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Collection of Quentin Roosevelt’s school papers on looseleaf. Subjects include history, Greek, and English. There are some drawings as well. Some essays look like they have been graded by a teacher. Judging from Roosevelt’s handwriting and subject matter, these are probably from the later years at Groton School.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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Theodore Roosevelt tells Edwin Gordon Lawrence that Empress Catherine, while no model of private behavior, was not nearly as bad as Louis XV and “no worse than Frederick the Great.” Roosevelt believes her contemporary Maria Theresa surpassed them all stating, “the women were ahead of the men!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-11-08
Booker T. Washington encloses a copy of the New Orleans Daily Picayune, which contains a letter he would like brought to the attention of President Roosevelt. The letter, written by Mrs. W. J. Bohan, argues against allowing children in the south to learn about Abraham Lincoln. Washington points out that Mrs. Bohan is the wife of the acting postmaster at New Orleans, who is seeking a permanent appointment, and is a member of the Lily-White Movement in the Republican Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-08
Tweed Roosevelt uses his column “Forgotten Fragments” to continue a discussion prompted by Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal editor William N. Tilchin’s review of James Bradley’s book The Imperial Cruise. Roosevelt writes that Tilchin’s review has prompted many responses from members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Roosevelt includes a letter to Tilchin from TRA Trustee Rudy Carmenaty, and he also introduces an essay written by Carmenaty that asserts that the poor state of history education in the United States has made a book like Bradley’s possible. Carmenaty argues that members of the TRA have an obligation to “enter the arena” and engage those who would belittle the nation’s history.
The column includes photographs of Roosevelt and Carmenaty as well as a text box with an excerpt from Tilchin’s review of The Imperial Cruise.
Frederick W. Marks explores why Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy record is either ignored or dismissed in high school textbooks. Marks examines Roosevelt’s diplomacy, especially his dealings with Latin American nations, to assert that Roosevelt had a record worthy of study and recognition. Marks notes the irony in Roosevelt’s poor treatment at the hands of historians as Roosevelt was an accomplished historian and a president of the American Historical Association. Marks concludes his article by asking why Roosevelt’s record is downplayed, and he argues that Roosevelt’s larger than life personality overshadows his achievements and that the standards for judging diplomatic behavior in 1900 and 1985 are markedly different.
A photograph of Marks and of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site appear in the article.
In an introduction, President Roosevelt reflects on the great qualities of Abraham Lincoln and the necessity of studying “great deeds of the past and . . . the men who did them” in order to better serve those in the present.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-22