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Into society via the “Walledoff”

Into society via the “Walledoff”

In a series of vignettes, a rural family arrives in the city to stay at the “Walledoff,” a fashionable hotel [the unsophisticated rural man’s pronunciation of “Waldorf”]. The patriarch of the family repeatedly mistakes each encounter for something grander than its appearance.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-01-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E. H. Hyman

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E. H. Hyman

Theodore Roosevelt thanks E. H. Hyman for the invitation to a speaking engagement. Roosevelt receives many requests for such engagements and cannot possibly accept them all while traveling through 40 states. However, Roosevelt assure Hyman that the Progressive Party managers will thoroughly consider Hyman’s request.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-03