Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Avery McIlhenny
President Roosevelt asks John Avery McIlhenny to arrive before they leave on Wednesday morning.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-12
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Greenway, John Campbell, 1872-1926
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ross Anderson Hickok
President Roosevelt wishes Ross Anderson Hickok had been with him in the regiment and mentions that William Walter Heffelfinger was a delegate for him at the National Convention.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-04
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Letter from Charles E. Mills to Pearl Holderman
Charles E. Mills writes to Pearl Holderman, at the request of Theodore Roosevelt, to arrange accommodations for her in Arizona for health reasons. Mills commends the healthy climate, variety of food, and affordability of Phoenix, Arizona. Mills explains that Roosevelt first asked John Campbell Greenway to assist her, but due to Greenway’s absence, Mills as “next friend” will serve in his place. Mills explains that he and Greenway had served in the Rough Riders with her deceased brother, Bert T. Holderman. He promises “the regiment is anxious to help [her] in any way it can, and to carry out the Colonel’s wishes.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-11-14
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Letter from John A. Vandyke to Theodore Roosevelt
John A. Vandyke invites Theodore Roosevelt to deliver lectures to the Itasca County schools.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-15
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Letter from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Harry Munro Ferguson thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the rhinoceros bowl he sent, commenting that it was much bigger than either he or Isabella Ferguson expected. He wishes he could come see Roosevelt with Alford Warriner Cooley. Roosevelt’s new series in the Outlook is very interesting, and Ferguson comments that “it’s good sometimes to be on the side lines for judgment of the play,” although he worries that the international situation may devolve without Roosevelt’s influence at the head of the United States. He closes by updating about state and local politics, where there have been many goings-on with debates about statehood and disorder the sheriff had to take care of.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-28
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Letter from W. Sloan Simpson to Theodore Roosevelt
W. Sloan Simpson messaged Theodore Roosevelt about his engagement to Eleanora Meyer. Cardinal James Gibbons will perform the ceremony and was excited to hear Simpson was a Rough Rider, sharing that he and Roosevelt are great friends. He urged Simpson to contact Roosevelt about attending the wedding, which Simpson sincerely hopes is possible.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-12-30
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Letter from David M. Goodrich to Theodore Roosevelt
Former Rough Rider David M. Goodrich writes to President Roosevelt about the possibility of fellow Rough Rider Henry K. Love being made marshal of the new Fourth Division of the Judicial District of Alaska should it be created. Goodrich believes Love’s record during and after the Spanish-American War proves that he would make a good marshal.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-23
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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Taft returns John Campbell Greenway’s letter to President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-09
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Letter from Alexander O. Brodie to Theodore Roosevelt
Governor Brodie asks for a promotion to brigadier general from President Roosevelt but does not know if a vacancy exists. He also discusses the honor guard for the upcoming inaugural parade.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-06
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Letter from Hans P. Hansen to Theodore Roosevelt
Hans P. Hansen sends President Roosevelt a receipt and letter of thanks for the $20 check that Roosevelt sent them. Hansen writes that “those who give to the poor shall not remain unrewarded.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-27
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Theodore Roosevelt and the women of Dinsmore Homestead
Kristie Miller explores Theodore Roosevelt’s relationship with three women: Julia Stockton Dinsmore, her niece Martha (Patty) Selmes, and Selmes’s daughter, Isabella Greenway King. Miller notes that Roosevelt became close friends with Selmes and her husband Tilden Selmes during his years as a rancher in Dakota Territory, and she also examines Roosevelt’s friendships with his fellow Rough Riders, Robert Ferguson and John Greenway, the first two husbands of King. Miller highlights Roosevelt’s appreciation of Dinsmore’s poetry, King’s active participation in politics, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s friendship with King. The article includes photographs of all three women.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
2004
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Reviews
Seven books receive scrutiny in the “Reviews” section, including two biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, specialized studies of the White House and Memorial Day, a collection of Roosevelt’s writings, a look at the Rough Riders of Arizona, and a study of turn of the twentieth-century American foreign policy. John A. Gable notes that Stacey A. Cordery’s biography of Roosevelt serves as a comprehensive historiographical study as it draws on thirty years of Roosevelt scholarship in its quotes and analysis. Gable also offers thoughts on Kathleen Dalton’s biography of Roosevelt, and he provides excerpts from five other reviews of the work that highlight Dalton’s coverage of the role of women in Roosevelt’s life and that affirm Roosevelt as a moderate radical. Of Brian Thomsen’s collection of Roosevelt’s writings, The Man in the Arena, Gable says: “there is no reason to buy this book.”
