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Russell H. Winship considers Theodore Roosevelt’s recent interview with Henry Beach Needham a “grateful spring shower.” He expresses his admiration for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-20
President-Elect Taft confirms receipt of a confidential report by James Bronson Reynolds, Samuel B. Donnelly, and Henry Beech Needham concerning the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
Mark Sullivan asks President Roosevelt if there is any chance he could impose on him for the original draft of Roosevelt’s upcoming speech to the Lincoln Farm Association to give as a Christmas present to Robert J. Collier. Sullivan completely understands if such a thing is impossible, but was trying to think of a gift he could give to Collier that Collier could not simply buy himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-15
William H. Taft was moved by President Roosevelt’s letter, and is certain he has to go directly after William Jennings Bryan if possible, as Bryan is completely insincere. Taft is sure that Roosevelt’s letter and Henry Beech Needham’s interview will both be helpful on his upcoming campaign travels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
Journalist Mark Sullivan from Collier’s The National Weekly requests President Roosevelt’s permission to publish an article titled Roosevelt is a Menace to Some Business along with a related letter from Roosevelt. Sullivan reminds Roosevelt that he would like to develop an article concerning Roosevelt’s diverse hobbies and interests. He feels that Roosevelt’s lack of pretensions concerning his office and sympathy for the common man make him relatable, inspiring Americans to work harder for the public good.
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1907-12-03
Seth Low tells President Roosevelt he recently received a letter from Henry Beach Needham of Success Magazine proposing a “People’s Lobby” in Washington, D.C., to keep track of legislation in Congress. Low also discusses the formation of a Filipino Tariff league to deal with economic relations between the island and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-21
Charles Stedman Hanks asks President Roosevelt for permission to have Henry Beach Needham publish an article regarding their sparring match for the championship at Harvard College. Needham will not use the article if Roosevelt so requests.
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1905-07-11
Albert Shaw congratulates President Roosevelt on Elihu Root accepting the appointment as Secretary of State. Shaw also informs the president that Henry Beach Needham and a photographer will be coming to Sagamore Hill at Oyster Bay in order to write an article about Roosevelt at home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-07
An advertisement for content that will be produced by S. S. McClure Company in the next year. It includes material about President Roosevelt by William Allen White and Henry Beach Needham.
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1905-11-26
David Starr Jordan writes to William Russel Dudley enclosing a letter from Schuyler Colfax Hain. If Dudley wants to write a letter to Congressman Needham, Jordan says Dudley can sign his name as well.
1903-12-12
Gifford Pinchot highlighted two articles in the September 19, 1903, edition of the Salt Lake Herald. The first, “Modify the Land Laws Is Congress’ Decision,” describes the debates and resolutions of the National Irrigation Congress held in Ogden, Utah. The fiercest debate was over a proposed resolution that favored the repeal of the timber and stone act, the desert land act, and the commutation clause of the homestead law. Instead, the Congress resolved to press for “modifications in raid laws as will save the remaining public lands for actual settlers who will found homes and live upon said lands.” The second article, “Resolutions That Were Acted On By Congress,” summarizes the various issues that were discussed in the National Irrigation Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-19
President Roosevelt has had meetings with journalists looking to expose public graft and corruption, but has become frustrated with them because of their “unbridled license and unfair denunciation” of many people in public office which has failed to have any merit. Roosevelt is expected to speak out against these sorts of accusations at his Decoration Day speech to the Army and Navy Union at Norfolk, Virginia. The author expects Roosevelt to speak regarding his own belief that most people are honest, and to challenge the writers who have attacked people in public office, despite the fact that his own administration has not been the target of these journalists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-07