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William Morrow asks Assistant Attorney General McReynolds to convince President Roosevelt to tour the South. Morrow does not believe that Roosevelt is advocating social equality with African Americans. Morrow claims that he and others happily associate with African Americans without the question of social equality being raised.
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1904-12-09
James R. Sheffield arranges a meeting with President Roosevelt the following week after Congress convenes. Sheffield accepts Roosevelt’s invitation to dine and expresses his relief that Roosevelt has returned safely from a trip.
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1904-11-28
Elihu Root writes to President Roosevelt about pending legislation in France and Germany that will impact insurance companies. Root suggests that Roosevelt might mention the topic in his upcoming speech and provides a draft version of a paragraph on the subject that Roosevelt could use. Root asks that Roosevelt be particularly careful during his visit to St. Louis.
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1904-11-23
Francis C. Travers reports to President Roosevelt about a possible nominee for governor of Alaska. Travers also suggests Major Byrne for a railroad construction project. A party is arranged to greet Roosevelt when he arrives in St. Louis for the fair.
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1904-11-21
Joseph Bucklin Bishop reports to President Roosevelt that there is very little support for Seth Low for postmaster. Bishop discusses the appointment of Francis E. Leupp as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Bishop is anxious about Roosevelt’s trip to St. Louis.
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1904-11-21
Douglas Robinson wires that he and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will travel with President Roosevelt to St. Louis, Missouri, for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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1904-11-14
Douglas Robinson tells President Roosevelt that he and his wife, Corinne, will be delighted to join him for a trip to St. Louis to see the World’s Fair. Having just wired a telegram with the same message, Robinson learned that the wires were down. He has sent the letter by special delivery.
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1904-11-14
Douglas Robinson writes how pleased he and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will be to visit with President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Thanksgiving. Robinson asks if he can travel with Roosevelt to see the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1904-11-11
In the first vignette–“Teddy lands at Union Station”–President Roosevelt greets the “reception” committee and a crowd of people saying, “De-lighted!” A railroad worker says, “He done forgot mah tip!” In the second vignette–“He was escorted (?) to the waiting machine”–Roosevelt and the reception committee run to the car which has two people in it. One says, “Ain’t y’ goin’ t’ wait for th’ committee?” In the third vignette–“Decides to take charge of the auto himself during the parade”–Roosevelt passes crowds of people, driving quickly as the reception committee hold on in the back. In the fourth vignette–“And ends the day with a speech and a little real Tennessee barbecue at the Hermitage”–Roosevelt says to a crowd of people, “I am de-lighted with your city–” and “Yes–a little more barbecue please–” In the final vignette, a dog labeled “Duke” pants and says, “I’m all in!” Roosevelt’s train disappears into the distance, and four pair of pants remain on the ground.
On November 22, 1907, President Roosevelt, “fresh” from two weeks hunting black bears in the bayous and canebrakes of Louisiana, resumed a speaking tour, winding his way though the Mid-South and Middle-Atlantic Southern states, to return to the White House.
President Roosevelt stands on the back of a train as he is sent off by several men at the train station and a group of four bears in the canebrakes. The bears say, “Dey-dey. You’re all right,” “You’re a jolly good fellow–but–we’re glad we’re not in the trusts,” “Tra-la. We’ll play tag again,” and “Bye-bye. Come again.”
On the very day that President Roosevelt departed Stamboul, in Louisiana’s “Cajun Prairie” in East Carroll Parish, where he had hunted black bears for two weeks, cartoonist Joseph H. Cunningham imagined the event. A small group of men waving from across the tracks; a small sleuth of bears waving their good-byes from the tall and thorny canebrakes.
In one photograph, President Roosevelt stands on deck with Governor of the New Mexico Territory George Curry. In another, President Roosevelt waves to the crowds along the shore of the Mississippi River.
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1907-10-07
Three photographs of President Roosevelt’s trip to Keokuk, Iowa are included: his speech at Rand Park, his trip on a river steamer, and the presidential party before boarding the river steamer.
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1907-10-04
President Roosevelt heads across the “Mississippi River” with two bags in his hand. A “3rd term” hoodoo follows behind, “This little trip won’t injure my health a bit!”
Virtually every cartoonist, every editorial writer, and every citizen at this time was wondering whether President Roosevelt would succumb to the public pressure for him to break his pledge against running to for a third term 1908. But some cartoonists had the originality and verve to put a special spin on the obsession, and offer a fresh view.
Six teddy bears walk toward “The Clarion” where there is a sign: “President Roosevelt leaves Washington today.”
Theodore Roosevelt’s 1902 hunt in the canebrakes of Mississippi and Louisiana resulted in no bagged bears… and one national legend, the inspiration for an enduring plush companion for generations of children, and a cartoonists’ mascot. Frustrated by the paucity of game on that expedition, and famously refusing to shoot the bear that Holt Collier — a legendary former slave who claimed to have shot three thousand black bears himself — tied to a tree for the president.
President Roosevelt returns to the White House with a pitchfork over his right shoulder and a tennis racket in his left hand. There are suitcases labeled “T.R.” behind him. William Loeb follows with a locked bag of “speeches,” an “elephant’s tail,” and Roosevelt’s bulldog, Pete. The pillars of the White House are “fresh painted — Uncle Sam Co.”
Joseph Harry Cunningham’s drawing is more of an editorial cartoon than a political cartoon, as it portrays an event — President Roosevelt’s return to Washington after a long vacation and string of appearances — and does not attack, support, nor attempt to persuade readers.
President Roosevelt fills out papers on his desk, his suitcase with tags reading, “Oyster Bay” and “Washington.” Uncle Sam says to Roosevelt, “Bid me ‘howdy’ before you go.” Presidential secretary William Loeb has a bag over his shoulder and reads a paper, “R.R. Time Table: Next train (presidential) leaves Oct.” A teddy bear reads “23 Jingles”: “In again, out again, presidential train!” In the background is the Washington Monument.
President Roosevelt, as pictured in this drawing by Clifford Kennedy Berryman, was set to embark on one of the longest trips of his presidency. As depicted in this cartoon, published on September 25, 1907, Roosevelt’s plans would take him to Ohio (for the funeral of President William McKinley’s widow), Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee, to deliver speeches. Then he planned speeches and a two-week bear hunt in the canebrakes of Louisiana, followed by speeches and appearances in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia, before returning to Washington.
In the first photograph, President Roosevelt walks up Gatun Hill. The second photograph depicts Roosevelt on the way to Mt. Hope Reservoir.
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1906-11-28
This newspaper article includes two photographs of President Roosevelt aboard the USS Louisiana during his voyage to and from Panama. He frequently visited the bridge and often took walks on the decks of the ship.
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1906-12-03
The first photograph depicts President Roosevelt running a steam shovel while the second photograph shows him addressing troops at Camp Elliot.
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1906-11-26
In the first photograph, President Roosevelt gives a speech in Panama. In the second, Roosevelt visits Culebra Cut.
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1906-11-27