Rites and ceremonies

Montana Secretary of State Mitchell responds to Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park Superintendent Hanks’s request for a directory of Montana state officials. Hanks had asked for the directory so that invitations could be issued for the park’s dedication ceremony. Mitchell informs Hanks that the state does not publish such a book but encloses a list of state officials for Hanks.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-04-12

Charles E. Cragg invites Theodore Roosevelt to a ceremony at St. John’s Church in Huntington for the new parish house, noting Bishop Frederick Burgess and local clergy will attend. He hopes Roosevelt can come due to his support of the Boy Scouts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Photograph of former Rough Riders standing on a platform during the 1949 park dedication ceremony in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Pictured (left to right): Theodore Roth (Mullen, NE), Frank L. Roberts (Breckenridge, TX), Bill McGinty (Ripley, OK), and George W. Wilkins (Phoenix, AZ).

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1949-06-04

A tall, thin old man wearing a top hat labeled “Father” serves as the maypole around which several characters typically featured in Puck cartoons are dancing.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The Maypole in cartoonist Ehrhart’s drawing is the seasonal theme of every Spring commemoration number of Puck: not May 1’s May Day, the international workers holiday, but the things of spring.

President Roosevelt in prominent view during his Presidential Inauguration. The back of the stereograph includes excerpts from Roosevelt’s inauguration speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-03-04

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary will send J. Andrew Boyd a copy of the speech Roosevelt will deliver in Wilkes-Barre for Father Curran’s jubilee if Roosevelt has time to prepare it ahead of time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-14

Theodore Roosevelt will be in Newark for the Memorial Day celebration. Edith Roosevelt would be pleased by the actions of the Essex Troop, but she will not be able to attend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-18

President Roosevelt has referred North Dakota Governor Burke’s letter to Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf for consideration. He looks forward to seeing Burke at the ship’s christening, and is very proud that one of the battleships launched during his administration will be christened North Dakota.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-24

President Roosevelt sends his congratulations and well-wishes to Rough Rider Guy Murchie and his family, including Roosevelt’s “god-son” John Donald Murchie. Unfortunately, Roosevelt doubts he will be able to attend the ceremony as requested by Murchie, unless the timing is right.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-05

The Alexander Hamilton Post will present a flag to the Music School Settlement next Sunday afternoon. David Manne, program director, asks Theodore Roosevelt to attend the brief ceremony.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-30

Dorus Thompson invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend the dedication of the monument to the Civil War dead of Livingston County, New York. He would like Roosevelt to unveil the memorial and speak.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-12

Colonel Gignilliat encloses an invitation for Frank Harper to pass along to Theodore Roosevelt inviting him to speak at Culver Military Academy on the opening of a new building there, which he says “is one of the finest and most complete in the world.” He believes Roosevelt would be interested in the operations of Culver Military Academy, and sends some photographs of the cadets.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-18

Colonel Gignilliat invites Theodore Roosevelt to address the students of Culver Military Academy on the occasion of the opening and dedication of a new mess-hall and a policy of greater expansion. Gignilliat feels that Roosevelt would be interested by the education the academy is providing and by the work the cadets are doing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-18

Some members of the Grand Army of the Republic wish to present Catherine M. Gallagher with a medal in recognition of her work on behalf of soldiers. If they are successful, she would like for Theodore Roosevelt to be present at the recognition ceremony, and asks if it would be possible for him to come to Washington, D.C., for the occasion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-03

Program for the unveiling of a bronze tablet on the campus of Marietta College commemorating the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. Includes several illustrations, the inscription on the tablet, and a description of the ceremony, which included the unveiling by Alice Roosevelt Longworth and a speech by Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-18

Madrid newspaper El País reports on the installation of Thomas Augustine Hendrick as Bishop of Cebu at Cebu Cathedral on the morning of March 11, 1904. The article includes a description of the opening remarks, attendees, and the ceremony.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-12

James E. Peterson, Chairman of the Ritualistic Committee of the Woodmen Festival Association and Monster Increase Committee in Denver, asks President Roosevelt to press a button at the White House that will illuminate the cross in an initiation ceremony.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-06

Photograph showing President Roosevelt standing with men at ceremony.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906

Souvenir copy of the Harvard House Gazette, detailing the festivities surrounding the grand opening of the Harvard House in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The Harvard House originally belonged to the parents of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. The effort to purchase it for the university and restore it was led by Marie Corelli and funded by Edward Morris. A number of dignitaries and academics spoke at the ceremonies.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-10

Program for the dedication of the largest flag in the world, which will occur at noon on July 5, 1909, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-07-05