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“The Aero-Naughty Girl” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains a piece of sheet music entitled, “Honeyland,” and a list of new songs available for purchase through the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“Moving Day in Jungletown” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion; however, only Moving Day in Jungletown is lyrically connected to Roosevelt. The back cover contains prices for other pieces of sheet music available from the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“It’s Nothing but a Bubble” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains prices for other pieces of sheet music available from the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“Take a Tip from Venus” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains a piece of sheet music entitled, “Honeyland,” and a list of new songs available for purchase through the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“The Brinkley Bathing Girl” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains a piece of sheet music entitled, “Honeyland,” and a list of new songs available for purchase through the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“Linger Longer Lingerie” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains a piece of sheet music entitled, “Honeyland,” and a list of new songs available for purchase through the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“Christy Girl” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains a piece of sheet music entitled, “Honeyland,” and a list of new songs available for purchase through the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“The World Keeps Rolling On” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion. The back cover contains extra verses.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“Lyre Birds” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Sheet music for “Teddy Girl,” a song sung by Helen Hale in The Yankee Tourist. The lyrics state that this “Teddy girl loves her president.” The front cover is yellow with a black and white photograph of Hale.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1907
Sheet music for “Take Me ‘Round in a Taxicab” from Flo Ziegfeld’s musical revue, The Follies of 1908. The cover features a female jester juggling the heads of President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of War William H. Taft, William Jennings Bryan, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. All but Roosevelt were candidates for president in 1908. The cover also features a red-tinted photograph of the singer, Grace Leigh. The back cover contains advertisements for other songs from Maurice Shapiro, a music publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1908
Sheet music for “The Nell Brinkley Girl” from Flo Ziegfeld’s musical revue, The Follies of 1908. The cover features a female jester juggling the heads of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, William Jennings Bryan, Governor Hughes, and Vice President Fairbanks.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1908
Sheet music for “Josephine,” a song from the Charles Frohman Presents production of The Sunshine Girl. The cover features a drawing of a young woman by Harold H. Smith. There is a list of other titles available from the show at the bottom of the cover.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
President Roosevelt compliments Robert Grant on the observations in his book, The Undercurrent, shares his own opinions on society and politics, and invites Robert Grant and his wife to an upcoming musical.
1906-12-18
George W. Smalley encloses a letter received by The Times that may interest President Roosevelt. Smalley hopes to be in Washington, D.C., soon and would be pleased to attend one of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s musicals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-15
Hamlin Garland sent President Roosevelt some books. Information on the books crossed Garland’s path while in Oklahoma. Garland enjoyed a musical as a “superb close to a very interesting week in Washington.” Garland regrets having not met Roosevelt’s daughter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-29