Gable also reviews Marty F. Feess’s Theodore Roosevelt’s Arizona Boys which examines the life of the Arizona Rough Riders after the Spanish-American War and the many actions taken by their Colonel to help them succeed in their post-war lives. Henry J. Hendrix faults Warren Zimmermann’s First Great Triumph for injecting present day views into his analysis of the makers of foreign policy in Roosevelt’s presidency. Hendrix also examines A History of Memorial Day which traces the transformation of the holiday from a solemn occasion to a day of recreation. Jeremy M. Murphy highlights Gable’s chapter on the Roosevelts in his review of The White House: Actors and Observers, and he also notes the work’s use of the photographs of Frances Benjamin Johnston.
An illustration and a photograph of Roosevelt supplement the text.
Theodore Roosevelt’s proposed World War I division
Joe F. Decker provides a comprehensive bibliography of the various accounts of Theodore Roosevelt’s attempt to form a volunteer division during World War I. Decker begins with Roosevelt’s own first account in 1917 and concludes with John Milton Cooper’s version in The Warrior and the Priest of 1983. Decker examines books, book chapters, and articles on the subject, and finds that the story still has not been “dealt with satisfactorily.” Decker points out the biases and the shortcomings of some of the authors, and notes that many of the accounts strongly favor either Roosevelt or his antagonist President Woodrow Wilson.
A full page-photograph of Roosevelt and General Leonard Wood accompanies the article. A photograph of Harrison Engle and Sidney D. Kirkpatrick who directed documentary films on Roosevelt is featured, along with three photographs of Roosevelt from newsreel footage used in the film The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt.
A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association as well as the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is on page two of the article.
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop
President Roosevelt introduces John Campbell Greenway to Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission Bishop. Greenway, a former Rough Rider, is a mining executive in Minnesota and is visiting Panama to study the techniques used by the commission.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-27
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Roosevelt’s Rough Rider Association
A handbook for Roosevelt’s Rough Rider Association, which includes a list of association officers, the association’s constitution and by-laws, and a list of the association’s members, honorary members, and the muster-out roll. Handwritten annotations about members or officers is present throughout. Pages 56-57 and 88-89 are uncut in the original and cannot be scanned.
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Creation Date
1912
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Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt is concerned about John Wallace Riddle’s pneumonia and hopes he is feeling better. Kermit and President Roosevelt are busy making plans for their African safari. He describes their planned itinerary. Kermit has been able to see Isabella and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson many times this summer. He will be joining Ferguson for a September hunting trip in Wyoming.
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Creation Date
1908-1909
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Letter from Isabella Greenway to Louise Adriana Wood
Isabella Greenway thanks Louise Adriana Wood for the letters. Greenway cherishes every word from her husband and believes the letters will be meaningful to their son. Greenway expresses her pleasure at meeting Wood and can imagine how proud General Wood would be to know that his son will receive his commission as captain of cavalry.
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Creation Date
1928-07-09
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Letter from Allan Brown Jaynes to Dudley Davis
Allan Brown Jaynes would be glad to do anything he can to further General Wood’s interests in Arizona. He has spoken to most of the Republican leaders in Arizona and a large majority of them support General Wood.
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Creation Date
1919-10-22
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Letter to Theodore Roosevelt
Prior to leaving for Chicago, Illinois, John Campbell Greenway requested that the enclosed letters be sent to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Creation Date
1916-06-01
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Letter to Theodore Roosevelt
John Campbell Greenway instructed his private secretary to send Theodore Roosevelt information about Jim Martin, a Rough Rider from I Troop. Martin is being held in Prescott, Arizona Territory, and awaiting trial for forgery.
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Creation Date
1911-07-26