Press and politics

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-10

Creator(s)

Duras, Victor Hugo, 1880-1943

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

President Roosevelt urges Secretary of War Root to have the Surgeon General investigate the publication of reports by surgeons in the Philippines about state regulation of prostitution and other topics.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt thanks F. S. Phillips for his letter and replies that the article which Phillips enclosed is the result of cheap journalism and not worth a response.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt comments on an article that discusses policy towards German actions.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1914-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt describes the two most important demands to the spirit of American nationalism, saying there is no room for divided allegiances and that Americans should only use the English language. He also makes frequent references to German nationalism in America. A note on the back of the manuscript says it was published in the Metropolitan magazine in July 1918, and this particular copy was sent to Julius Holz per Roosevelt’s request.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt informs C. H. Linville that he enjoyed his letter to the editor of the Sun. He goes on to criticize an article published by the Sun regarding a statement made by President Wilson. Roosevelt also comments on the press’ reactions to several of his own statements.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Sterling E. Edmunds sends copies of the editorials he wrote for the St. Louis Chronicle. Edmunds’s opinion of President Roosevelt changed from a negative one to a positive one over the course of the election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-28

Creator(s)

Edmunds, Sterling E. (Sterling Edwin), 1880-1944

Eugene Foss forwarded these several clippings from the Boston Globe, Boston Transcript, and the Boston Herald to President Roosevelt, demonstrating his efforts to correct inaccurate statements about Roosevelt’s views on the tariff.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-22

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt comments on the Christian Register‘s reporting of Roosevelt’s activities in Provincetown. Roosevelt also discusses how he dealt with the Freemasons in Rome.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1910-05-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Egan for sending him a magazine and paper. Roosevelt also comments on the press’ portrayal of himself and expresses his disapproval for the “American craze” for royal titles and marrying foreigners.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about a recent newspaper article and new horses being delivered to his ranch. Wilmot Dow had two horses stolen. Roosevelt has also been hunting and shot a ram.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1884-12-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William Loeb encloses a note from the managing editor of the New York Tribune, James Martin, and a clipping of an article by A. Maurice Low. Loeb writes that he has arranged what will be Low’s last interview with President Roosevelt due to the nature of the articles Low has been writing.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-06-13

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna telling her about the happenings at his ranch. The cattle are doing well and he has been doing a lot of hunting. He adds the interview that appeared in the St. Paul’s Dispatch was completely made up.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1884-06-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

“Harper’s Weekly errs in classing the Providence Journal with the newspapers ‘which opposed Bryan and support Parker.'”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-25

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt assures Anna Sloan Bissell that the information printed in the Sun regarding his payment of taxes while fighting in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was false.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1910-10-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt writes to the editor of The Outlook, Lyman Abbott, regarding edits to an article. He also expresses his opinion about “Seaman,” whom he describes as an “extreme political prohibitionist,” unreliable and vain.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-10-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks the President of The Outlook, Lawrence F. Abbott, for the proof he sent and discusses several articles of his that will be published after he leaves the Presidency.  In anticipation of his trip to Africa, Roosevelt asks Abbott to open and classify the mail he receives at The Outlook office.  Roosevelt also criticizes Joseph Pulitzer and various colleges for accepting support from him.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-12-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler’s ideas about monetary policy, but does not see how they could be implemented at the present. Members of Congress are entirely at odds about what to do, and those who wish to revise the tariff now want to do so simply to hurt the Republican Party. Roosevelt is not concerned about reluctance to support Secretary of War William H. Taft’s bid for the presidency as he believes people are even more reluctant to support other candidates. He is more worried at the suggestion that each party might choose a nominee who had not held high office before, as Roosevelt believes a president must have experience handling the many responsibilities of the government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt regrets missing Nicholas Murray Butler, as they have much to discuss. Roosevelt has feared an economic recession because of the recklessness of the financial sector and it is now coming to pass. He is certain that the newspapers entrenched on Wall Street will need to accept that his policies are here to stay, even once he leaves office. The President is concerned that so many of the richest Americans ally themselves with corrupt interests, and himself favors the common people over the dishonest elites. He believes that the Republicans should put off revising the tariff until after the next general election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that he admires his willingness to sacrifice his own interests for a principle, but encourages him to avoid talking about delicate subjects where his words could be twisted. Roosevelt is glad that Taft understands the situation with another potential presidential candidate, Governor Charles Evans Hughes, remarking that he has a “distinct strength with the people.” The president believes that Taft will get the majority of the delegates in the West on the first roll and that the majority of people in New England are for Taft. Finally, Roosevelt notes that the New York papers are “almost insane” in regard to his actions, suggesting that Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold were “pretty good citizens by comparison.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919