Handshaking

Elizabeth Moore Young Newton tells Theodore Roosevelt that the little boy who was staying with her, Frank M. Redman, when Roosevelt last visited Fargo, North Dakota, was so excited to be able to shake hands with Roosevelt. Redman is now living in Spokane, Washington with his father and Newton asks Roosevelt to send Redman an autograph.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-27

Creator(s)

Newton, Elizabeth Moore Young, 1844-1918

William N. Freeman thanks Frank Harper for his letter. He discusses a possible daily school exercise of a flag honor guard. He recalls a movement to assign a generic name to American soldiers, as British soldiers are called “Tommy Atkins”. He suggests “Johnny Trump”, and hopes that Roosevelt can endorse the idea. He would like to meet Roosevelt and give him a handshake.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-20

Creator(s)

Freeman, William N. (William Neely), 1860-1925

Mario S. Geigel recalls shaking Theodore Roosevelt’s hand in Puerto Rico and always reads his writing in The Outlook. He would like to meet with Roosevelt and discuss American citizenship for Puerto Ricans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-15

Creator(s)

Geigel, Mario S.

President Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with the engineer after making a train journey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-1908

Creator(s)

Unknown

Puck reaches from the Puck Building to the White House to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt for winning the presidential election. They are shaking hands.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-11-09

Politicians Henry Gassaway Davis, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Collier Platt, and Alton B. Parker shake hands with farmers outside a tent labeled “The New Farmers’ Alliance.” Caption: Find the real farmers.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-08-10

President Roosevelt and Judge Alton Brooks Parker meet as boxers in a boxing ring, shaking hands before the start of the match. Uncle Sam, as the referee, stands in the background.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-07-20

An American yachtsman shakes hands with Thomas Johnstone Lipton, with the America’s Cup between them. Caption: The American Sportsman — If we can not keep both, we would rather lose the cup than lose you, Sir Thomas.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-08-26

President Roosevelt sits at a desk that is overwhelmed with papers requiring his immediate attention. Reaching through the stacks of paper is a large hand labeled “Public Receptions.” Caption: How long shall the senseless hand-shaking custom take our busiest citizen from his real duties?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-02-05

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Quentin Roosevelt writes a short commentary on the tradition of hand shaking at Groton School and the sincerity of the practice.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Thomas W. Lawson, with his America’s Cup entry “Independence,” and Nathanael G. Herreshoff with his America’s Cup entry “Constitution,” console each other after their yachts initially were denied entry in the America’s Cup challenge in 1901.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-09-25

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Thomas James Lacey for his letter and wishes he could have shaken hands with Lacey’s mother.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt was “much interested” in what Reverend Swift wrote but is too busy to respond personally. If Swift ever visits the United States, it would give Roosevelt “great pleasure” to shake his hand.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-01

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Responding to a request to greet Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s secretary suggests that Clara Brandt might stop at The Outlook office some Friday when she is in town.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-21

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Reverend John A. Rush that Roosevelt will gladly shake his hand while in Atlanta, Georgia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-28

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

George E. Spring regrets he cannot shake Theodore Roosevelt’s hand today.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-26

Creator(s)

Spring, George E.

Jesse W. Battershall sends Theodore Roosevelt a clipping on the Attleboro students’ visit to Washington, D.C. He asks if Roosevelt would meet with the students upon their return to New York City on May 4.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-24

Creator(s)

Battershall, Jesse W. (Jesse Wolfenden), 1893-1945

George T. Blair introduces himself as one of the first men Theodore Roosevelt hired as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He wants to shake hands one more time while Roosevelt is in Spokane, Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-09

Creator(s)

Blair, George T.

Stanley A. Beadle recounts his credentials as an outdoor enthusiast. He wants to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s hand during his visit to Spokane, Washington, and requests that Roosevelt autograph and return the attached letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-08

Creator(s)

Beadle, Stanley A. (Stanley Allen), 1877-1945

Georgina Case Sawyer asks Theodore Roosevelt if she and her mother, Augusta Case, can stop by Sagamore Hill. Sawyer’s mother is a staunch “Rooseveltian” and stood firm in her support during the last campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Creator(s)

Sawyer, Georgina Case, 1873-1947