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Melville W. Fuller’s interview went well. He is inviting Judge Holmes to a dinner on December 8. He hopes that President Roosevelt will find time to attend the dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-25
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock denies ever having given credit to Representative Francis G. Newlands for the recently passed irrigation legislation. The published interview which attributes such a statement to Hitchcock is fake.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-02
A telegram has been received from Major Waller denying being interviewed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-16
Hunter Arnold encloses a newspaper clipping which makes reference to the “third term incident of last June.” Hunter asserts that the headline of the article is misleading, and that the original publication of a telegram from Representative Moody left off significant information. The citizens of North Carolina are loyal and patriotic, especially Republicans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-26
Ansley Wilcox calls for the doctors that attended to William McKinley to stop giving interviews. Sensational stories and interviews with discrepancies are causing a scandal and discrediting Buffalo, New York. Wilcox suggests that the doctors meet and sign a joint statement disavowing sensational interviews and mutual recrimination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-17
Ansley Wilcox requests that Dr. Charles McBurney give no interviews to prevent increasing the medical scandal. The doctors of Buffalo, New York, will be meeting tonight in order to act together and deny sensational interviews and individual statements.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-17
Claris Yeuell is the editor of a Republican newspaper in Alabama and a supporter of Vice President Roosevelt. He believes that efforts are being made to raise public sentiment against Roosevelt in the South in light of Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to the region. The scheduled visit with Booker T. Washington is receiving a great deal of attention. Yeuell requests an interview with Roosevelt and is willing to publish anything to help Roosevelt’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-28
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt refutes an interview printed in The New York Journal, stating that it was an invention from beginning to end. Roosevelt reports that he refused the interview, despite the persistence of the reporter, because he has never “given a certificate of character to the Journal” and that nothing “would be of less consequence” than the reporter changing his opinion of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-20
Ray H. Mattison writes to Allyn F. Hanks regarding a research trip to Helena, Montana, and the development of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Mattison interviewed Wallis Huidekoper, Ella Myers, E. A. Phillips, and Arnold D. Ferris. He also researched at the Montana Historical Library and Montana State College.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-11-02
Olaf T. Hagen writes to Lawrence C. Merriam regarding the research plan and historical preparation necessary for Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-06-23
Olaf T. Hagen writes to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks regarding research plans for Elkhorn Ranch site and Maltese Cross cabin. Hagen suggests Ray H. Mattison travel to Bismarck, North Dakota, for further research.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-04
Ray H. Mattison writes to Russell Reid regarding a copy of the article “Roosevelt’s Ranches in North Dakota” and Mattison’s interviews with several men. Mattison gained a lot of information regarding Elkhorn Ranch and the Maltese Cross Cabin.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1949-08-12