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Sheet music for “The Re-Born American Spirit,” which celebrates the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the new “American Spirit” which resulted. The cover features a large illustration of Roosevelt and smaller illustrations of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1933
Sheet music for “The Big Bull Moose,” a song written for Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 presidential campaign. Roosevelt is described as a “Big Bull Moose,” wandering around with a smile on his face and able to accomplish anything. The cover features a green illustration of a woman with an elaborate headdress in profile with a halo.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Song sheet for the 1924 Republican presidential campaign of President Coolidge and Charles Gates Dawes. At the top of the sheet is a lithograph titled “G. O. P.” with likenesses of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, and Dawes. This sheet was handed out at an unidentified campaign event.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1924
Pamphlet of campaign songs supporting the 1900 Republican presidential ticket of President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt. The songs are presented without notation and set to popular tunes. The cover is a simple black and white design with oval portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
Campaign song for the 1900 Republican nominees for president and vice-president, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Back page features an advertisement for another McKinley campaign song, “He’s All Right!”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
Obverse has the words for an anti-President Roosevelt and pro-Alton B. Parker campaign song to be sung to the tune of “Good bye, My Lover, Good Bye.” Reverse is the words for “America.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Republican Campaign Songs features twenty-one pieces by J. A. Parks in support of President Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign. An announcement on the inside front cover explains that the songs were printed before the Democratic National Convention in order to meet “early demand.” As such, the songs were arranged to allow for any two-syllable name of a Democratic candidate, national or local, to be used in the appropriate places, marked by asterisks in the lyrics.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
“Prosperity and Protection” features a small vignette of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt at the top of the cover. It is “dedicated to the Republican Party.” The copy presented here is missing several pages.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
Sheet music for “Mack and Teddy,” a 1900 presidential campaign song supporting President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. The front cover shows photographs of McKinley and Roosevelt with an American flag.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
O'Kane, T. C. (Tullius Clinton), 1830-1912 ; Robinson, J. B.
Sheet music for “Just For Your Country’s Sake,” a campaign song in support of the 1904 Roosevelt-Fairbanks Republican presidential ticket. Cover features photographs of President Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks surrounded by a an eagle and two fasces.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Sheet music for “Inaugural March,” a piece commemorating the inaugural ceremonies for President McKinley and Vice President Roosevelt. The cover page shows circular portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt flanking the Washington Monument with an American flag blanketed beneath them. At the bottom, there are drawings of the White House and the United States Capitol. Between the drawings of the two buildings are portraits of three men from the Inaugural Executive Committee; William H. Rapley, the chairman of music; John Joy Edson, chairman; and T. E. Roessle, vice chairman.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1901
Sheet music for “American spirit,” a march and two-step published for the 1904 presidential campaign. The cover features a young woman wearing a hat with a large badge.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Sheet music for “Teddy is the man,” a 1904 presidential campaign song. The cover features oval photographs of the Republican presidential ticket, President Roosevelt and Senator Fairbanks.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Collection of campaign songs for the 1900 McKinley-Roosevelt presidential ticket. The book contains twenty-one songs which are patriotic and campaign oriented. Theodore Roosevelt is referenced in “The Major and the Rough Rider” and “Roosevelt Marching Song.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
Sheet music for “Teddy,” a souvenir from the 1912 Republican convention. The cover features a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt and the back cover has a cartoon of Roosevelt and William H. Taft in a ring with a number of hats representing state primaries on the mat. There is also a facsimile letter from Roosevelt to the composer, Minnie M. Seymour, complimenting her verses.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Score for a march celebrating the 1900 presidential election. A pen inscription on the top right corner of the front cover states, “Lucy Comstock 1900.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1900
Booklet of campaign lyrics written to the tune of “familiar aires.” Songs include: “We’ll Vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks,” “Roosevelt, my Roosevelt,” “Roosevelt for the Presidential Chair,” “Workingman’s Song,” “Roosevelt Forever!” “The Fame of Roosevelt,” “‘Teddy’ Roosevelt Is Our Man,'” and “He Tried to Change His Record.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1904
The score and lyrics for “Roosevelt, He’s the Man” encourages Theodore Roosevelt to run for president again in 1908. The cover design has a title, bolded and all caps, ornamented with an art nouveau style pen and ink design. A pencil inscription at the top of the page reads “L.E.H. Jain [?] ’08.”
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1908
The campaign march written for Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign was “published for Theodore Henckels of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., by Hatch Music Co., Philadelphia.” The cover design features a three-quarter length portrait of TR standing beside a chair, hand on hip facing the camera. The photo is from Pach Brothers, New York. The back cover includes a letter from Theodore Henckels to Colonel Thad. M. Chapman, Chairman of the Vermont State Republican Committee.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1904
The score and lyrics celebrate Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to run for president again in 1912. The back cover includes an advertisement for “Somebody Else Will if you Don’t,” also published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1912