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The pictures will be altered according to President Roosevelt’s corrections and publisher Augustus Ralph Keller would like President Roosevelt to suggest subtitles for the volumes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-30
Augustus Ralph Keller would like President Roosevelt to be informed that the other 18 volumes have subtitles, and for the uniformity of the set it would be best if the volumes in question also featured subtitles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-02
Augustus Ralph Keller sends the illustrations that will appear in the upcoming The Complete Writings of Theodore Roosevelt for President Roosevelt’s review.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-24
A book is being published on Newton M. Shaffer’s life and work and he asks President Roosevelt to contribute a short piece for the preliminaries of the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-25
J. J. Townsend encloses a French translation of one of President Roosevelt’s books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-05
Augustus Ralph Keller sends pages for President Roosevelt to sign, which will appear in special editions of Gebbie and Company’s The Complete Writings of Theodore Roosevelt. Keller also has some shipping and binding questions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-06
Augustus Ralph Keller asks that the volumes sent to President Roosevelt be kept under pressure for several days as they have not thoroughly dried.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-24
Marie Van Vorst and her sister are publishing a book on women working in factories and would appreciate permission to reprint part of a previous letter from President Roosevelt regarding their publication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-30
Harry White of the Oxford University Press offers President Roosevelt a copy of the first folio edition of Shakespeare’s dramas. Secretary of State Hay believes that Roosevelt’s acceptance of the book would not infringe upon the Constitution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-16
The Vice Chancellor of Oxford University offers President Roosevelt a copy of the first folio edition of Shakespeare’s dramas which will soon be published.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-16
Ceylon B. Taylor of the publisher Gebbie and Company breaks down the various editions of the upcoming uniform edition of President Roosevelt’s writings. Gebbie is the producer of the complete works of Roosevelt, which are limited to 1,250 copies because of the restrictions placed by one of the original publishers. The first 26 copies of the edition will be signed by President Roosevelt himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-23
The Century Company agrees to the translation of The Strenuous Life into Armenian. The book is not copyrighted so anyone can make a translation without Century’s approval. They have already given permission for the book to be translated into Italian.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-06
Bessie Van Vorst is writing a book on “the American factory girl” and would like to use part of a letter President Roosevelt wrote in the introduction. Van Vorst distinguishes the situation of the factory workers who are self-supporting and those who have a breadwinner and just want to earn extra money. She argues that there should be some sort of industrial art hand work for wage-earning women to earn and sell so that they can advance in life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-13
Jacob A. Riis thanks President Roosevelt for allowing him to inscribe a book. He will send another edition when he gets it. Riis hopes that President Roosevelt’s bear hunt is going well and requests a meeting for December to discuss some articles Riis might write. He has given up on writing a full life of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-14
The publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons informs Cromwell Childe that the pictures found in the October 1901 edition of Scribner’s Magazine were provided by President Roosevelt and Scribner’s has no authority to extend permission to reprint the pictures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-17
The Century Company agrees to allow Donna Miriam de Liguori Celli to make an Italian translation of The Strenuous Life provided she can secure a publisher. The Century Company will not require any royalties on the translation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-17
Augustus Ralph Keller requests the signature of Henry Cabot Lodge so that a facsimile of his signature can appear in the upcoming uniform edition of President Roosevelt’s works. Lodge’s signature originally appeared in the preface for “Hero Tales” along with Roosevelt’s. Gebbie and Company already has a facsimile of Roosevelt’s signature.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-28
James M. Ludlow thanks President Roosevelt for allowing him to dedicate his new book to the President and encloses a copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-28
Albert Gleaves asks President Roosevelt to read the proofs of his book Captain James Lawrence, U.S. Navy, which will be ready around the first of January. He wants Roosevelt’s criticism and requests an introduction for the book because of his connection to the War of 1812 through a previous book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-29
Senator Lodge returns the letter from Gebbie and Company and his autograph. He asks what he is going to get out of his being “immortalized” in this “splendid edition.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-01