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The Committee on the Library approves the appropriation of $200,000 of additional funds for the completion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Any future appropriations have been deemed out of order.
1935-07-10
Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
The Indianapolis Star reports on Margaret Sanger’s speech about birth control at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sanger discussed the importance of providing birth control information to working class women in order to reduce and prevent infant and maternal mortality, poverty, abortion, and prostitution. She argued that if former President Roosevelt was allowed to travel the country and urge families to have many children, she should be allowed to give poor women the information they needed. In reference to Roosevelt’s concerns over race suicide, Sanger stated, “I say the race ought to commit suicide unless it can take care of its children better.”
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
1916-05-16
Senator Beveridge’s speech, delivered at the Hotel Astor, New York City, on February 12, 1913, discusses the current state of confusion and division in both the Republican and Democratic political parities. Beveridge argues that state of affairs requires a new party, the Progressive Party, and contributes its establishment to Theodore Roosevelt. Throughout, he invokes the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and the Progressive Party’s fulfillment of his aspirations and principles.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1913-03
The two-page handbill includes “Camp Satire on Wilson,” a reprint of an article originally written for The Evening Post. The article describes the posting of a “bitter political satire on President Woodrow Wilson” on a military training camp bulletin board. The satirical placard apparently included Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and other prominent political figures as characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The second page of the handbill is a dramatis personae, listing the characters and the political figure used to represent them in the satire.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1916-09-16
James Alexander Edgar invites the Middlesex County Progressive committeemen and their friends to a meeting on Saturday, September 11. Edgar provides details of the Progressive Party’s decision to endorse candidates from other political parties that share progressive ideals. He also refers to the Republican Party “robbing” Theodore Roosevelt of the presidential nomination in 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1915
This draft of a satirical magazine articles discusses what will happen when President Roosevelt leaves the White House and embarks on his travels. It suggests that Roosevelt’s greatness will increase as he sails farther away from America and that his trip will outdo those of other former presidents. The article concludes by suggesting that Roosevelt’s hunting trip to Africa will be a “tremendous success.”
1908
Hugh Gordon Miller addresses the Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York. He jokes about his previous speaking engagement in New York. He describes the historical and contemporary relationship between Virginians and New York. He celebrates the rebuilt union of states. Miller reviews the accomplishments of the United States and New South since the American Civil War. He teases about Kentucky’s politics. He pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, William McKinley, and Rough Riders. Miller regrets that the South is aligned with the Democratic Party and calls on Republicans in the North to help settle “the problem of the suffrage and of the races.” Miller concludes with a vision of the ideal United States. Club President Henry Edwin Tremain introduces Senator John M. Thurston.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-02-12
John M. Thurston praises the life and achievements of Abraham Lincoln.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
President Roosevelt thanks Jesse William Weik for the Abraham Lincoln papers and encloses a photograph for Weik’s son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-26
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt with handwritten edits. Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. This copy contains edits suggested by William H. Moody.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-13
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt with handwritten edits. Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-13
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. This copy contains handwritten edits suggested by Whitelaw Reid. Numbers correspond to comments made by Reid in his letter to Roosevelt of the same date.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-14
Shorthand draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-27
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. This copy contains handwritten edits suggested by New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-14
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. This copy contains handwritten edits suggested by Secretary of the Navy Morton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-18
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. Winthrop Murray Crane returned his copy with few edits.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-18
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which he accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. This copy includes edits suggested by George B. Cortelyou, as recorded by telephone conversation with William Loeb.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt, in which Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration. This copy includes edits suggested by Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou, some of which he transmitted to William Loeb by telephone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21
Draft of an address to be given by President Roosevelt with handwritten edits. Roosevelt accepts the Republican presidential nomination and reviews the accomplishments of his administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-27