Photo negative of Roosevelt head 1939 dedication
Black and white negative of Lincoln and Roosevelt head with dedication flag the right and scaffolding around face.
Collection
Mount Rushmore National Monument
Creation Date
1939
Your TR Source
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Photo negative of the Roosevelt head being carved
Black and white negative of the Roosevelt head being carved with scaffolding and unidentified workers in boatswain’s chairs below, Lincoln head visible.
Collection
Mount Rushmore National Monument
Creation Date
Unknown
Photo negative of the Roosevelt head being carved
Black and white negative of the Roosevelt head being carved with scaffolding.
Collection
Mount Rushmore National Monument
Creation Date
Unknown
Giving honor to whom honor is due
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt signing the coal strike settlement. He is crowned with laurel just like the statues of Washington and Lincoln in the background. A quote from the Foreign Press is included: The American people are clearly going to trust Roosevelt as they trusted Washington and Lincoln and their trust will not be misplaced.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-19
The president-“don’t throw mud at that founder of republicanism”
President Roosevelt rushes to stop a man wearing a long sash labeled “Lily White Republican – Motto: Exclusion of the Negro” from throwing mud at a bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-12
Photo of Roosevelt and Lincoln heads
Black and white print of the Roosevelt head under construction with scaffolding on the face of Lincoln.
Collection
Mount Rushmore National Monument
Creation Date
1936-09
Draft of address of President Roosevelt at the G.A.R. encampment, The Weirs, New Hampshire
A draft of a speech addressing members of the Grand Army of the Republic in which President Roosevelt praises the efforts of the Union Army during the Civil War. He argues that with the growth of cities, and of individual and corporate fortunes, men have become more divided into groups and classes. Roosevelt asserts that in order to solve the “dark problems looming before us,” Americans must “strive onward” in the same spirit Union soldiers demonstrated when they fought alongside men regardless of class or religion.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-28
Address of President Roosevelt at the G.A.R. encampment, The Weirs, New Hampshire
President Roosevelt addresses members of the Grand Army of the Republic, praising the efforts of Union Army soldiers during the Civil War. He argues that with the growth of cities and individual and corporate fortunes, men have become more divided into groups and classes, thereby diminishing the “realization of that essential underlying brotherhood which ought to be deep in the heart of every American.” Roosevelt asserts that in order to solve the “dark problems looming before us,” they must prioritize cooperation. He insists that Americans must “strive onward” in the same spirit Union soldiers demonstrated when they fought alongside men regardless of class or religion.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Spring Rice
President Roosevelt begins his letter to Cecil Spring Rice discussing the presidential election and how Alton B. Parker and the Democratic Party chose to campaign. Roosevelt mentions his plans to send Ambassador to Italy George von Lengerke Meyer to St. Petersburg, and spends the rest of the letter discussing Japan and Russia. The Japanese government treats Americans well, while Russia has treated the United States, England, and Japan poorly. However, Roosevelt believes the Japanese Army groups all white men together and considers such men inferior to themselves, as evidenced by the experience of American military attachés in Japan. The president opines that Russia is the main enemy of Japan, as long as it focuses on China, Korea, and Manchuria. However, if Japan desires to become a maritime power, it could threaten the United States, England, and the Netherlands. Roosevelt concludes his letter by saying, “[W]e must trust in the Lord and keep our powder dry and our eyes open.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte
President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, which showed his fair enforcement of the law. His attackers use the press and their wealth to recruit powerful people, like college presidents and corrupt judges, to their side at the cost of the “plain people.” These attackers know that developments like the Hepburn Rate Law, the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and protections for workers have been effective against moneyed interests and criminals, but they are often lawyers or editors who answer to the corporations. The individual men to whom he refers are, however, merely puppets, and the true issue should be taken with the offenders who stand behind them and control enormous wealth. He and Bonaparte are not responsible for the economic panic, but are striving for the right “in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-12-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan
President Roosevelt tells Sir George Otto Trevelyan of his happiness regarding the recent 1904 presidential election, and remarks that he is glad people decided to support the positive message of the Republican Party, rather than the negativity of the Democratic Party. The president attributes his victory to the clear-cut message in his speeches and addresses as well as those canvassing for him. Roosevelt discusses the differences between the American president and other political leaders and believes the American president is more like the British prime minister than the French president. he additionally reflects on his intention not to run for a third term. Even without the convention of only two terms, the president believes it would be better for Secretary of War William H. Taft or Elihu Root to succeed him; they are similar in policy, but would have fresh thoughts and ways. Roosevelt concludes by discussing his recent reading. He praises a section from one of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches after his reelection and equates certain American political leaders to characters in Charles Dickens’s works.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt will follow Gifford Pinchot’s suggestion on the letter from Max W. Ball. Roosevelt takes umbrage with Henry Cantwell Wallace’s recommendations on discussing military preparedness in Des Moines, Iowa. He says he will stand behind President Woodrow Wilson “precisely to the degree in which Abraham Lincoln stood behind Polk in the Mexican War…” He will stand behind every public servant to the degree in which they serve the United States.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-02-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harold G. High
Theodore Roosevelt regrets that he cannot attend the mass convention and moose barbeque in Michigan to which Harold G. High invited him. Roosevelt expresses confidence that Michigan, which saw the foundation of the Republican Party, will support the Progressive Party, which is now doing the work of Abraham Lincoln. Roosevelt compares Lincoln’s departure from the Whig Party to his own departure from the Republican Party, which he sees as dragged down by bosses like Senator Guggenheim, Boies Penrose, and William Barnes.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-08-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mr. Hammond
Theodore Roosevelt finds the letter by a Mr. Sullivan to bear on today’s problems. One such problem is that the leaders of the Republican Party in New England are really the heirs of the Tory Party, while only the Progressive Party can really be considered the spiritual heirs of Lincoln and the original Republican Party.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-08-09
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Bushnell Hart
President Roosevelt discusses the presidential campaign and the platforms of the other candidates.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-07-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Morris J. Husch
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Morris J. Husch for the quotation by Abraham Lincoln.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mrs. Thomas Wallace
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Thomas Wallace for the coin and will carry it for luck. Roosevelt admires men like Timoleon, John Hampden, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-04
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to D. W. Williams
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to D. W. Williams for his work in Jackson, Ohio to bring its support to Roosevelt’s campaign.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-05-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John St. Loe Strachey
Theodore Roosevelt comments on John St. Loe Strachey’s editorials on Roosevelt’s attempts as governor of New York, as president, and as a political figure to “strengthen the bonds of good will, regard, and sympathy” between the United States and England. He also talks on his former statements about the office of the presidency – how, if he had explicitly stated that he did not believe in a president’s holding a consecutive third term, then all his enemies would have believed he was announcing his bid for a second term before the first had finished. Likewise, Roosevelt believes that he could not honorably back out of his current presidential campaign due to a desire for moderate progress akin to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, William Pitt, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and the Whigs of the reform bill.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Allen White
Theodore Roosevelt has written previously about the book Mother and will look for The Call of the Carpenter. He appreciates William Allen White’s criticism of his recent writing and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was in agreement with White.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-01-22