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Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt confirms with Charles Stelzle the message he gave Stelzle’s secretary, that there is to be absolutely no announcement made that Theodore Roosevelt will be present at the Labor Temple. If anything leaks out regarding Roosevelt’s presence, Roosevelt will not attend because he wants to come unannounced.
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1911-12-13
President Roosevelt, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge, and Commissioner of Corporations at the Department of Commerce and Labor James Rudolph Garfield James Rudolph Garfield lead a “beef trust” minotaur to a “publicity” pond. There is “the muckrake” alligator on the shore.
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1906-05-29
A. B. Harkness’s letter to Theodore Roosevelt has been received and Frank Harper recommends that Harkness contact the head of the publicity bureau of the Progressive Party regarding his offer.
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1912-10-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells S. B. Lynd that the campaign is distributing circulars as Lynd suggests. He encloses a circular in the letter.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Elon Huntington Hooker two contributions to Roosevelt’s campaign. He also recommends that Hooker publish the letter from Elizabeth Schooley.
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1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges receipt of George P. Miller’s letter and arranges to send Miller’s request for campaign literature and buttons to the National Progressive Committee.
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1912-09-09
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary directs E. J. Burdick to send the song he wrote for Roosevelt to the publicity committee at Progressive Party headquarters.
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1912-09-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells James Deitrick that the letter and enclosures Deitrick sent have been forwarded to the Publicity Bureau of the National Progressive Committee in New York. The secretary believes that printing and circulating them will do much good for the campaign.
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1912-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges receipt of John Norris’ paper concerning Roosevelt. He recommends that Norris directly communicate with the Publicity Bureau manager of the National Progressive Committee in New York.
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1912-08-19
Theodore Roosevelt instructs Stanley Waterloo to take this letter to Medill McCormick. If McCormick has the funds for it, Roosevelt believes Waterloo would be an asset to the publicity bureau.
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1912-08-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Eli J. Taylor that Oscar K. Davis of Roosevelt’s Publicity Bureau will send the campaign literature Taylor requested.
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1912-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines Branson C. Stimmel’s request for an interview with Roosevelt unless it relates directly to the presidential campaign.
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1912-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks R. L. Hardin for his publicity ideas and suggests he contact the Publicity Department of the National Roosevelt Committee.
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1912-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt informs Meyer Lissner that Victor Murdock, chairman of the Progressive Party’s national executive committee, had promised to meet with him and George W. Perkins, but the recent death of his mother required that he travel to Kansas. Murdock has since returned, and Roosevelt presumes the “choice” will be made at once, with as little publicity as possible.
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1915-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt is glad Frederick Durant has sent the letter. He hopes that it will gain publicity and invites Durant to meet with him next time he is in New York.
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1914-12-03
President Roosevelt would be pleased to accept the gift of a jacket from Ernest A. Grunsfeld, but asks that he not use Roosevelt’s acceptance as a means of advertising.
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1908-12-05
President Roosevelt updates Dean of Harvard College Hurlbut on his son Theodore Roosevelt’s well-being after returning home in need of comfort and rest after his arrest. Roosevelt believes that Ted is defending his friend and fellow Harvard student Shaun Kelly by choosing not to press charges against the policemen who wrongfully held and struck Ted. Roosevelt also wants to forgo any further charges because he wants Ted to remain focused on his schoolwork, and wishes him to remain out of future public scrutiny.
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1906-10-07
President Roosevelt calls George Edward Graham’s attention to several previous letters that Graham wrote saying that he would take care of matters for the Roosevelt Home Club, ‘in conformity with my expressed with, viz., that unless the object could be attained without any adverse criticism, I would repudiate it.’ While Roosevelt has never been in favor of the club’s purpose to purchase the house where he was born, he promised to not interfere. Recent events, however, have convinced Roosevelt that the club has opened itself up to criticism, and asks that the club now disband or change its name to remove any connection with Roosevelt.
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1906-07-03
Several cities have offered to host the Progressive National Convention. Public opinion in California is favorable toward the California delegation’s actions at the Republican National Convention. Governor Johnson suggests that the Progressive Party needs an “adequate publicity bureau.”
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1912-06-28
George L. Record thanks Theodore Roosevelt for writing the letter to the Dollar Dinner. It was the highlight of the evening.
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1911-02-01