Letter from F. G. Sherrill to Charles Edward Scott
Reverend Sherrill updates President Scott on his efforts to secure speakers for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
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Creation Date
1957-1958
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Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974
Letter from Hermann Hagedorn to F. G. Sherrill
Hermann Hagedorn reviews the search for speakers for the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
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Creation Date
1957-12-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Matthew Hale
Theodore Roosevelt wishes to speak to Matthew Hale about the future from the political prospective next time they meet. He also advises Hale to read Problems of Power by William Morton Fullerton and Drift and Mastery by Walter Lippmann.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-02-06
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Letter from William H. Moody to William Loeb
Attorney General Moody shares with William Loeb his response to Senator Kearns in regards to Mr. Lippman proposing to work for the Salt Lake Tribune while also being employed by the attorney general’s office. Moody does not think it is a problem according to civil service rules and a statement by former Attorney General Knox as long as Lippman does not engage prominently in political matters.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-07-07
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Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt
In an essay written shortly before his death in October 2002, historian Stephen E. Ambrose compares and contrasts Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt, and he discusses the most important issues faced by each president as well as the lasting legacies of each. Ambrose highlights Jefferson’s writing of the Declaration of Independence, his promotion of religious toleration, and his expansion of the nation, and he asserts that Jefferson failed to adequately deal with the problem of slavery and the treatment of Native Americans. Ambrose writes that Roosevelt made his mark foremost with conservation, but that he also dealt with the need to reform the military and the inequalities brought about by industrialization. Ambrose notes that Roosevelt, more than any other president, made a distinction between right and wrong.
Photographs of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Ambrose, and Roosevelt supplement the text.
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About Theodore Roosevelt…
Seven quotations about Theodore Roosevelt from five historians and two journalists. All of the quotations date to 1979 with one exception dated to 1977. Three of the quotations are from books, two are from weekly news magazines, one is from a newspaper, and one is from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. All of the quotations deal with Roosevelt’s popularity and reputation.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1980
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Book notes
In the “Book Notes” column, Frederick W. Marks reviews William M. Gibson’s Theodore Roosevelt Among the Humorists and John A. Gable reviews Aloysius A. Norton’s Theodore Roosevelt. Marks criticizes Gibson for accepting the judgments of Theodore Roosevelt put forward by humorists such as Mark Twain, and he argues that Gibson, as a literature professor, is not qualified to make evaluations of Roosevelt’s diplomacy. Gable praises Norton’s study of Roosevelt as a writer, and his main criticism is that the book is too short to provide a thorough analysis of all of Roosevelt’s works. Marks and Gable contend that Roosevelt’s image continues to suffer from persistent stereotypes.
A picture of Roosevelt reading accompanies the article.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1981
Theodore Roosevelt: A Classic American Hero
Edmund Morris argues that “the more one analyzes Theodore Roosevelt in the harsh light of historical research, the more authentic an American hero he becomes.” Morris looks at different episodes in Roosevelt’s life, such as his service during the Spanish-American War, to make his case, and he compares Roosevelt’s life to heroic figures from mythology and literature such as Hercules, Beowulf, and King Lear.
Homer Davenport’s famous cartoon, “He’s good enough for me,” featuring Uncle Sam and Theodore Roosevelt is on the first page of the article.
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Trustees McKeldin and Lippman die
Two trustees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin and Walter Lippmann, recently died. The obituary notes that McKeldin was named after Roosevelt and that he was both Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland. It discusses Lippmann’s journalism career and his admiration for Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1975