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Samuel. B. Doten writes to Theodore Roosevelt, and notes himself a member of the Nevada Fish and Game Protective Association. Doten tells Theodore Roosevelt of a legal battle the organization has found itself in regarding the protection of trout as they travel up the Truckee River. He hopes Roosevelt will speak in favor of the protection of these fish.
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1911-03-25
Louise M. Parsons was ill and unable to meet Theodore Roosevelt when he was in Reno, Nevada, but her mother gave him the message that Parsons wishes to ride horseback with him one day. Parsons thanks Roosevelt for his kind reply. She has ridden horses in many states and would love to ride from Wisconsin to New York to visit Roosevelt. Parsons also invites Roosevelt to visit her and enjoy Oconomowoc Lake.
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1911-10-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles Phillips for his editorial, which is the very thing he likes to read in a “paper of real influence.” Roosevelt is also grateful to Phillips for calling his attention to the matter in Reno.
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1911-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt has learned from men at the Headquarters of the International Committee that Catholics such as Senator Flanigan are eligible for full membership in the Y. M. C. A. and may serve on its councils as well. Roosevelt urges R. L. Moeller to “try the experiment” at his association in Reno, and he believes doing so will be a public service.
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1911-04-25
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Arthur A. Codd to contact Dix W. Smith regarding Roosevelt’s Nevada itinerary.
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1911-02-21
Theodore Roosevelt discusses details of the western tour with Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt recommends his articles on Socialism to Albert A. Hibbard and draws the distinction between Christian Socialism and other forms of Socialism.
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1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt asks Dix W. Smith to send a complete itinerary so Roosevelt can determine which invitations he is able to accept. Roosevelt writes that he can make one long speech per day and prefers that it be at an open public meeting. Roosevelt approves of Smith’s plan to invite representatives of organized labor to the reception.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter from Stanford University president David Starr Jordan for his son Ted. He has instructed Jordan to write Ted, and Ted will carry out his plan. He asks Ted to ask Jordan if that is all right. Roosevelt provides times and days for his trip between Phoenix and Los Angeles, and from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
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1911-02-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary provides Senator Chamberlain with an itinerary of the dates that Roosevelt will depart various cities on his West Coast tour.
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1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt discusses plans to visit Reno, Nevada on a trip through San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California. Roosevelt sends congratulations to Senator Flanagan for his participation in the erection of a new Y.M.C.A building and expresses interest in “progressive Christianity,” which would establish Catholics and Protestants as ethically equal.
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1911-01-31
William T. Hornaday clarifies the circumstances regarding the divorce of Curator of Birds William Beebe. Rather than a marriage of cruelty as reported, it appears that his wife fell in love with another man.
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1913-09-04
Dix W. Smith has recently returned from Reno, Nevada, and will be in New York City next week. He would be pleased to pay his respects to Theodore Roosevelt during that time, if he is available.
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1911-06-21
Walter H. Johnson sends Theodore Roosevelt a sermon by John E. White and an editorial in reference to the Young Men’s Christian Association and Roosevelt’s speech in Reno, Nevada.
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1911-04-17
Dix W. Smith sends Theodore Roosevelt photographs from his visit to Reno, Nevada, and thanks him for coming.
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1911-04-07
Dewitt C. Turner presents a poem about Theodore Roosevelt’s speech in Reno, Nevada.
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1911-04-03
V. M Hill recently moved to Reno, Nevada, and is glad the city had Theodore Roosevelt as a guest. Hill reminds Roosevelt of the congratulatory message he sent following the 1904 presidential election.
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1911-04-03
Sara M. Martin sends Theodore Roosevelt clippings on “the abuse of our lax divorce laws” in Nevada, which may give him suggestions for his speech in Reno, Nevada.
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1911-04-02
George W. Beatty, the scoutmaster of the Yerington Troop of the Boy Scouts of America, sends Theodore Roosevelt a newspaper clipping explaining his request that Roosevelt writes his troop.
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1911-04-01
Dix W. Smith and Patrick L. Flanigan detail the itinerary planned for Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Reno, Nevada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-31