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A program listing the January, February, and March dates and speakers for the Saturday Discussions lecture series sponsored by the Republican Club of the City of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-11
A complete reprint of Byron B. Waters’s report to the Tri-Counties Reforestation committee on opening the San Bernardino forest reserve to private holdings of forty-acre tracts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-07
President Roosevelt discusses the importance of improving social and economic conditions for farmers, arguing that “with the single exception of the conservation of our natural resources, which underlies the problem of rural life, there is no other material question of greater importance now before the American people.” He asks Walter Hines Page to serve upon a Commission on Country Life.
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt feels that the success of the country lies in supporting farmers and improving their social conditions where needed. In light of this, he invites Charles Simon Barrett to serve on the Commission of Country Life, which will report on the living conditions on the farm and suggest the means of improving rural life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-11
President Roosevelt feels that the success of the country lies in supporting farmers and improving their social conditions where needed. In light of this, he invites William A. Beard to serve on the Commission of Country Life, which will report on the living conditions on the farm and suggest the means of improving rural life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-11
President Roosevelt invites L. H. Bailey to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas, with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-10
President Roosevelt wishes he could be at the farm demonstration in person with John Julius Dargan at the General Sumter Memorial Academy. Roosevelt looks forward to hearing Seaman Ashahel Knapp’s report on the event when he sees him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-02
President Roosevelt asks Wallace Buttrick to send him some material he could use when he speaks on agricultural education, as Seaman Ashahel Knapp has not sent him anything useful. Knapp is excellent in deed but incompetent at writing or talking about those deeds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-17
H. H. Cherry, President of the Western Kentucky State Teachers College, invites Theodore Roosevelt to give the address at the dedication of the school’s new building. He provides details about the building, the school, and who will be at the dedication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-10
“Papers returned to Mr. Forster as requested.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-26