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President Roosevelt asks Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus to help the State Department by having Congress take the appropriate action regarding the Fulton Memorial Exhibition at Bordeaux. Straus’s department has been given the plan and they will need to assist the State Department to manage it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-18
Elmer Dover, former secretary to the late Senator Hanna, asks President Roosevelt if he would be willing to contribute to the “Marcus A. Hanna Memorial Chair Association,” which would endow a chair of political science at Western Reserve University.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-27
An architectural blueprint of memorial fountain inscription and decoration, with Theodore Roosevelt quote: “Only Those Are Fit To Live Who Are Not Afraid to Die.”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1920
Letter from the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm detailing their progress on the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial to Gisela Westoff, Assistant Secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial Association, later Theodore Roosevelt Association. Upon the request of the architect John Russell Pope, a member of the Olmsted Brothers firm reports that the terrain of the island has been examined thoroughly. The letter goes on to apologize for a delay in plans due to one of the Olmsted brothers being ill and reports that Henry Vincent Hubbard has taken over the project.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1932-10-26
Theodore Roosevelt would be happy to have his name listed as a patron of the event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Lawrence’s mother, famed suffragist and abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Cora Urquhart Potter, famed socialite and stage actress, that he has already been taking action through his daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, for a memorial to “dear Margaret.” The Margaret referred to is likely Roosevelt’s 2nd cousin, Lucy Margaret Roosevelt who had died a few months earlier.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-26
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends a $100 check as a contribution to the Marcus A. Hanna Memorial Chair to Elmer Dover.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
James M. Spencer of the Mary Todd Lincoln Memorial Fund understands Theodore Roosevelt’s comments regarding the impossibility of responding to the numerous requests made by worthy causes. He hopes The Outlook considers that the appeal comes from the girls of Kentucky. Several periodicals promise to write editorials supporting the movement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-01
A problem has emerged with the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission as explained in the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt. Gutzon Borglum realizes it may be impossible for Representative Greenway to attend the commission meeting but he would like her to be there.
1935-11-07
Harriet King Davis, assistant secretary of the Chicago Industrial Art League, explains the aim of the league and requests President Roosevelt’s participation in efforts to build a memorial for Chicago’s centennial celebration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-05