Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to John C. Workman
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-11-14
Creator(s)
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Recipient
Language
English
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Public officers
Civilian Conservation Corps education adviser and company lieutenant
Civilian Conservation Corps education adviser Bert Flora and company lieutenant Leroy Everett stand near the North Unit officers’ quarters at the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
Civilian Conservation Corps adviser Bert Flora
The photograph shows the Civilian Conservation Corps adviser Bert Flora in the dayroom of the officers’ quarters at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
Landscape foreman Chandler D. Fairbank
Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit landscape foreman Chandler D. Fairbank in the dayroom of the officers’ quarters at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1936-1937
Creator(s)
At the turn of the year
Uncle Sam stands on steps, holding a large folder labeled “Root’s Portfolio” containing papers labeled “Army War College, Insular Policy, Modernized Military, Coast Defenses, [and] General Staff.” He is tipping his hat and saying goodbye to Elihu Root who is holding his hat, coat, and gloves.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1903-12-30
A criminal combine not confined to Chicago
On the left, a theater manager is bribing an inspector during an inspection of fire prevention equipment, while the specter of the Grim Reaper hovers above. On the right, a female figure labeled “Public opinion” holds three diminutive men labeled “Politician, Manager, [and] Inspector” and points toward the remains of a theater following a fire.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904-01-27
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to J. C. Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt is no longer in public office and cannot offer positions. He apologizes and sympathizes with J. C. Taylor.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-06-06
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elias Cottrell
Theodore Roosevelt regretfully informs Elias Cottrell that he is unable to interfere “as regards to any official position” or promotion.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-03-25
Creator(s)
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Walter A. Koehler
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary directs Walter A. Koehler to the January 3 issue of The Outlook for an article by Roosevelt on the popular election of senators.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-11
Creator(s)
Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Vivian A. Lavely
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Vivian A. Lavely that Roosevelt wrote an article in The Outlook urging the direct election of senators. Lavely can contact the publication for a copy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-07
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Bayard Cutting
Theodore Roosevelt found William Bayard Cutting’s letter amusing. He teasingly chastises Cutting’s daughter, Olivia Cutting, for scaring her father. Roosevelt would “cheerfully stretch the Constitution” to have Cutting as a senator.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-25
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ziba T. Moore
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Ziba T. Moore for the speech. He believes George H. Earle is thoroughly unfit for public office and considers his defeat a “triumph for decency.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-14
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to LeRoy Percy
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could have helped Senator Percy in some real and tangible way. Many gentlemen from across the country have spoken well of Percy and are disappointed about his defeat. Roosevelt prefers hunting elephants over ducks because they are easier to hit.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-14
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Mifflin
Theodore Roosevelt shares with George H. Mifflin that he thinks the same of Governor-elect Eugene Foss as he does Governor-elect John A. Dix. He advises that Massachusetts work to re-elect Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and encloses a letter on the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-12-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry P. Robbins
Theodore Roosevelt is glad that Illinois is raising a monument to Lyman Trumbull whose role in co-authoring the thirteenth amendment that abolished slavery “ranks side by side with the struggle which made us a nation.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-04-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Russell B. Harrison
President Roosevelt asks Russell B. Harrison to keep the letter about Delevan Smith to himself. He also says that he did not know that Harrison wanted to be appointed to a position, and wishes he had mentioned it sooner.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-19
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Lee Higginson
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel Higginson for the letter and looks forward to seeing him in December. He tells Higginson that the Comptroller he thinks was to blame in Morse’s case was not the man in charge at the time. The current Comptroller’s questions were framed to avoid the troubles that Higginson complains about.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-11
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. S. Draper
President Roosevelt agrees with A. S. Draper that Eugene A. Philbin should be reelected but does not know if he should interfere in the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Parsons
President Roosevelt tells Representative Parsons that the enclosed letter from New York State Commissioner of Education A. S. Draper leads him to support Eugene A. Philbin. However, Roosevelt does not think he should interfere, and he asks Parsons’s opinion on the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott
In light of recent comments being made about President Roosevelt coercing office holders, he believes that Lyman Abbott may be interested in a portion of a letter he just received. The only two “colored” men against William H. Taft that the writer spoke to were office holders.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-10-26