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Independence Day fireworks spell out the word “Freedom” above an eagle forming the great seal of the United States hovering over a bird nest with four chicks labeled “Philippines, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Porto Rico.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-07-03
President Roosevelt informs artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens that the letter cheered him. Roosevelt asks Saint-Gaudens to “refine the head of Liberty” if he can and “keep the figure of Liberty for at least one small issue of the coins.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-12
President Roosevelt has directed to have done what sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens discussed. Roosevelt is glad that he likes the feather headdress on Liberty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-14
President Roosevelt has begun to think he has little appreciation for art, and will therefore defer to Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ opinions regarding the coin designs. He liked the incorporation of the headdress and the figure of Liberty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-18
President Roosevelt finds amusement in the clipping from The World about the Evening Post, and he thinks it base and hypocritical for the Post to continue to support the candidacy of Alton B. Parker in light of such speeches as that of Henry Gassaway Davis. Roosevelt provides two quotations addressing the “colored issue” for inclusion in his speech and letter of acceptance. Roosevelt aims to make his points clear while at the same time making them in such a way as to cause minimal irritation in the south.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-12
President Roosevelt was not surprised by Bishop Rooker’s letter since he had already heard of the conflict between Rooker and the Filipinos, as well as the American government officials. Many people have contradicted what Rooker said and Roosevelt hopes that the Catholic prelates in the Philippines can convince the Filipinos that they are their friends and not their enemies like the friars who preceded them. Roosevelt has taken steps to create a special tribunal regarding the Aglipayan quarrel, disregards Rooker’s “groundless” claims against Commissioner Smith and is committed to increasing Filipino independence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-22
President Roosevelt gives Cecil Spring Rice his assessment on the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt is not concerned with the emergence of Japan as a world power and does not think that Japan will become more aggressive. Roosevelt is concerned that Russia must be contained, but insists to Spring Rice that the U.S. has no intention of intervening in the war. In a postscript, Roosevelt discusses the differences between Japanese and American culture and diplomacy, and reflects on race and culture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-13
Mrs. C. E. Vinnedge writes Theodore Roosevelt regarding the challenge to America’s public schools through private and religious institutions, especially the Roman Catholic Church, which do not allow their children to benefit from the country’s public school system. Vinnedge believes it should be compulsory for all of American children to attend public schools and reap the benefits of this great civil liberty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-27
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Reid comments on Winston Churchill’s recent promotion to the Privy Council, noting that it acknowledges his rise in the party without giving him a seat in the Cabinet. Churchill is still not well liked. Reid relays the debates on Horace Curzon Plunkett in the House of Commons and reports on English newspaper coverage of Roosevelt’s speech at Jamestown. He comments on unease over labor relations in France, the planning of an event after the Colonial Premiers’ Conference, opposition to a proposed move for a limitation of armaments at the Hague Conference, and Lewis Harcourt’s proposed English Land Bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-01
Ambassador Francis reports to President Roosevelt on the state of affairs in Austria and Hungary and the tensions between the Magyars and the German speaking Austrians. In Francis’s assessment, the Hungarians, or Magyars, are “impulsive, always restless and very patriotic” who would seek their independence from Austria immediately if they had enough popular support and sufficient funding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-10
John St. Loe Strachey thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, with which he agrees. Strachey does not understand how people think civil liberties do not need protecting. He worries that autocrats like Napoleon will feed on people’s unwillingness to stand up for what is right. Strachey hopes that they will meet again in October when he visits.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-21
Secretary Montalvo sends instructions from President Roosevelt to General Rodriguez to be distributed among the chiefs operating in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas, and Santa Clara, Cuba. The chiefs are to allow all prisoners or others repenting of their error to return to their homes peacefully. Prisoners captured while in command of bands shall be detained in their respective camps until the government resolves to restore them to liberty or place them at the disposition of the special instructional judge. Rebel chiefs who have surrendered should also be allowed to return to their homes with assurance of no further molestation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-27
Augustus Saint-Gaudens thanks Theodore Roosevelt for returning the book on coins. Saint-Gaudens will also be able to use the Indian head dress on the figure of liberty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-22
Augustus Saint-Gaudens is working on the models for the new coins. He would like to add the word “Justice” to the composition of the coins, as he believes it will make a stronger impact.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-22
James Bronson Reynolds reports of his travels in the Philippines, where he believes Filipinos have just complaints regarding liberty, with the powerful taking the spoils. Reynolds also spent time in China and believes there is great opportunity for trade in China, especially in cotton. He applauds setting up a commission or investigator there. Reynolds also writes of Chinese students in Tokyo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-07
A portion of a speech said to have been given by Patrick Henry just before the Declaration of Independence was signed, in which Henry urges the delegates to sign the document. The text is followed by an analysis relating the text to the present day. Later pages of the pamphlet are missing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
President Roosevelt opines on the theoretical philosophy of the government of United States, saying that it seeks to support individual liberty as much as possible without sacrificing larger society.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
Silas McBee writes to President Roosevelt about a statement he made concerning Abraham Lincoln and the notion of strong people and a strong government. McBee expresses his admiration of Lincoln but argues that George Washington also held these ideas and had them before Lincoln. He closes his letter by referring to Lincoln’s birthday as a “Holy Day of the Nation.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-12
Sheet music for two patriotic songs, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and “God Save Our President.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1902
Goodale, Josephine C.; Petermann, J. H.; Smith, Samuel Francis, 1808-1895
Liberty strides forward, carrying a flaming torch labeled “Revolution” and an American flag, and wearing a phrygian cap with tricolor cockade. She crushes underfoot a scepter and a crown labeled “Plutocracy.” In the background, buildings are burning. Caption: If the tariff farce is continued many years longer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-04-28