Reporters and reporting

John Hooper Caffee sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the story The man on horseback written by the editor of The Denver Times, Heulin C. O’Neill. It is about how Roosevelt saves the country when the other party leaders have failed, and feels very appropriate to the current climate. Caffee remembers Roosevelt saying he did not wish to return to any political office both when he left the White House, and more recently, but hopes he will enjoy the story regardless.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-12

Creator(s)

Caffee, John Hooper

Draft of a letter of introduction from Theodore Roosevelt to William J. Calhoun on behalf of Charles P. Stewart, who will be traveling to China on behalf of United Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-25

Creator(s)

Gardner, Gilson, 1869-1935

Article discusses reporters experiences in the White Houses of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. It focuses on the relationships Roosevelt built with some reporters during his time as president.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1913-1921

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt tells Caspar Whitney, editor of Outing Magazine, that his name should have been on the “roll of honor,” a mistake Roosevelt plans to rectify in his next volume of speeches and messages. Roosevelt also explains that his statements about naturalist William J. Long appeared in Everybody’s Magazine because the reporter feels as strongly about the material as Roosevelt himself. The president notes that other magazines are “old friends,” but Whitney has no idea of the requests he receives to write articles in magazines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry’s letter helped President Roosevelt better understand the situation. Roosevelt believes the best itinerary for the Great White Fleet to follow is through the Straits of Magellan and returning through the Suez Canal, but he seeks advice from the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Admiral Willard H. Brownson. Roosevelt also believes several reporters should accompany the fleet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is glad Melville Elijah Stone of the Associated Press is sending a man to Tokyo to gain information on the “real design” of Japanese statesmen and to prevent aggravation of existing tensions between the two countries. While the crimes against Japanese immigrants in San Francisco and sensationalist press coverage of these crimes are “outrageous,” Roosevelt says they do not give Japan the justification for hostile actions against the United States. Roosevelt asks if Stone is a friend of Senator Eugene Hale, and if so, requests that Stone explain to Hale that his actions to thwart funding for the Navy do not keep the peace, but threaten it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt considers Oscar K. Davis’s reporting on the land fraud case in Idaho to be admirable and gives his word careful consideration. Roosevelt believes that the worst thing he can do is to be seen as shielding Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah from prosecution, but if what Davis says about the grand jury proceedings is true, he will remove District Attorney N. M. Ruick at once. Roosevelt will bring up the matter with Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Nicholas Murray Butler tries to convince President Roosevelt to come to New York to speak at the upcoming National Arbitration and Peace Conference, not only to support the issues at the conference, but also to help with the “general public situation,” likely referring to a series of recent conflicts, including the dispute between Roosevelt and railroad executive Edward Henry Harriman, and recent reports that Secretary of State Elihu Root is considering resigning on account of disagreements with Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-08

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Theodore Roosevelt writes his father, President Roosevelt, with suggestions regarding an upcoming speech to be made at Harvard University. The younger Roosevelt explains that many college men are also on the staffs of newspapers and so it will be impossible for Roosevelt to keep his speech from the papers. The younger Roosevelt also recommends avoiding dealing with Harvard University President Charles William Elliot too harshly and giving the speech under the auspices of the Political Club. He also recommends not replying to this letter until Arthur C. Blagden and Robert Low Bacon have written the elder Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944

Ambassador Meyer sends a message to Secretary of State Hay concerning a published interview which was taken from the Petit Parisien newspaper. Meyer suggests that a reporter made up the interview.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-17

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

A “sheriff” holds a rope over his shoulder with several men attached to it walking along a path “to the jail.” In the foreground is a bear near a sign, “Line of march of bear hunt,” with several reporters and photographers taking pictures. Other reporters and photographers sit in trees saying, “Photo of primeval forest” and “bear before being shot.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-07

Newspaper reporters, photographers, and cartoonists gather outside a forest with several signs: “Where the president was last seen,” “To the canebrakes,” and “Posted.”

comments and context

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-07

President Roosevelt departs Yellowstone National Park. Several animals remain in the forest, sad and crying because Roosevelt is leaving. Outside a group of “Reporters” cheers his return to civilization.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-26

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

William II, the German Emperor, interviews J. Pierpont Morgan, who is sitting in a chair aboard the Corsair. William II has a long list labeled “What I want to know” of questions and wishes. Caption: He is granted an interview where others fail.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-07-23

Theodore Roosevelt is followed by reporters if he tries to go out into the woods. Three families of purple finches have built near the Roosevelt home this year, which he does not remember happening before.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt tells William Hutchinson Cowles that the Associated Press dispatch was a fake, and that he believes something about it. Because of it, Roosevelt felt that he should not accept an invitation from President William H. Taft. Roosevelt expresses consternation with the Associated Press’s recent actions and reporting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt has realized the impossibility of speaking at any given school, no matter how good it is, and despite the “heart-break and anger” it produces. Roosevelt would love to stop into Margaret P. Pascals’s school to give “literally two words of greeting” but not on a set date and so long as it is understood that he will be able to stay for only 5 minutes and that no newspaper reporters know that he has visited.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary quotes an editorial that Roosevelt wrote in The Outlook which stated the purpose of his African safari. It is a scientific expedition, and Roosevelt makes it clear that once he goes into the wilderness, any reports about his activities that come from outside his immediate party are false.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-06-15

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt considers Edward S. Van Zile’s previous experience qualify him as a correspondent and permits him to attach himself to his headquarters during the campaign. Roosevelt might go to Mexico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-07-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs George Rublee that Roosevelt is in Syracuse, New York, for his libel trial involving William Barnes. Rublee’s letter will be forwarded there. McGrath also explains that Roosevelt consulted with Juliet Barrett Rublee about having her letter published. She wrote that she did not have any objection, and so they gave it to the reporters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-07

Creator(s)

McGrath, John W. (John William), 1891-1924