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Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s public admission that he declined to name a post office after Mississippi Governor James Kimble Vardaman in view of Vardaman’s statements about President Roosevelt’s mother, may provoke anger from those who support the governor. It is to be hoped that they will let the issue drop.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-03
This article discusses why Postmaster General Payne did not name a post office after Governor Vardaman. Payne says that Vardaman published an editorial which is “highly insulting to the President and his mother.” The article also includes a reply from Vardaman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-02
This report explains that Postmaster General Payne did not name a post office after James Kimble Vardaman because Vardaman published an article which contained indecent statements about President Roosevelt’s mother. The report includes a statement from Payne, an excerpt of the offending passage, an affidavit affirming that the language in the article is identical with that quoted by the Crits Club, and Vardaman’s reply when questioned about Payne’s assertion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-02
George B. Cortelyou tells Effie E. Githens that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt received her letter, and happily gives her permission for Githens’s little sister to be named Edith in honor of her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-16
Maxie Owen heard of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident, and shares with Theodore Roosevelt that her son is named for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-10
John W. Pilger writes to Theodore Roosevelt about the birth of his eleventh child, who he has also named Kermit. Pilger lists all his children, three of whom are named after Roosevelt’s.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-26
Historian Ray H. Mattison reports on his study of the authenticity of the Maltese Cross cabin. Mattison concludes that the cabin in question is the one occupied by Roosevelt when he first moved to Medora, North Dakota. Whether or not it was his home beyond 1885, it continued to be the base of Roosevelt’s cattle ranching operation. In addition to a thorough history of Roosevelt’s time in the Badlands Region and the efforts of others to preserve and/or showcase the Maltese Cross cabin, the report includes photos and sworn affidavits from Medora locals.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1950-05-24
Frank Harper writes to Vve. Desgranges-Desmonet refusing permission to use Theodore Roosevelt’s name in the manner she requested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt would greatly prefer the park in the Azores not be named after him. However, he will do what Secretary of State Knox thinks is polite and proper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-09
President Roosevelt thanks Horace T. Potts for the letter. He believes the Potts line originated in Wales whereas the McVaughs, Lukens, and Barnhills were from Ireland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, William Loeb acknowledges the receipt of Mrs. P. Adam’s letter, and tells her that the name of Roosevelt’s son is Quentin. Loeb assures Adam that “the compliment implied by [her] suggestion is appreciated,” and gives her Roosevelt’s best wishes for Adam’s son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-01
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Marshall Cushing he would be happy to have his name used as he appreciates George Gunton’s work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-25
Mary Ann Cobb Scott has had eleven children, and asks Theodore Roosevelt for a suggestion of what to name her youngest daughter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-09
Secretary of State Knox encloses a letter the Department of State thinks would be proper for Theodore Roosevelt to send to the President of the Municipal Chamber regarding naming the park in Ponta Delgada, Azores, after him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-14
Nicholas Murray Butler is happy that President Roosevelt has agreed to lend his name to a chair position at the University of Berlin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-06
Robert Bridges encloses a reply from the Biological Survey regarding Colorado squirrels, and has decided upon the name armatus for them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is touched that John W. McCabe wants to name his son after him, but believes McCabe should give the boy a family name instead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-21
In his material culture of Theodore Roosevelt column, Gregory A. Wynn highlights a rare letter from Roosevelt which has an unusual ending: Roosevelt signs the letter as “Teddy R.” Wynn notes that Roosevelt rarely used this term to refer to himself, noting that less than a dozen such letters exist. Wynn thanks the Theodore Roosevelt Center for helping to identify these letters, and he mentions that he and many other Roosevelt scholars share the aversion to referring to Roosevelt as “Teddy.” Illustrations of the letter and its envelope accompany the text.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2015
Acting Secretary of State Loomis informs President Roosevelt that the new pope is named Pius X.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-04