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After reading an article in The Outlook about President Roosevelt’s interest in the suffering of tuberculosis patients, Harriet M. Beckwith would like to meet with Roosevelt to discuss donating two tracts of land for sanatoriums.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Postcard showing sanatorium grounds in Auckland, New Zealand. Charles C. Myers notes that a part of the park is shown on the postcard.
1908
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanks John Campbell Greenway for the letter to her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson, about Monroe Douglas Robinson. She describes Monroe Douglas Robinson’s health struggles and the devotion of his wife. Robinson believes Greenway’s suggestion of Theodore being a forest ranger is a good one and she plans to help him find a position.
1924-01-27
President McKinley as a physician dispenses strong “Tariff” medicine in the men’s ward of a sanatorium. The beds lining the walls are occupied by a “Business Man” suffering from a “Loss of Confidence,” a “Populist” disturbed by “Mental Aberation in Regard to Free Silver and Government Paternalism,” and a “Jingoist,” a “Spoils Man,” an “Anarchist,” a “Filibuster,” a “Monopolist,” all with similarly distressing ills. Last is a man sitting on a bed with a sign that states “Hallucinations about Home Markets and Infant Industries.” In the background is a door that leads to the “Woman’s Ward,” where “Woman’s Suffrage” and “Woman’s Rights” are the diseases.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-04-14
Woodrow Wilson, as a doctor, holds aloft a bottle of “Tariff Subsidy Morphine” among a group of men at the “Democratic Sanitarium – Morphine and other Drug Habits Cured.” On a table are bottles of “High Protection Cocaine, High Protection Dope, [and] Tariff Subsidy Morphine.” Caption: Dr. Wilson — Don’t be alarmed, gentlemen. We won’t take it from you all at once. We’ll taper you down gradually, and after a while you’ll have confidence enough in yourselves to get along without it.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-09-11
Update on the status of the sanatorium fund highlighting recent donations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-27
Samuel Wasserman, the Director of the Masonic Sanatorium League, requests a donation from President Roosevelt, who is a fellow Mason.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-19
In recognition of St. John’s Day, Dr. Knopf encourages masons and masonic lodges to donate funds for a Masonic Sanatrium being planned in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-27
Charles Erskine Scott Wood is traveling with Mr. Erskine to a sanatorium at Saranac Lake, New York, as Erskine’s health is rapidly deteriorating. Wood is pleased for the country that President Roosevelt was there to succeed to the presidency. He expects Roosevelt to win the Republican presidential nomination due to his popularity with the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-09