Railroad trains

Bearding the Lion Killer in His Den

Paul V. Collins recently had the chance to speak with Theodore Roosevelt on a train approaching the Twin Cities, as well as in the offices of The Outlook, and recounts his experience speaking with the ex-president. Rather than Roosevelt being interviewed, Collins writes, it felt as though he was doing the interviewing. The two spoke about reciprocity and the political situation in the United States, although Roosevelt did not grant permission to be quoted.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-25

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to William Loeb

Nicholas Murray Butler confirms travel plans with William Loeb, President Roosevelt’s personal secretary. Butler has enclosed a letter and a newspaper clipping to be forwarded to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-15

Theodore Roosevelt and engineer

President Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with the engineer after making a train journey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-1908

Eleanor Butler Alexander on train

Eleanor Butler Alexander sits in a train car and looks out the window. Noted in album: Eleanor’s mother, Grace Green Alexander, had a large folding Kodak, which took 5×7 negatives.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-1897

Railroad rebates

Galley proofs for Ray Stannard Baker’s article about railroad rebates: what rebates are, how they are paid, who pays them, and how they affect industry.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Hamilton Wright Mabie

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary invites Hamilton Wright Mabie and Mrs. Mabie to Oyster Bay, New York, for lunch on Thursday, June 1, 1911.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke

President Roosevelt cannot accept William Dudley Foulke’s offer, but invites him to lunch with Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and himself aboard their train near Indianapolis, Indiana.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-11

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft on which train he should use to get to Oyster Bay, and hopes he can stay for lunch.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-06

Letter from William Augustus Patton to William Loeb

William Augustus Patton, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, tells William Loeb that there will be no objection to the man who is accompanying the horse riding in the caboose of the train, but asks for the exact date of the shipment to make sure that this is able to work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-28

Letter from Herbert Parsons to William Loeb

Herbert Parsons would like to come to Washington, D.C., to speak with President Roosevelt about the matter of Parsons’ recent letter. Parsons’ schedule is busy and would like to take an early train.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-24

Letter from Ray Stannard Baker to Theodore Roosevelt

Ray Stannard Baker writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a series of articles he will be writing about the railroad and asks for Roosevelt’s advice on articulating his position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-07

Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to William Loeb

Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce writes to William Loeb regarding the schedule of the peace envoy’s trains.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-06

Note concerning Maurice Latta

Maurice Latta, aide to President Roosevelt, should bring the telegram on the train to Cleveland to be used in connection with the Major Sylvester matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-06

Letter from William Augustus Patton to William Loeb

William Augustus Patton of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company confirms that arrangements have been made according to William Loeb’s telephone request.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-13

President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of locomotive

Stereograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of a locomotive.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906

William Howard Taft speaking to a crowd from the back of a railroad caboose

Photograph showing William H. Taft speaking to a crowd from the back of a railroad caboose.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908

Theodore Roosevelt standing by a railroad car with workers and other men

President Roosevelt speaks with railroad workers and men next to a railroad car.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-06-15

Theodore Roosevelt standing by a railroad car talking with a group of men

President Roosevelt stands next to a railroad car speaking with a group of men.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-06-28

“There’s steam around you”

Reprint of portion of an article from Yankee magazine in which a train engineer, John Ticknor, recalls meeting President Roosevelt when the president visited the Vermont State Fair. Ticknor says that he met Roosevelt ten years later and that Roosevelt recalled their earlier encounter.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1979

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer

Theodore Roosevelt writes to George von Lengerke Meyer that he unfortunately needs to leave for the Overseers’ meeting on December 12, and will return on December 14. He wishes Meyer could be on those trains, but guesses it is not possible.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1911-11-24