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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
Pamphlet describing the objectives, organization, and methods of the National Municipal League during the years 1894 to 1905.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06
The secretary of the Theodore Roosevelt tells Ingram N. W. Irvine that Roosevelt cannot subscribe to all the causes that he is encouraged to participate in, simply because it is impossible to choose one cause over the other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of State Bacon as the representative of the State Department on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-27
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Attorney General Cooley as the representative of the Department of Justice on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-27
President Roosevelt appoints Major General Davis as a member and the chairman of the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
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1907-11-27
President Roosevelt appoints Surgeon General O’Reilly as the representative of the War Department on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
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1907-11-27
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop as the representative of the Treasury Department on the Central Committee of the newly incorporated American National Red Cross.
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1907-11-27
President Roosevelt appoints Medical Director Wise as the representative of the Navy Department on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-27
President Roosevelt informs the Norwegian National League that he has received their invitation but due to multiple engagements, this is an “absolute impossibility” for him to attend. Roosevelt wishes the league an pleasant meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-05
The Y. M. C. A. in Los Angeles is campaigning for half a million dollars to put toward extension work and facilities maintenance. Edwin T. Earl wired Theodore Roosevelt on May 20 asking for a statement to be read at a banquet about the organization’s character and citizenship. Earl and the rest of the organization were disappointed that Roosevelt did not send this message over, and request a statement again to be published in the local newspapers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
A series of short letters sent to Daniel Carter Beard about kinds of merit badges, called “Top Notches,” that could be offered to Beard’s Sons of Daniel Boone which, in 1909, became the Boy Pioneers of America. The organization later merged with the nascent Boy Scouts of America. One of the short letters is from Theodore Roosevelt with suggestions for actions that merit “Top Notches.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-09