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Garfield

Print shows James A. Garfield, bust portrait, facing left, in oval, with scenes from his life and death; includes verse.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1881-09-07

Print shows George F. Hoar standing in front of a monument that states “To the Eternal Shame of Massachus’tts – Conceived in Corruption Erected in Humanity [?] Tewkesbury”; his hat labeled “Republicans” is under one foot, the other foot in a bucket of whitewash labeled “The Republican Report,” and he is holding a large brush with which he has attempted to cover up the text on the stone. This cartoon refers to disturbing events that took place at the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, Massachusetts, prior to 1883. Caption: The Republicans in Massachusetts make an attempt to cover their iniquity.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-08-01

No more of those hideous monuments!

Puck grabs the arm of Uncle Sam who is staring in dismay at statues labeled “Coggswell, W.H. Seward Madison Square, Admiral Dupont Washington D.C., Custer West Point, George Washington Union Square, Farragut Madison Sq., LaFayette Union Square, Jackson Washington D.C., A. Lincoln Union Square, Garfield Washington, Hamilton Central Park, [and] Bolivar Central Park.” also the “Washington Monument” as a smokestack and the “Bunker Hill Boston” monument as an obelisk. Puck is suggesting that the New York State capitol building, currently under construction, be labeled “‘Grant’ Free Institute” as a fitting tribute to former president Ulysses S. Grant. Caption: Let us have a memorial of General Grant that will be worthy of a great nation.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-08-19

Morgan and posterity

An angel draws a curtain over the figure of J. P. Morgan sitting in a chair next to a ticker tape machine, signifying his passing from life. With the other hand, she uses a torch to illuminate a bust sculpture of Morgan in an alcove of a museum gallery. Caption: The Financier. The Patron of Art.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-04-23

Letter from Jean Degoutte to Theodore Roosevelt

General Degoutte writes to Theodore Roosevelt about plans to bury fallen troops, including Quentin Roosevelt, in the territory reconquered by the Sixth Army between the Marne and Aisne rivers. This will allow mourning families to recognize the place they are buried, and to stand as a monument for future generations. Degoutte sends a photograph of the place where Quentin died, near the Reddy farm, and expresses his shared grief to Roosevelt, while also praising the common ideals of the United States and France during the conflict.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-09-05

In memory of my darling wife Alice Hathaway Roosevelt and of my beloved mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

Memorial book on the deaths of Theodore Roosevelt’s first wife and of his mother, which includes the funeral service, tributes and news reports. This book was privately printed by G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1884

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bradley T. Johnson

Vice President Roosevelt congratulates General Johnson on the monument commissioned in his honor and expresses his reverence for Civil War servicemen. Roosevelt also describes a particular meeting in Oklahoma where he marched alongside Civil War veterans and felt especially “stirred.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1901-07-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Jay Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt writes to John Jay Chapman to thank him for the memorial book Chapman’s son made. He wishes the government was making the country do better than was the case.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-06-06

Letter from Albert von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny to John Hay

On behalf of artists in Berlin, Germany, Albert von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny requests information regarding the international competition for the erection of the McKinley Memorial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-01

Letter from F. Norton Goddard to George B. Cortelyou

F. Norton Goddard is fund raising for a memorial to Rebecca Salome Foster, the Tombs Angel. He would like a small contribution from President Roosevelt, but more importantly a letter expressing interest in the project.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-18

Letter from F. Norton Goddard to William T. Jerome

F. Norton Goddard would like a letter from Judge Jerome endorsing the construction of a memorial for Rebecca S. Foster, the Tombs Angel. Goddard intends to publish the letter as a fund raising tool. He also hopes to get similar letters from other individuals of prominence in order to get the memorial built as quickly as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-18

Telegram from Elon Rouse Brown to George B. Cortelyou

Elon Rouse Brown accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to attend the memorial exercises.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-26

Telegram from John Clay Davies to George B. Cortelyou

Official business will prevent John Clay Davies from accepting President Roosevelt’s invitation to attend the McKinley memorial exercise.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-26

Telegram from Timothy E. Ellsworth to George B. Cortelyou

Timothy E. Ellsworth appreciates President Roosevelt’s invitation to the McKinley memorial exercises but he cannot accept as his presence is necessary at a session of the New York State Senate.