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Drawing upon papers by Professor Kuno Meyer and John Sampson, Albert T. Sinclair asserts that the secret language of Irish stonemasons, the “bearla lagair,” and the Shelta language spoken by Irish tinkers, share a common root in Old Irish.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-11
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett sends President Roosevelt a confidential letter containing some suggestions relating to the coordination of the Federal and State Departments of Agriculture that he suggested. Plunkett believes such cooperation would be welcomed by interested parties both within the United States and in Europe, where some departments take advantage of the publications produced by the Department of Agriculture. He suggests Roosevelt invite the various states to send delegates to a national conference held by the Department of Agriculture to help spur this cooperation. He suggests that the experience of the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction may be of use to Roosevelt, and proposes to bring the chief officer of the department with him when he visits the United States in the upcoming fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-22
W. Lorcan O’Byrne sends President Roosevelt four books about ancient Ireland that he believes will interest him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-30
The elections in Manchester have generated a great deal of conversation about the three candidates, largely centering on the Irish vote. Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George has spoken on behalf of Winston Churchill, while John Edward Redmond, a prominent Irish nationalist politician, has spoken against Churchill and in favor of his opponent, William Joynson-Hicks. Lloyd George, in his speech endorsing Churchill, also spoke broadly on the interests of Manchester and its various industries, and reviews how the present government has supported the area.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
A newspaper article describes the celebration of the 126th anniversary of Robert Emmet’s birth. The majority of speakers at the event focused on support for Russia. The standing room only crowd adopted resolutions in support of Russia as being a continued ally to the United States and denounced any treaty with England.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03
Acting charge d’affaires to Great Britain Henry White writes to President Roosevelt about many topics dealing with Ireland and England. White served in this role because Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate was on the continent. As a result, he will go to the country estate of Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour for a weekend visit. White will inform Secretary of State John Hay by letter or telegraph of any important information that he learns during that visit. White encloses the book Ireland in the New Century, by Sir Horace Plunkett, which he describes at length. White discusses negotiations between England and France over territories in Africa. White also mentions that Professor S. H. Butcher, who taught Greek at Edinburgh, will be lecturing in the United States and asks if the President would see him. The professor would be a very interesting dinner guest at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-25
Songbook supporting the 1900 presidential campaign of President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt in California. The cover features illustrations of the candidates.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
Kermit Roosevelt has returned to school and is having a fine time. His arm had been bothering him while stag hunting in England but he is feeling better now. Roosevelt supposes John Wallace Riddle will be seeing Robert Harry Munro and Isabella Ferguson in New York; they have been having a tough time due to Robert’s health. He hopes their relocation to the southwest will help.
1908-1912
Lady Gregory sends her book Saints & Wonders to President Roosevelt and discusses the challenges of isolating the Irish Christian literature from that of Rome and Judea. Gregory has heard of Roosevelt’s interest in old Irish literature. She remarks that the Irish are “more and more turning our back to England and our face to America” as so many Irish have gone to the “Land of Promise.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-12
Puck’s stereotyped Irish man labeled “Ireland” is pictured as a military general, sitting on a rocking horse labeled “Home Rule,” holding papers that state “Muster-Roll of the Anti-English Army,” and addressing a ragged group of soldiers labeled “Germany, Russia, Venezuela, Japan, Transvaal, [and] Ashantee.” Uncle Sam is standing among the soldiers. John Bull, in a state of shock, is standing on a small island just offshore. On the ground next to the rocking horse is a box labeled “Servant Girls Home Rule Contributions.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-02-12
Theodore Roosevelt believes that Colonel Leland can do the most good at his current munitions position under Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Roosevelt admires Lloyd George’s work and the recent differences between the United States and Great Britain are that the British have Lloyd George and the United States has no one. He has been surprised at the resilience of the Central Powers and feels that Germany is currently “on the whole victorious.” Roosevelt is pleased that Leland supports conscription and Roosevelt has been working in support of obligatory American military training and service. He believes the British were too harsh on the leaders of the Irish Easter Rising and should not have used capital punishment. Roosevelt is disgusted at the policies of the Wilson administration and has been waging a lonely war in favor of military readiness and against hyphenated Americanism. He does not expect to be a presidential nominee and believes the Republicans will nominate Justice Hughes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt denies advocating for war over the invasion of Belgium and argues that war with Mexico, due to the murder of American citizens, has a greater demand for action. Roosevelt sympathizes with the Irish, but there are other people in similar situations, such as the Danes of North Schleswig and French of Lorraine. He sees no reason why the Irish situation requires American action, but North Schleswig and Lorraine do not. Roosevelt believes it is foolish to believe that the United States is under British influence. He directs J. P. O’Mahony to his recent book, Fear God and Take Your Own Part, for further discussion of his views.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-04
A monkey wearing a military uniform holds a sword labeled “Clan-na-Gael” and a flag that states “No Peaceful Solution! War!” The monkey stands on soil labeled “United States,” looking across the “Atlantic Ocean” at a lion dozing on ground labeled “Great Britain.” At the monkey’s feet is a cup labeled “To Free Ireland,” with a tag that states “Servant Girls Please Contribute.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-10-23
Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the “Kilmainham Kaboose”, directing a pack of small dogs labeled “Healy, Kettle, Egan, O’Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan” to attack the British Lion, instead they scatter in all directions. Caption: Mr. Parnell in his great feat of letting loose the dogs of war.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-10-26
Print shows W. E. Gladstone, possibly dressed as a Greek marathon runner, passing an “Altar of Peace” on which there appears to be a small fire and a rifle labeled “Coercion.” A red military tunic and helmet have fallen to the ground near the altar. Several dogs labeled “Assassin, Ribbon Man, Desperado, Secret Society, [and] Fenian” attack Gladstone. Michael Davitt and Charles Stuart Parnell, with a leash labeled “Land League,” struggle to hold onto the dogs. Davitt has stumbled over John Dillon; all three are lying on the ground. In the background, a man runs into the forest after stabbing two men who were wearing top hats and may have been British government officials.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-05-17
A monkey turns the crank on an organ labeled “Home Sweet Home Rule” with one foot. It is wearing a hat with a feather labeled “Parnell,” and holding a shillelagh labeled “80 members” in one hand and in the other a chain attached to the belt of a British man labeled “J. Bull,” who is dancing. The British “Parliament” building is in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-23
Print shows an Irishman sailing in a top hat with a sail labeled “Money Wanted Fur to Free the Ould Country!” mounted on a clay tobacco pipe; his coattails are labeled “Land League” and “Free Ireland”. He is just offshore of land labeled “Michigan” where there is a crop of “American Greenback Corp.” labeled with “$”. Caption: “Wonst more, me byes, for Ould Oirland – the land of divilment and distriss!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-10-19
“Britannia” stands on the left, holding “Concessions to Ireland,” and “Hibernia” stands on the right in a militant pose. Between them is a nasty looking man with two “Dynamite” bombs slung over his shoulders.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-06-11
Queen Victoria stands on her throne labeled “England” at the edge of the sea, holding a broom labeled “My Prerogative,” and sweeping against ocean waves labeled “Home Rule” and “Democracy” that show the faces of Charles S. Parnell, William E. Gladstone, and Robert Cecil Salisbury. Her crown is perched on the back of her throne. Caption: A poor old broom against the new flood.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-02-10
An Irish pig labeled “Parnell,” carrying a shillelagh labeled “Obstruction,” walks down a road with leashes attached to a nose ring on the Marquess of “Salisbury” and on the former British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, who is crawling on his hands and knees. Caption: “The result of the late elections in England practically gives the Parnellites the balance of power between the Liberals and the Conservatives.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-09