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On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary acknowledges Innes M. Lied’s letter and says that Roosevelt never gives his opinion in letters for quotation. Roosevelt’s secretary refers Lied to Roosevelt’s published materials, which can be consulted in any public library.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-15
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary acknowledges receipt of the letter Lottie M. Koons sent and tells her she may certainly use the quotations, with proper credit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-22
Benjamin D. Colclough asks Theodore Roosevelt to explain something Roosevelt said.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-18
Lottie M. Koons tells Theodore Roosevelt she is preparing a volume containing quotations from the best writers and speakers. Koons quotes a speech Roosevelt gave in Minneapolis before the death of William McKinley and asks Roosevelt if he would mind if she included the in her book, with proper credit given.
Lottie M. Koons went on to publish Gems in Literature in 1914.
President Roosevelt advises Secretary of State Root to make it clear to organization leaders that there will be no attack on them. While Roosevelt privately admits that New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes has acted negatively towards such men, his support for Hughes in spite of these actions might make it obvious how crucial he feels Hughes’s renomination is for the good of the party. Roosevelt gives a quotation for publication stating his support for Hughes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
President Roosevelt thinks Secretary of State Root’s speech will assist Governor Charles Evans Hughes in securing the renomination, and gives Root permission to quote his message of support for Hughes if it would be helpful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
President Roosevelt hopes to speak with Howard Richards soon, and if he is able to, will gladly write an article for The Outlook based on Lyman Abbott’s considerations. While he did not appreciate Woodrow Wilson’s standings on recent issues, Roosevelt feels the quote from his book “is a really first class piece.” Roosevelt will inquire if the federal government has the power to act in the case mentioned by Abbott’s son’s brother-in-law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-29
President Roosevelt shares a quotation with Senator Lodge from an article that describes a mugwump, or a person who remains independent from party politics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-14
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Lodge for sending the piece from Baron F. A. Channing, which he will quote. It is apparent that Roosevelt’s Provincetown speech did not make matters worse, as the Sun, Times, and Evening Post had said it would. An expert has recently confirmed for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that only Grace Wilson Vanderbilt and Senator John Kean have comparable Madeira cellars. Roosevelt also includes a quote from Secretary of War William H. Taft praising Lodge’s speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-04
James Timothy Flint knows that Theodore Roosevelt admired the work of his grandfather Timothy Flint, and wonders if Roosevelt has read John E. Kirkpatrick’s account of the elder Flint’s life. Flint also hopes that Roosevelt will provide a quotation or positive review for his forthcoming book of “Reminiscences,” which largely related to the Texas frontier during the Civil War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-11
Author John Adams Thayer wants to publish a popular edition of his book including quotations from well-known readers. He hopes to quote a private letter from Theodore Roosevelt wherein Roosevelt express enjoyment of the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-10
William Bayard Cutting sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the Las Cruces Citizen asking him to verify a quotation that troubled ex-Governor Miguel Antonio Otero.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-11
Senator Lodge shares some of a letter from Secretary of the Immigration Commission, Morton E. Crane, in which Crane discusses the positive feelings of the citizens of London toward President Roosevelt’s economic policies, as well as the friendship between Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge and David Graham Phillips, author of The Treason of the Senate. Lodge also shares segments from Baron F. A. Channing’s essay on the Union, which Roosevelt may want to quote.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-02
J. M. Dickinson respectfully suggests that President Roosevelt include a quotation from Bishop Gallaway along with the other Southern Bishop as Gallaway has an international forum and a very strong following.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-31
President Roosevelt stands at a flag-draped podium on the right, pointing to two men on the left, each with a foot on a female figure labeled “Law” lying on the ground. One man has papers labeled “Dishonest Corporations” and the other has papers labeled “Union Tyranny” and notes extending from his pockets labeled “Bribe” and “Graft.” On the front of the podium at which Roosevelt stands is a quotation: “If alive to their true interests, rich and poor alike will set their faces like flint against the spirit which seeks personal advantage by overriding the laws, without regard to whether this spirit shows itself in the form of bodily violence by one set of men or in the form of vulpine cunning by another set of men.” – President Roosevelt’s Speech, Sept. 7.
Theodore Roosevelt, before during, and after his presidency was consistent on issues of the day — remarkably so, in that without citation of time and place, historians can be challenged to attribute many of his pronouncements as being from his twenties or then end of his life.
President Roosevelt fires a cannon to send a lifeline to a ship in distress on rough seas with dark clouds labeled “Prejudice” forming overhead. The rope spells out the word “Tolerance.” A rainbow shines on the left with the word “Liberty.” In the lower right corner is a quotation from “The President’s Reference to Immigrants.”
President Roosevelt’s “reference” to immigrants, and a welcoming, reasonable, national policy, was contained in a note to Secretary of State John Hay, not identified by depicted in this bold cartoon.
Photograph of a Theodore Roosevelt quote from The Outlook, v. 129, illustrated with a cowboy on horseback; museum exhibit #33 in the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-03-30
Photograph of a quote discussing ranch life from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography, illustrated with a cowboy on a horse; museum exhibit #34 in the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-03-30
Photograph of a framed landscape photograph of the badlands and a Theodore Roosevelt quote from The Outlook, v. 99, no. 4, comparing outdoor adventure to a good book, museum exhibit #35 in the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-03-30
Photograph of a Theodore Roosevelt quote regarding his time in North Dakota; museum exhibit #5 in the South Unit visitor center lobby in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-03-30