Brady and Stephen Dorsey carry banners that state “The Republican Party Must Stay No Matter How” and “This is Our Last Chance,” and Powell Clayton drives a wagon carrying a safe labeled “Funds for an Aggressive Campaign.” Also depicted are William Walter Phelps with a paper that states “Its Only a Matter of Money” and Robert Ingersoll holding a paper labeled “Sweet C. O. D.” Caption: In the sixteenth century, Tetzel and his corrupt fellow-priests openly sold absolutions and dispensations, and played upon the fears of the people to fill their coffers, and keep themselves in power and place and shameful luxury. A little later, they were swept under in the cleansing flood of the great reformation. Will the star-route money-leeches please take notice that history repeats itself?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-08-12
At a costume ball, a band of newspaper editors labeled “Herald, Sun, Staats-Zeitung, World, Times, [and] Evening Post” is conducted by Puck. Among those present at the ball are James Gillespie Blaine, Whitelaw Reid, William Maxwell Evarts, Roscoe Conkling, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and John Kelly.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-01-28
Poster advertising a benefit outing for “Roosevelt House,” to be held at “Longue Vue” in Hastings-on-Hudson on June 2.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1923
Fundraising brochure created for the campaign to raise $250,000 to reconstruct “Roosevelt House.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1919-1923
List of contributors to the Progressive Party, promising quarterly payments from 1913 through 1916. Signers include Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Perkins, Ruth and Joseph Medill McCormick, Oscar S. Straus and Gifford Pinchot.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912
Update on the status of the sanatorium fund highlighting recent donations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-27
Eugene Griffin requests Theodore Roosevelt’s approval to use his donation to purchase a flag for the Command of the Spanish War Veterans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-12