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On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Herbert L. Coggins for his letter and does not need to see a proof before Coggins goes to the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
President Roosevelt has told Albert Shaw that the Review of Reviews is “under no circumstances” to publish an article about his hunting trip. Roosevelt does not intend to give an account of his trip to any magazine, but he tells Robert Bridges that if he does, it will be to Scribners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-22
Lyman Abbott and his children will be honored to have dinner with President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Abbott is pleased with all of the initial articles that Roosevelt sent to be published for The Outlook. He advises Roosevelt to allow his article on socialism to be published and that he make his 1910 Romanes Lecture about his trip to Africa. Abbott discusses other articles that Roosevelt wrote, including one that will be published to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-07
Everybody’s Magazine Editor Cosgrave asks William Loeb if he could briefly meet with President Roosevelt this Saturday when he visits Washington, D.C., to discuss the President’s future activities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-04
John O’Hara Cosgrave of Everbody’s Magazine sends William Loeb a proof of the issue President Roosevelt and other naturalists compiled addressing the nature fakers controversy. Cosgrave updates Loeb on the progress of the article, which should appear in the September issue of Everybody’s.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-20
John O’Hara Cosgrave of Everybody’s Magazine tells William Loeb that a proof of the issue President Roosevelt and other naturalists compiled addressing the nature fakers controversy should reach Roosevelt soon. Cosgrave has been in contact with Roosevelt’s collaborators Edward B. Clark and Edward William Nelson, and Clark has been in contact with George Shiras regarding their contributions to the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
George Haven Putnam is following up on a request to President Roosevelt that he write a magazine article of general interest for the first issue of his upcoming monthly publication, Putnam’s Monthly. He will be waiting in New York for Roosevelt’s final decision on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-17
Lawrence F. Abbott sends President Roosevelt a defensive explanation of an editorial that appeared in The Outlook about Roosevelt’s “Muck Rake” speech. Roosevelt had written two letters to Abbott’s father expressing his displeasure with the editorial. Since Abbott’s father was away in New England, Abbott explains his view that Roosevelt’s address was “courageous, significant and far-reaching.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-27
Publisher Samuel Hubbard tells President Roosevelt that he spoke with his correspondent Wheeler and learned more regarding a deer that seemed to have been attacked by a cougar. Hubbard had been investigating what happened to the deer, which had been taken to a taxidermist. Hubbard then asks for Roosevelt’s permission to have their correspondence published in Sunset Magazine. (Page 3 of the letter is missing.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-24
D. Loinaz asks President Roosevelt to contribute some of his favorite verses or passages of Holy Scripture for publication in “Good Words” magazine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-05
Secretary of State Hay spent a “pleasant hour yesterday with Mrs. Roosevelt and the children” through the pictures in the Ladies’ Home Journal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-29