Liberty bonds

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Woods, James

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

On September 28, 1918, Theodore Roosevelt is the principal speaker at the opening of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign in Oriole Baseball Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Wearing a mourning armband for his son, Quentin, Roosevelt walks across the field with Liberty Loan officials, including a man who appears to be Phillips Lee Goldsborough, chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee for Maryland and former governor of the state. Roosevelt pauses and speaks with Cardinal James Gibbons. On the speaker’s platform, Roosevelt is cheered by the crowd. Among the notables behind him on the platform are Gibbons, a man who appears to be Governor Emerson C. Harrington of Maryland, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, who was the wife of former President Grover Cleveland, and her second husband, Dr. Thomas J. Preston, with the dark mustache. Roosevelt addresses the crowd. There are long and close-up shots of the crowd.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

In Billings, Montana, on October 5, 1918, Theodore Roosevelt spoke on behalf of the Liberty Loan and denounced the Nonpartisan League of Farmers for its pacifist orientation. Roosevelt appears in a touring car greeting Billings citizens. Long shot of him doffing his hat and shaking hands from a parked car in downtown Billings. After he is seated, the car moves through a crowded, flag-draped street.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918-10-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Daniel Newhall Peirce sends Theodore Roosevelt a reproduction of an old bond he found in his father’s papers. Peirce used it in Fourth Liberty Bond propaganda work and had a few reproductions made as souvenirs. Peirce also reminds Roosevelt of when they met and still treasures the autographed photograph of Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-10-07

Creator(s)

Peirce, Daniel Newhall

Theodore Roosevelt launches a Liberty Loans campaign from his home, Sagamore Hill. He speaks from his front porch to a crowd gathered on the lawn, and shakes hands with a procession of visitors.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1918-04-02

Creator(s)

Unknown

Newsreel footage of a Liberty Loans parade, including marching soldiers and decorated floats. In another scene, Theodore Roosevelt speaks to a crowd from a high balcony and marches with doughboys. Actress Sarah Bernhardt speaks while standing in an automobile.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1917-07-04

Creator(s)

Pathe News

A newsreel documenting a Liberty Loans drive. President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Wilson mingle in a crowd and march in a parade. Theodore Roosevelt speaks enthusiastically from a podium. Cardinal James Gibbons has a conversation with Roosevelt. Mary Pickford shows off a stage prop and speaks onstage through a megaphone. Unknown actors perform a play. Large crowds and city scenes, with many flags and decorations, are shown. Buildings are painted and workers paste up posters.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt addresses a large crowd of people in Baltimore, Maryland to promote Liberty Loans. Roosevelt wears a black arm band in honor of his son Quentin Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

General Sessions Judge James T. Malone has sentenced Frederick Jackson, a Liberty Bond salesman, to five years in prison for stealing and illegally pawning Liberty Bonds.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-01

Creator(s)

Unknown

Film of Theodore Roosevelt appearing in Billings, Montana, on October 5, 1918, to speak on behalf of the Liberty Loan drive. Film has long shots of a touring car with six men inside; Roosevelt may be one of them. The car is followed by a group of men on horseback who may be the Rough Riders. The street is lined with Billings citizens as the car and riders pass by.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1918-10-05

Creator(s)

Unknown

Sheet music for “Sussex By the Sea,” a military march originally published in 1907. The song was re-purposed to commemorate a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in November 1917, in support of Canada’s Victory Loan program. The cover includes the text, “Sung with tremendous success by Frank Oldfield at the Roosevelt Victory Loan Meeting at Toronto Armories before an enthusiastic audience of 20,000 people,” and a quote by Shakespeare, “A merry heart goes all the day Your sad tires in a mile-a.” The second page contains the full lyrics.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1917

Creator(s)

Ward-Higgs, W. (William), 1866-1936

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Newell Dwight Hillis for his work on behalf of Liberty Loans and the Red Cross.

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1917-06-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt addresses the members of the Liederkranz Club in New York about the importance of buying Liberty Bonds and supporting the U.S. in the war against Germany.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-10-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt encourages the people of Baltimore to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan in order to aid the war effort. Roosevelt also advocates for young men to sign up to fight and for everyone to help the war effort in every way they can in order to support American democracy. His speech ends with the idea that universal suffrage can only be justified by universal service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt is speaking to the people in Boston, Massachusetts, demanding a call to arms against Germany and to fight the enemy in order to protect America’s ideals of freedom and democracy. He also speaks to the people about how they can join the fight from home by buying Liberty Bonds or volunteering for the war effort.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

This film compilation presents Theodore Roosevelt at various public functions in support of the war effort.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1917-1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt shares details of his involvement with the Red Cross, speaking engagements, and his efforts to raise awareness on the government’s “inefficiency and delay” in the war effort.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt opens the Fourth Liberty Loan at the Oriole Baseball Park in Baltimore, Maryland.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-28

Creator(s)

Unknown