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Edward Hyatt, Superintendent of Public Instruction in California, informs Charles A. Reese that he read Reese’s recent letter about using schoolhouses for social meetings with interest. The new School Law will address this by giving trustees greater power, and Hyatt will always welcome hearing from Reese on this topic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-09
On behalf of the committee of arrangements, Thomas F. Moran requests Theodore Roosevelt will attend the centennial exercises for the Battle of Tippecanoe in Lafayette, Indiana. If he is unable to attend, Moran hopes Roosevelt will write about the significance of the battle to be read aloud and published in a memorial book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-02
Invitation to a public meeting to discuss the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
1957-09-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Judge Hotchkiss of Reverend Russell S. Gregory’s offer to use his church as a place for public meetings of the Progressive Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Reverend Gregory for his offer to use his church for public meetings of the Progressive Party. The secretary has forwarded Gregory’s letter to Judge Hotchkiss, who is in charge of the Progressive Party in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes that Roosevelt is concerned about charging admission for the public meetings he addresses. He would like Senator Dixon, George W. Perkins, Oscar K. Davis, and Judge Hotchkiss to discuss the matter and decide on a definite arrangement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests that Oscar K. Davis send him copies of the Progressive platform, Governor Johnson’s record in California, and Woodrow Wilson’s record. The secretary also requests Davis re-schedule Roosevelt’s meeting with the moving picture man, and to arrange all of Roosevelt’s public meetings in halls rather than outdoors. Roosevelt wants Davis to discuss with Judge Hotchkiss, George W. Perkins, and Senator Dixon the matter of charging admission to public meetings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt declines Honorable Timothy Woodruff’s courtesy to attend a public meeting. Roosevelt would only care to attend an aviation meet if he “were to go up” without implication of the “slightest notoriety.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary discusses Roosevelt’s Louisiana travel arrangements with Philip Werlein. He requests that no more than three or four men meet Roosevelt on the special train to New Orleans and that the public meeting be an informal affair as Roosevelt prefers to speak in his ordinary clothes instead of formal dress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-18
Theodore Roosevelt asks Dix W. Smith to send a complete itinerary so Roosevelt can determine which invitations he is able to accept. Roosevelt writes that he can make one long speech per day and prefers that it be at an open public meeting. Roosevelt approves of Smith’s plan to invite representatives of organized labor to the reception.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes Benjamin Ide Wheeler that he is pleased that the Commonwealth Club affair is to be combined with the public meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Major William H. H. Llewellyn to arrange for a social visit and a public meeting while in New Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary relays to W. O. Hart that due to schedule changes, Roosevelt is unable to visit the Soldiers’ Home at Camp Beauregard, New Orleans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-01
Gifford Pinchot tells Theodore Roosevelt about a public meeting for African Americans that will be held in Philadelphia. The subject is to be Abraham Lincoln.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-06-21
The Portland Commercial Club would be pleased to entertain Theodore Roosevelt. They can provide dinner and a venue for a public meeting. A committee of citizens is being created to make arrangements.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-23
Henry S. Brown writes to President Roosevelt describing printed reports on a political meeting held in New York City in October 1896. Brown includes quotations from the New York Journal’s article.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-01
A public meeting in support of the daylight saving bill will be held on May 3, 1911 at the Guildhall, at which the Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Crosby, will preside and Winston Churchill will speak. Those seeking further details should contact William Willett.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-21
Acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey Radlinski informs Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent Thompson that the USGS will not be attending an upcoming hearing. Radlinski encloses a statement to be entered on the hearing record.
1970-11-30
Theodore Roosevelt believes the initial steps to correct suffering in the international community is a foreign policy philosophy that stands for “right and decency and for humanity” with the proper military preparedness to support it. Roosevelt does not feel public meetings will be effective.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-15
Invitation to a public meeting to discuss the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Symposium.
1957-09-28