Rhode Island--Newport

Commander Key is glad that President Roosevelt understands the issues with the Navy administration system and suggests that the future ships to be approved by the coming Congress will be an improvement. Key congratulates Roosevelt on the conference at Newport, which confirmed all his criticisms of the North Dakota and the Delaware except one, which he expands upon. After first-hand experience with the Navy Department, Key suggests the creation of a legal addition to oversee the fleet. He is pleased to hear that Roosevelt plans to create an investigative commission that will be reviewing the current Naval organizational structure.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-18

Creator(s)

Key, Albert L. (Albert Lenoir), 1860-1950

Rear Admiral Winslow has heard that Secretary of State Root will likely agree to head the commission on the reorganization of the Navy Department. Winslow sends related letters detailing how responsibility should be divided. He advocates that cost estimate reduction be handled by the Navy Department instead of the congressional committees, and elaborates on who should be responsible when preparing for war. Everyone seems to agree that Roosevelt’s policy requiring conferences to consider new battleship plans is good for the country, and that it will help get the ships with fourteen guns approved by Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-13

Creator(s)

Winslow, Cameron McRae, 1854-1932

Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, in response to President Roosevelt’s recent request, assures Roosevelt that the Department of the Navy is already preparing sketches of battleships with 14-inch guns. Metcalf details the progress of such plans, which are anticipated to be well developed by the end of December.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-17

Creator(s)

Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936

Commander Snowden confirms receipt of William Loeb’s letter with details about President Roosevelt’s trip on the presidential yacht. Snowden suggests that since it is a ten-hour journey between Oyster Bay, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island, they might leave around sundown and arrive the next morning. He also confirms details regarding guests and duties related to the trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-16

Creator(s)

Snowden, Thomas, 1857-1930

Thomas Snowden thanks William Loeb for the letter informing him of President Roosevelt’s travel plans. Snowden will prepare to provide for eight people for two days, and will be able to manage with a few more or less people, as may happen. He has received the check for provisions used on the trip to New London.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-15

Creator(s)

Snowden, Thomas, 1857-1930

Commander Snowden confirms details for President Roosevelt’s planned trip on the USS Mayflower. As requested, the ship will arrive at Oyster Bay on Tuesday, July 21, and will be ready to depart for the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, that evening. Snowden asks William Loeb to notify him of the number of people who will be in Roosevelt’s party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-11

Creator(s)

Snowden, Thomas, 1857-1930

Admiral Robley D. Evans gives Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Brownson his thoughts on routeing the Atlantic Fleet. He is primarily concerned about how other nations will view the Fleet’s maneuvers, and the season the fleet will be passing through the Straits of Magellan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-17

Creator(s)

Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912

Theodore Roosevelt is notified that the passenger is on the Mayflower and passing Newport, Rhode Island.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-28

Creator(s)

Unknown

Admiral Thomas acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter and check for $100, which Roosevelt contributed toward paying the legal expenses incurred in the prosecution of the Newport Amusement Company for discriminating against Navy men by denying them admission to the dancing pavilion on the Cliffs. Thomas is grateful for Roosevelt’s support.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-25

Creator(s)

Thomas, Charles Mitchell, 1846-1908

Winthrop Chanler critiques the novel Lady Baltimore in a letter to President Roosevelt. He finds the novel to be petty and aggravating. Chanler notes that Woody Kane is the young man who arrives from the north, and he wonders how many copies of the novel would have sold if not for such a figure appearing in it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-21

Creator(s)

Chanler, Winthrop, 1863-1926

A list of the status of American vessels and men available for arrival at Havana, Cuba. Lists the current location of ships, their readiness to sail, and how quickly they would be able to reach Havana, in addition to the number of sailors and marines present on the ships.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09

Creator(s)

Unknown

Charles J. Bonaparte encloses a letter from General McClellan, and has written that Prince Louis of Battenberg’s troops may be entertained at Newport rather than New York, after a visit to Annapolis. Russia’s wartime actions are questionable.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-23

Creator(s)

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Hugh O’Beirne informs Acting Secretary of State Loomis that the Second Cruiser Squadron under the command of Prince Louis of Battenburg will not visit Newport, Rhode Island, in order to allow more time at other ports.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-09

Creator(s)

O'Beirne, Hugh, 1886-1916

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt would like to see Grace Sanderson Thacher Putnam and her son, Worcester Putnam, in Newport, but requests they meet him at the Naval War College due to his busy schedule.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Valentine & Sons

Recipient

Cooper, Zella

Language

English

Colored postcard featuring a photograph of the interior of Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island. A pieces of wood is attached to the front of the postcard. A note on the reverse of the postcard states the wood was retrieved on August 15, 1910 by Charles C. Myers while working in the church attic. Myers also has poked a hole in the postcard to note where George Washington sat in the church.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Report on the 78th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The report details the field trips, dinner, speakers, and elections that marked the weekend meeting. The report highlights the reelection of Lawrence H. Budner as President of the TRA, the address of William N. Tilchin, and the conferring of the Junior Officer Leadership Award for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Jesse Shapiro, winner of the TRA Public Speaking Contest for the New York City public schools, also addressed the dinner gathering. 

Eight photographs of some of the assembled guests, speakers, and dignitaries, including four commanders of USS Theodore Roosevelt, populate the report. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Announcement that the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) will hold its annual meeting for 1997 at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The article discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s ties to the Naval War College, describes some of the attractions found in Newport, and highlights the hotel accommodations. A text box at the bottom of the column promotes the TRA’s email address.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1997

Creator(s)

Unknown

Reprint of an article that originally appeared in Ms. Magazine in August 1976. Author Harriet Shapiro interviewed Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby at her home in Oyster Bay, New York. Much of the piece is devoted to Ethel’s memories of life with her family at their family home Sagamore Hill. She relates how her parents, Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, dealt with the children, and she notes how the Roosevelt siblings paired off, and she talks of her relationship with her older sister Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

A familiar picture of the assembled Roosevelt family and a close-up of Ethel Roosevelt Derby accompany the article.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1977

President Roosevelt hopes that Senator George Frisbie Hoar will be reasonable, but he will submit Oliver Wendell Holmes’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court regardless. Roosevelt is speaking in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 23, and then will go down to Newport, Rhode Island, so they can christen the baby (Lodge’s infant grandson who shared his name). He will also spend Monday with the Lodges in Nahant, Massachusetts, but Edith Roosevelt will not be able to attend.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-07-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919