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Governor of Nevada Oddie looks forward to welcoming Theodore Roosevelt to the state. Oddie discusses several measures of the recent state legislative session, including bills on water law, reclamation, and labor compensation. He attests to Roosevelt’s “profound influence” as an “example of purposeful citizenship.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-30
Governor Oddie informs Theodore Roosevelt of a resolution passed by the Nevada legislature welcoming him to the state and making him the guest of the State of Nevada. He hopes Roosevelt will be able to visit him in Carson City, Nevada.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-14
Henry F. Cope, general secretary of the Religious Education Association, has recently heard that Theodore Roosevelt will be addressing the Young Men’s Christian Association of Reno, Nevada, on April 3. The Religious Education Association will be opening a conference in Greely, Colorado, on April 6, and Cope invites Roosevelt to present an address there while he is in the area.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-25
Dix W. Smith provides a tentative schedule for Theodore Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to Reno. First, Roosevelt will speak at the state university and then in the evening give a public address about “civic righteousness.” There will be time in between for other addresses and meetings with politicians. Smith adds that he thinks that the university would be more prominent by now if laws about gambling and divorce did not make fathers reluctant to send their sons there. On a personal note, Smith says he is interested in organized labor and is asking for some of the best labor representatives to be on Roosevelt’s welcoming committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-09
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw writes to President Roosevelt reversing his previous decision not to grant the request of Governor John Sparks of Nevada to designate the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Reno, Nevada, as a public repository.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-01
Victor Howard Metcalf reports to President Roosevelt that he will leave for Washington, D.C., on October 5, and that he will stop in Reno, Nevada, on the way to get “more definitive information relative to that state.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-29
Postcard showing Theodore Roosevelt in the center of a crowd of men and young boys in Reno.
1911
A reprint of John E. White’s sermon on the Young Men’s Christian Association’s relation to Jews and Catholics. He calls for inclusivity, declaring the institution “is avowedly without ecclesiastical character.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-17
At the request of his friend former New York State Assemblyman Dix W. Smith, Theodore Roosevelt will speak in Reno, Nevada, on April 3. Dix requested that Roosevelt speak on “civic righteousness” after the citizens of Reno rapidly raised $166,000 toward a YMCA building.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-08
Photograph shows Theodore Roosevelt standing in a crowd in Reno, Nevada.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his pleasure at being in Nevada. Acknowledging a number of Presbyterians in the audience, he says that he is “next door to a Presbyterian–I am a Dutch Reformed.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt greets students and reminds them to consider the serious side of their work, as well as have a “thoroughly good time.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt emphasizes that irrigation will change Nevada’s agriculture. He also highlights the importance of hard work in making a good citizen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-19