Hymns

Huguenot hymn recited by Rev. Howard Bliss which was submitted to the newspaper by Philo Pratt Hotchkiss.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt thanks B. J. Wilder for the copies of his hymn and has given copies to Dr. Abbott as requested.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs M. U. H. Rogerson that Roosevelt cannot give an opinion or comment on the hymn Rogerson has sent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-25

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Henry R. Eisenbrandt for sending him a copy of the hymn.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-25

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt is not able to express an opinion about the hymn.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-10

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Goodsell for the Methodist hymnal, which contains many of his favorite hymns.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is fond of the hymn “How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord” and the German language hymn “Ein Fester Burg ist unser Gott.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Burt G. Wilder sends Lyman Abbott documents related to an upcoming publication. He requests assurance from Theodore Roosevelt that there is no objection to the reproduction and distribution of a hymn and his sentiments previously published in the Tribune.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-29

Creator(s)

Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925

Martha J. Opie asks Theodore Roosevelt for his opinion on the Memorial Day Hymn that she has sent him. She refers him to Marlin E. Olmsted should he require a reference.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-05

Creator(s)

Opie, Martha J. (Martha Jane), 1862-1943

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

John T. B. Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt a photograph of him singing in German, taken during the dedication of American University’s Hall of History. He also has a photograph of Roosevelt and Bishop Earl Cranston, which he sent to the latter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-16

Creator(s)

Smith, John T. B.

John A. Gable reports that Theodore Roosevelt’s favorite hymn to sing in church was most likely “How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord.” Gable quotes a letter in which Roosevelt cites the hymn as one of his favorites, and he also quotes from William Allen White’s autobiography in which White recounts Roosevelt singing the hymn at a church service in Emporia, Kansas. Gable also notes the singing of the hymn at Christ Church in Oyster Bay, New York. 

The article includes the verses to “How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord” as well as two photographs of a lectern that Roosevelt donated to Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt sits in a chair and holds “Platt’s Harmony Hymns.” He is surrounded by benches of hymn books. Timothy L. Woodruff looks at a song: “Shall we gather at Salt River?” Platt is surrounded by signs: “Do unto me as you would have me do unto you,” “Don’t forget who made you,” “Thou shalt have no other boss but me. . . .” President Roosevelt and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell look inside the window.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-28

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

Sheet music for “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a traditional, patriotic song. This edition is dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1919

Creator(s)

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910; Seaver, Blanche Ebert, 1891-1994

Sheet music for “The Praises of Our Country,” a patriotic hymn dedicated to President Roosevelt. The cover features a photograph of Roosevelt surrounded by a wreath and flowers.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Campobello, Enrico

Sheet music for “God Save Our President, “a new national hymn” with lyrics by Josephine C. Goodale and music by J. H. Petermann. A portrait of President Roosevelt is positioned to the right of the music. The American flags forming the top and bottom border were added after publication.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Goodale, Josephine C.; Petermann, J. H.

List of songs printed in the program for a memorial service held for Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday, February 9, 1919. The songs listed are “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” “America,” “Battle-Hymn of the Republic,” and “How Firm a Foundation.”

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1919-02-09

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt, looking somewhat devilish, appears as a minister standing in a pool labeled “Teddyism,” attempting to pull the Republican elephant in for an immersion baptism. A small “Third-Party Choir” stands behind him composed of “Perkins, Munsey, Pinchot, [and] Garfield.” President Taft and others labeled “Sherman, Barnes, Lodge, Penrose, Crane, Root, [and] McKinley” are holding the elephant back. Crowds of people watch from a boardwalk, wharf, and a nearby pavilion. Caption: Third-Party Choir — “And sinners bathed beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-08-07

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Judson Swift requests a “quiet word” from President Roosevelt to encourage the British officials at a Boer prison in the Bermudas to allow Dr. Albertyn, the prison chaplain, to distribute the Psalter and Hymns published by the American Tract Society.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-19

Creator(s)

Swift, Judson, 1853-1921