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President Roosevelt informs Frank Basil Tracy that he dedicated The Winning of the West to Francis Parkman, an American historian he has alluded to numerous times.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-06
President Roosevelt tells Frank Basil Tracy of the Boston Evening Transcript that he has not looked enough into Francis Parkman’s treatment of Canadians to answer the matter in question, but does say that Parkman had an unusual sympathy with the difficulties facing the men who did the work on the ground. Roosevelt is interested in the range article, and points out that the government has started to help the situation by charging a fee for cattle pastured on reserves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-01
Gough D. McDaniels, the first black winner of Brown University’s Gaston medal, delivers a speech exhorting the United States to send support for Liberia. McDaniels argues that the Liberians have a chance to civilize the African continent, and points out the ways that a stable Liberia could economically benefit the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Francis P. McManamon examines the origins of the Antiquities Act of 1906 that President Theodore Roosevelt and his successors used to safeguard natural and scientific sites across the United States. McManamon asserts that it was threats to ancient archaeological sites across the American Southwest that led to calls for greater government intervention, and he highlights the case of the Casa Grande ruins in Arizona. McManamon notes the work of private organizations, government agencies, individuals, and members of Congress, most importantly Congressman John F. Lacey of Iowa, who worked to save important sites before the passage of the Antiquities Act. McManamon traces the slow path to passage of the Antiquities Act, and he highlights its important text and provisions. He notes how Roosevelt used the act to set aside eighteen national monuments, and he asserts that Roosevelt’s actions, especially in regards to the Grand Canyon of Arizona, set important precedents for his successors, especially President Bill Clinton.
Two photographs and two illustrations supplement the text.
Keith Carlson argues that Theodore Roosevelt’s four volume history The Winning of the West retains little value as a historical work and that its importance stems from the insights it grants into the “deeply held personal and political views” of its author. Carlson discusses Roosevelt’s commentary on William Jennings Bryan and Populism, his views on the treatment of Native Americans, and his relationship with the historian Frederick Jackson Turner. Carlson asserts that The Winning of the West is a valuable and under appreciated source of information about Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1994-1995
In his article for Ladies’ Home Journal, Theodore Roosevelt describes the benefits of reading and provides advice on how to get people of any age interested in reading “serious literature.” Roosevelt elaborates on his reading habits and book selection processes, which stem from both his current mood and educational desires.
1915-04