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Typed copy of a telegram from an unknown individual requesting the condition and prospects of President McKinley, who had been shot the previous day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
A report conducted by Matthew P. Breen detailing the results of the 1900 presidential election, 1898 gubernatorial election, and projecting the power of the newly proposed Democratic organization in next fall’s election. He projects a union ticket will defeat the candidate nominated by Tammany Hall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-25
William Loeb, Governor Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary, forwards a letter to George B. Cortelyou, President William McKinley’s secretary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-11-24
Elizabeth Allison Petheram asks Vice President Roosevelt for an autograph and photograph of him. She is very fond of McKinley and looks forward to seeing him and Roosevelt if they come to Texas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-25
A timeline of Theodore Roosevelt’s life focusing on his early life and presidency, with specific attention on his role in preservation of land and game in the United States.
1996-07
Photocopy of a photograph of Quentin Roosevelt and Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt–incorrectly identified– with the White House police. A quote by Alice Roosevelt Longworth about the White House Secret Service is included below the photograph.
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Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
This exhaustively illustrated account of the Spanish-American war seeks to present the official history of the war according to the United States War Records Office. It encompasses the events leading up to the war, the war itself, as well as its resolution and aftermath. While it mentions the various engagements taking place during the war, most of the focus is on Cuba and the action of the United States Navy and Army in fighting Spanish forces there in support of Cuban rebels. It additionally includes general information on the theaters of war, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
Smithsonian
1900
Postcard featuring a portrait of Secretary of State Hay. A handwritten line on the reverse of the postcard notes Hay was the Secretary of State from 1898-1905, under both William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will do all he can for French Ensor Chadwick. He is glad Chadwick has Aniceto García Menocal y Martín to consult with the board. Roosevelt told President William McKinley what Chadwick said and does not anticipate any trouble.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt shares with P. H. Cooper that he heard from a cadet who attended the Naval Academy drill last spring that President William McKinley reviewed, who reported that the engineer cadets were in line. Roosevelt wants Cooper to collect three or four similar statements. He thinks Representative Francis Henry Wilson and others are confusing McKinley’s review with another drill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-17
This pamphlet is a long list of reasons to reelect President Roosevelt. It outlines Roosevelt’s personal virtues and successful political record, as well as that of the Republican Party.
In his letter to Theodore Roosevelt, John O. Haynie says he printed thousands of this leaflet and distributed them in several states during Roosevelt’s campaign for president. Haynie sends it to Roosevelt in 1911 but it was probably created in 1904.
Joseph C. Bonner of Ohio has publicly announced his support for Theodore Roosevelt as Republican candidate for president in the 1912 election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-25
A history of the Olympic National Forest boundary, noting the presidents involved with the creation and alteration of the boundaries of the National Forest, National Monument, and National Park.
Olympic National Park
Unknown
Michelle A. Krowl of the Library of Congress presents twenty items from the library’s Theodore Roosevelt Collection. The material, consisting of twelve letters, four other documents, three political cartoons, and a campaign poster, encompass the years 1884 to 1934. Twelve of the documents were penned by Roosevelt, and Krowl provides context and background for each item while including quotes from the document in her description. The twenty items are preceded by a short introductory essay by Krowl which includes two photographs of the Library of Congress.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2021
Serge Ricard studies the attitude of the United States government to arbitration and disarmament proposals put forward by the First and Second Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907. Ricard notes that the United States approved of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, but he stresses that the nation, especially under the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, did not pursue disarmament proposals. Ricard asserts that Roosevelt always favored preparedness over disarmament as the best means to avoid war, and he notes that the United States’ traditional policies of isolationism and non-interference in European affairs made it unlikely the country would embrace international bodies. Ricard notes that Secretary of State Elihu Root managed America’s participation in the Second Hague Peace Conference of 1907.
Six photographs and one illustration accompany the text.
Four titles, two books for children and two for adults, come under scrutiny in this edition of the “Book Reviews” section. Linda E. Milano praises Cheryl Harness’s biography Young Teddy Roosevelt, especially its illustrations, and she finds that A Christmas Tree in the White House, though fiction, still teaches important lessons about conservation. Randall Holdridge highlights the five journeys undertaken by Louis Abernathy and Temple Abernathy, the sons of John R. Abernathy, a friend of Theodore Roosevelt and United States Marshal for Oklahoma. Holdridge asserts that Bud & Me: The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys demonstrates the inspirational value of Roosevelt’s character.
Grace Frisone says that The Birth of American Imperialism does not break much new ground, but that it does acknowledge the importance of Roosevelt to turn of the twentieth-century American foreign policy. Frisone also says that this work, written in Italian, brings a European perspective to the study of American history. A photograph from the 1998 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears in the section.
Simon Cordery examines the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and the nation’s railroads. Cordery highlights some of the significant episodes in Roosevelt’s life made possible by train travel like his trip to the Dakota Badlands in 1883, his exhausting campaign tour as a vice-presidential candidate in 1900, and his “Great Western Tour” as president in 1903. Cordery notes Roosevelt’s affection for the railroad workers and his disdain for their employers. Roosevelt saw the employees, with their difficult and dangerous jobs, as embodying the strenuous life while he wanted to curb the economic and political powers of their bosses. Cordery highlights the Northern Securities Case which dismantled a combination of railroads on the northern Great Plains and the debate over whether the railroads should provide free travel to the president.
The article features nine photographs, including three of Roosevelt and trains, and two political cartoons.
Stacy A. Cordery explores the visit of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Tampa, Florida, in June 1898 to spend time with her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, before his regiment departed for battle in Cuba. Cordery provides background for the visit, including the poor health of Edith and her son Theodore Roosevelt in the months leading up to the Spanish-American War. Cordery describes the Tampa Bay Hotel where the Roosevelts stayed, and she notes Edith’s interactions with members of the Rough Riders and the press, in particular, reporter Richard Harding Davis. Cordery asserts that the visit was important to the Roosevelts, assuring Roosevelt that his wife was well enough to care for their family in his absence.
Six photographs accompany the text, including a portrait of the Roosevelt family, Roosevelt’s favorite picture of Edith, three scenes from Tampa, Florida, and a photograph of Cordery.
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit Roosevelt about attending the funeral of Ida Saxton McKinley, President William McKinley’s widow, and he says that he was both “half irritated and half amused” that the assembled crowds seemed much more interested in him than in Mrs. McKinley or the memory of President McKinley. Roosevelt acknowledges that people will always be more interested in the live dog of the present than the dead lion of the past. The vision statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears below the letter.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1907-06-01