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Horace E. Deming notifies President Roosevelt that he has been nominated for membership in the National Municipal League by Clinton Rogers Woodruff. Deming explains the actions and goals, leadership, and record of the League. He hopes Roosevelt will be interested in joining and provides contact information and other details such as dues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-16
Secretary of State Hay attempts to persuade President Roosevelt that he should accept his nomination to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Roosevelt’s regrets that he must decline the offer to join the Fraternal Order of Bears, as he does not have any free time at the moment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Roosevelt’s regrets that he is unable to join any other organizations, although he is writing a review in The Outlook commending the work done by that type of organization.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Frederick H. Elliott about Roosevelt’s membership in the Touring Club of America. The secretary had been under the impression that the organization was not a commercial organization but “a club of character of the usual New York clubs, where a member is proposed and ascended and balloted upon.” Since the organization is a commercial one, the secretary requests that Roosevelt’s name be removed from the honorary membership list.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Eleanor Robson Belmont for the honor of being the first male member of the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving (SPUG) and donates ten cents to the cause, as well as his autograph.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-06
William H. Taft suggests Theodore Roosevelt become an honorary member of the Brooklyn chapter of the American Red Cross. Taft states it may result in more people joining the American Red Cross.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-03
Henry G. Bryant writes to President Roosevelt to inform him that the American Alpine Club has granted him Honorary Membership. Roosevelt’s ascents in Switzerland made him eligible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-27