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President Roosevelt asks Massachusetts Senator Crane if he would help with the planning of the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-25
President Roosevelt tells Fitzhugh Lee he was fond of both of the uncles in question and wants to speak with Lee about the president’s experiences with Representative James A. Tawney in connection with the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-02
President Roosevelt hopes something can be done for the Jamestown Exposition, as he considers it “a very important anniversary.” As part of the exposition, the president encourages Representative Hemenway to promote an exhibit by African Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
President Roosevelt asks Fitzhugh Lee if African Americans can give a show in connection with the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition because he wants them to have a chance to demonstrate what they have done in 300 years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
President Roosevelt considers the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition an important celebration that should be commemorated by the entire nation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-09
Washington State Representative Bourne asks President Roosevelt to make a favorable mention of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, to be held in Seattle in 1909, in his message to Congress when it opens in December. Due to the financial failure of the Jamestown Exhibition, Bourne anticipates it will be difficult to secure funding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-31
Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch was glad to see President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition, and is glad Roosevelt enjoyed himself there. Bulloch describes a promotion he received from the Bureau of Pensions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-16
Iowa Senator William Boyd Allison writes to President Roosevelt regarding two measures he would like to discuss. Also mentioned is the Philippines tariff bill and the Jamestown Exposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-12
Colorized stereograph of the Naval Review at Hampton Roads during the Jamestown Exposition. A sailboat is in the foreground, sailing towards the battleships in the distance. Text on the reverse of the stereograph list the USS Louisiana, USS Connecticut, USS Missouri, and USS Vermont as the ships visible in the background.
As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “Part of the naval review held at Hampton Roads during the Jamestown Exposition during 1907. This is a view looking down the line of ten battleships extending over five miles. Battleships Louisiana, Connecticut, Missouri and Vermont are in line.”
Colorized stereograph taken from the bridge of the USS Minnesota at the Jamestown Exposition. The USS Kentucky and the USS Connecticut can be seen in the distance. On the left of the image, a sailor in his dress blue uniform is kneeling, looking through a spyglass. On the reverse of the stereograph is information about the officers of each of the three ships.
As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “The Bridge of the Minnesota. The Minnesota is the flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles L. [sic] Thomas.
This magnificent view was taken at the Jamestown Exposition from the bridge of the Minnesota by the kind permission of the Captain, and shows the battleship Kentucky, Captain Walter C. Knowles [sic] of the second squadron, and Admiral Evans of the Connecticut in the rear.”
Clarece Martin presents a brief history of the construction of the Georgia House at the 1907 Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition, as well as Theodore Roosevelt’s dedication of the house. The Georgia House was modeled after Bulloch Hall, where Roosevelt’s mother grew up. Martin quotes extensively from Roosevelt’s words dedicating the house, where he spoke of the history of Georgia along with his own personal ties to the southern United States. A brief biography of Clarece Martin follows the main article.
Four photographs supplement the text, including one each of Georgia House and Bulloch Hall.
Silas McBee editorializes on several topics, including the idea that upcoming Jamestown Exposition is not only a time for antiquarian interest in the past but a foundation for a wider vision that will allow the Church to continue growing in the United States and adapting so it can achieve that growth, and the importance of the construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and the need for its art and architecture to reflect the lives of its people. In the “Chronicle and Comment,” McBee discusses President Roosevelt’s statements about railroad regulation and the recent financial instability; as well as a recent charge, which McBee terms “preposterous,” that Roosevelt would make or withhold a nomination because of a financial gift from Edward Henry Harriman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-13
President Roosevelt informs Senator Lodge that he cannot grant the request for warships to visit Boston during Old Home Week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-22
The article discusses President Roosevelt’s address at the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition. America has risen as a nation through business and industry, rather than through military might, and thus is likely to last longer than other nations which have risen by the latter. Roosevelt traces the origins of the nation beyond the arrival of the Mayflower, all the way back to the dreams of Sir Walter Raleigh. The writer wonders what Raleigh might think of the second half of Roosevelt’s address, in which he expressed the problem of the danger of wealth – a common theme in the President’s speeches.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-27
At the Jamestown Exposition, President Roosevelt spoke highly of England. Other Americans usually disregard England, but Roosevelt reminds his fellow Americans that the United States developed its intellectual origins out of English philosophy. However, the United States should watch out for the rich magnates and monopolies in the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-27
Sheet music for “Jamestown Dixie or Dixie Patrol,” an arrangement of “Dixie” adopted by the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition. The cover features photographs of the exposition’s board and President Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Sheet music for “The Golden West,” which celebrates the 300th anniversary of the landing of America’s “First settlers in Virginia, April 26, 1607.” President Roosevelt opened the 1907 Jamestown Exposition with a naval review at Hampton Rhodes, Virginia. The cover features a photograph with several ships, and according to a handwritten note, Roosevelt was present at the review aboard the presidential yacht, Mayflower.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Promotional postcard for the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Postcard features a color illustration of the landing of John Smith and three round, black, and white portraits of President Roosevelt, Henry St. George Tucker, President of the Exposition Company, and Fitzhugh Lee, late President of the Exposition Company. It is indicated that Roosevelt will open the Exposition on April 26, 1907.
1906
Promotional postcard for the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Postcard features color illustrations of the Virginia state flag, American flag, Captain John Smith’s arrival at Jamestown, and President’s Roosevelt’s portrait on an American shield. The words “Meet me at the Jamestown Exposition I will be there” surround the shield.
1906
Postcard featuring black and white illustration of John Smith and President Roosevelt shaking hands. Behind them, a Jamestown scene transitions from 1807 to 1907. At the bottom of the postcard is printed “De-e-lighted! Welcome to the Jamestown Exposition.”
1907