List of exhibits — also list of patrons, historical loan, etc.
A program detailing an Irish Industrial Exhibition. Also includes a list of patrons of the exhibit.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08
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Manufacturing industries
Letter from Joseph C. Noblit to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph C. Noblit tells Theodore Roosevelt he read in the newspaper that Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has a connection to carpet manufacturing, and Noblit would like to invite him to invest in a new process that he claims will revolutionize the carpet industry by saving on materials and labor.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-13
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Letter from Abram I. Elkus to Theodore Roosevelt
Abram I. Elkus sends Theodore Roosevelt materials relating to information about the New York Factory Investigating Commission and points out two names in labor union leadership who are also members of the Commission. He says he will try to meet Roosevelt’s views if this material is not what he wants.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-13
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Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler informs President Roosevelt that he received William Loeb’s letter regarding scheduling difficulties for the two men to have a “quiet talk.” Butler emphasizes that no one should persuade Roosevelt that there has not been a “very serious contraction in business.” He believes that by January 1 it will have spread across the entire country and worries about going into a presidential election when manufacturing is being curtailed, wages are reduced, and people are losing jobs.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-19
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Letter from George von Lengerke Meyer to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Meyer writes President Roosevelt about the Russo-Japanese War. Meyer describes Stanley Washburn’s report of dwindling American sympathies with the Japanese. Washburn does not believe the Japanese army will ever beat the Russian army in Manchuria. Meyer mentions his interactions with Camille Barrère, the French Ambassador, and his indication that French and German banks are beginning to side with Russia. Meyer also relates an interaction he had with the Japanese minister, in which the minister stated he was interested in Roosevelt’s thoughts on Manchuria and Japan’s control of Port Arthur.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-20
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Letter from Thomas Dolan to Boies Penrose
Thomas Dolan advises Senator Penrose that he does not think the existing tariff laws should be changed at the moment and that the majority of voters would agree with Dolan.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-17
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Letter from Harold Bolce to Theodore Roosevelt
Harold Bolce sends a report he has written on the trade of the United States with Oceania, Asia, and South America. Bolce argues that Pacific region markets are miniscule compared to the possibilities in Argentina and Brazil.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-09
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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Pigott
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Charles Pigott for sending a copy of an encyclopedia and the copy of Exporters’ Review. While Roosevelt is interested in the matter, it is impossible for him to express an opinion on the matter that Pigott asked about, as it would lead to innumerable similar requests being sent to him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Clay Frick
President Roosevelt asks Henry Clay Frick if in his manufacturing interests, he has need of hiring someone “familiar with the ways and means of acquiring new foreign markets and the holding and expanding of them.” He believes that former Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis would be ideal for the position.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-16
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles H. Ewing
Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges receiving the letters Charles H. Ewing forwarded to him about the plan for an Irish National Exhibition in Dublin. Roosevelt thinks the exhibit might be of real value. It may “raise Ireland’s prosperity by helping toward the establishment of Irish industries.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-27
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Gurney Cannon
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Gurney Cannon, Chairman of the Notification Committee, to formally accept his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and to approve the platform adopted by the Republican National Convention. In the letter, Roosevelt provides a comprehensive defense of his foreign and domestic policies and outlines what he believes are the major differences between the Republican and Democratic parties in the upcoming election. Roosevelt discusses, among other topics, his position on international relations, antitrust legislation, tariffs, the gold standard, pensions for Civil War veterans, the military, civil service, commerce, agriculture, taxation, and self-government in the Philippines.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-12
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Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt
George Bird Grinnell will give Theodore Roosevelt details on the manufacturers of telescopic gun sights when next they meet.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-09-03
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Letter from Crawford Elliott to Theodore Roosevelt
Crawford Elliot writes to Theodore Roosevelt to ask Roosevelt for letters of introduction to Whitelaw Reid and Robert Bacon. Elliott explains he is going to London to start a factory to begin manufacturing the New Visible Machine, a new typewriter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-02
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Letter from James Deitrick to William Loeb
James Deitrick has been in England on business and informs William Loeb of the state of affairs in the manufacturing district. People are starving, and manufacturing interests have been secretly sending funds to the Democratic National Committee in hopes of electing William Jennings Bryan, who they believe will support free trade.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-10-10
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News-print paper: statements relating to its cost and to paper combinations
Several years of statements by the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association regarding the newspaper industry, including comments on tariffs, competition with Canada, preservation of forests, paper prices, trusts, and labor issues.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11
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Letter from Charles S. Francis to Elihu Root
Ambassador Francis tells Secretary of State Root about an interview with Baron Hengelmüller recently published in Vienna in which Hengelmüller praises President Roosevelt as an advocate for universal peace. Francis also reports that another Vienna newspaper announced Hengelmüller’s trip to Budapest to discuss how to restrict emigration from Hungary to America, which is greater than emigration from Austria because of the manufacturing opportunities there and the lack of such industry in Hungary. Minister of Commerce Kossuth is promoting industrial conditions in Hungary.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-06
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Letter from Ludwig Nissen to Leslie M. Shaw
Ludwig Nissen suggests that Secretary of the Treasury Shaw make an effort to stop newspapers from discrediting the economic policies of the administration. Nissen tells Shaw that newspapers should give him more credit for helping businessmen, rather than portraying him as helping speculators.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-24
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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge praises President Roosevelt’s letter. Lodge thinks Speaker Cannon’s speech on the labor issue was courageous, and he deserves to have them stand by him. Lodge has seen indicators that Charles E. Littlefield will win, which he thinks will have a great influence for good throughout the country. Lodge has written to Attorney General Moody that the Republican party ought to draw its platform in exact accord with Roosevelt’s letter. Henry Melville Whitney, Eugene Foss, and the Boston Herald are pressuring Governor Guild to come out for present revision and against Roosevelt, which Lodge thinks would be a foolish thing to do. Lodge feels that the Republicans should all unite on Roosevelt’s letter. John B. Moran is apparently going to carry off the Democratic nomination, and Lodge thinks this will lead to a nasty personal campaign in which Republican union will be all-important.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-28
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Letter from Joseph Gurney Cannon to Leslie M. Shaw
Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon informs Secretary of the Treasury Shaw that he has no designs on running for President and has discouraged those promoting his candidacy; his focus is solely on the upcoming midterm elections. Cannon recounts a conversation with men from the Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements League in which he urged them not to believe the promises of the Democratic Party with regard to tariff revision. He hopes that President Roosevelt’s letter on the matter, which is due for imminent release, will help to sway their opinions.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-20
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Telegram from the Midvale Steele Company to Theodore Roosevelt
Midvale Steel Company addresses President Roosevelt sending him a message regarding shipbuilding companies nabbing armor-plate contracts. Midvale Steel Company President Harrah discusses the challenges of bidding for contracts such as vying against certain competitors for contracts. Harrah suggests that it would be beneficial for Midvale Steel Company to win the armor-plate contracts since the company is cost effective, does fair bidding, offers timely deliveries, and has a record of reliability.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-13