Ohio--Columbus

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft agrees with President Roosevelt on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech and on the negative press from the New York papers. He describes his trip thus far and makes predictions about his success based on what he has been told. In light of the gerrymandering involving Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, Taft asks Roosevelt to help defeat an inadequate constitution in Oklahoma. Taft has asked Joseph L. Bristow to form another report on Panama, and he mentions an editor named Joseph Ralph Burton who has been attacking Roosevelt. Taft discusses the political campaigns and conflicts in the states he is passing through, in particular the political campaigns in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Denver. Taft’s mother Louise Maria Torrey Taft is recovering, and although the trip has been exhausting, Taft has a few days of rest ahead.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

Letter from Robert Frederick Wolfe to Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Editor of the Ohio State Journal Robert Frederick Wolfe informs President Roosevelt’s secretary that Wolfe met with Charles Phelps Taft, Representative Theodore E. Burton, and Secretary of the Republican National Committee Elmer Dover. Wolfe engaged in these meetings to learn about Taft’s interests and a possible compromise with Senator Joseph B. Foraker, but says that Dover tried to improperly influence Wolfe’s newspaper. Wolfe claims to have uncovered a plot involving William Randolph Hearst to control both the Democratic and Republican national conventions and the presidential election. Wolfe claims that Franklin Rockefeller told him in an off-the-record interview that moneyed interests from New York were planning to create a financial panic to disrupt Roosevelt’s policies. Wolfe says he is coming to Washington, D.C., to discuss this, but asks that Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield not be told.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-08

Concerning attempts to enforce compliance with the eight-hour law

This memorandum contains reports on two cases of companies violating the eight hour work day law. The first case, in West Virginia, did not result in indictments and so the case was moved to Ohio. The second case was along the Columbia River in Oregon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906

Stick to the truth article

Albert W. Green’s business success is detailed.  Green was Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s grandfather.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Auth

Theodore Roosevelt tells Frank Auth he will not be able to visit Toledo, Ohio, and that he has been trying to find time to perform a speech in Columbus to which he has already committed himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-12-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard F. Pettigrew

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Senator Richard F. Pettigrew of South Dakota for his letter and for the copy of Mr. Williams’ letter. Roosevelt will make use of Williams’ suggestions for the Columbus program and relays his support for government ownership of railroads and telegraph lines in Alaska.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan

Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks and acknowledgments to George Otto Trevelyan. Roosevelt sends along copies of two of his speeches so that Trevelyan can see what Roosevelt actually said. Roosevelt thoroughly enjoyed Trevelyan’s last volume and feels that the reactionaries in the United States are just as bad as England’s.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-28

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar K. Davis

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Oscar K. Davis that an advance copy of Roosevelt’s speech at Canton, Ohio, has been sent to the Western Union in Columbus, Ohio. He states he will attend to the American Press Association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-13

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to I. E. Philo

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes I. E. Philo that he will refer Philo’s suggestion to Walter F. Brown at Roosevelt Headquarters of Columbus, Ohio.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-11

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Walter F. Brown

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Walter F. Brown to send him information regarding work Roosevelt has done for the pottery industry in the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-09

Telegram from James Rudolph Garfield to Walter F. Brown

James Rudolph Garfield instructs Walter F. Brown on Theodore Roosevelt’s travel arrangements. Garfield tells Brown to have a special railroad car for Roosevelt’s use to and from New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-08

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Bender

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells George H. Bender that he should contact Walter F. Brown for information on Roosevelt’s speaking engagements.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-01

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Oscar K. Davis

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests that Oscar K. Davis send pamphlets to Judge Lindsey in Denver, Colorado, containing Roosevelt’s Columbus speech on judicial recall. Roosevelt believes they would be useful in Lindsey’s campaign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-30

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Max D. Kelver

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends copies of Roosevelt’s speeches in Columbus, Ohio, and at Carnegie Hall, and refers Max D. Kelver to The Outlook of January 6, 1912.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-11

Letter from Assistant Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to W. Meyers Colmer

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary refers W. Meyers Colmer to Roosevelt’s Columbus, Ohio, speech in answer to his question.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-27

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Washington Gladden

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary notifies Washington Gladden that he does not need to have someone meet Roosevelt upon his arrival in Columbus, Ohio. Roosevelt will be at Gladden’s home in time for lunch and will be leaving Columbus at three o’clock.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Washington Gladden

Theodore Roosevelt writes the he will be addressing the Constitutional Convention in Columbus, Ohio on February 21. Roosevelt invites Washington Gladden to lunch after his speech and requests suggestions for the speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-07

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest S. Jaros

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Ernest S. Jaros that Roosevelt will not make a public statement regarding Arbor Day, but that an appropriate quote may be found in the published edition of Roosevelt’s Presidential Addresses and State Papers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James W. Wardrop

President Roosevelt sends his greetings and best wishes to the members of the Columbus Board of Trade and their guests.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Letter from L. H. Bailey to Theodore Roosevelt

L. H. Bailey informs Theodore Roosevelt that Henry T. Thompson will deliver an invitation to Roosevelt inviting him to attend the upcoming National Corn Exposition. Bailey discusses the educational nature of the exposition and hopes Roosevelt can attend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-29