School children

Letter from William N. Freeman to Frank Harper

William N. Freeman thanks Frank Harper for his letter. He discusses a possible daily school exercise of a flag honor guard. He recalls a movement to assign a generic name to American soldiers, as British soldiers are called “Tommy Atkins”. He suggests “Johnny Trump”, and hopes that Roosevelt can endorse the idea. He would like to meet Roosevelt and give him a handshake.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-20

Letter from William N. Freeman to Theodore Roosevelt

William N. Freeman informs Theodore Roosevelt about New Jersey’s law requiring schoolchildren to salute the flag and asks for his support.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-14

Eleanor Butler Alexander at school

Eleanor Butler Alexander (future Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.) with Katharine Hoyt (future Mrs. Amasa Mather, Mrs. John Cross) in yard of Miss Spence’s School, 6 West 48th Street, New York City.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was forced to return from his western trip due to an abscess developing from the trolley accident injuries. Kermit appears to be “getting on very nicely” at school and Roosevelt looks forward to hearing about his schooling.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1902-09-25

Card from Escuela Florecio Balacaree to Theodore Roosevelt

Buenos Aires school children welcome and honor Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1913-11-10

Broad Street, lined with school children applauding President Roosevelt, Richmond, Va.

President Roosevelt riding in a carriage through a street

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905

President Roosevelt’s western tour – an audience of school children, Salina, Kansas

A gathered crowd of school children

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-07-28

School children greeting the Nation’s Chief– President Roosevelt’s visit to Asheville, N.C.

Children stand alongside a road, some barefoot, holding American flags.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-11-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frieda Lustgarten

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frieda Lustgarten for sending him a copy of the “Jingle Book” her class made, and asks her to share his thanks with her classmates and teacher.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mary Patterson Elkinton Nitobé

Theodore Roosevelt received Mary Patterson Elkinton Nitobé’s letter and magazine article featuring the tale of Lieutenant Sakuma. He agrees there should be a book about the heroism of Japanese soldiers for Japanese school children, and adds that American school children and the world would benefit from these lessons.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur M. Parratt

Theodore Roosevelt asks Arthur M. Parratt to thank the teachers and scholars of Parratt’s school for their letter on Roosevelt’s behalf. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the boys and girls of Public School 33

President Roosevelt thanks the students of Public School 33 in the Bronx, New York, for the photograph and letter. He will do his best to be worthy of their “love and esteem” when they have grown up. He sends his own photograph through their principal, Hugo Newman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt highly recommends William K. Sixsmith’s exercise regime and would like them to be mandatory for the military and in the schools for the boys and girls to participate in. Roosevelt attaches the recommendations from Captain Frederick B. Hennessy and two Surgeons General of an experimental class using Sixsmith’s exercises among the enlisted men at Fort Myer, Virginia. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-28

President Roosevelt

A school-aged child’s report on President Roosevelt’s inauguration, describing the events of the day, Roosevelt’s biography and character, and service during the Spanish-American War.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-06

Letter from William T. Hornaday to Theodore Roosevelt

William T. Hornaday sends Theodore Roosevelt a petition in support of the New York Board of Education against “the disloyal school teachers.” Hornaday would appreciate if Roosevelt could get as many signatures as possible and return to him by Friday or Saturday night.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-11-22

Letter from N. M. DeNoon to Theodore Roosevelt

N. M. DeNoon, an eleven-year-old girl, writes to Theodore Roosevelt that he won a mock election at her school. DeNoon is for Roosevelt in the election and would like him to send her a letter and to come visit her school if he is able.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-05

Letter from Richard Roosevelt Catha to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Roosevelt Catha, an eight year old boy, writes to ask for a lecturing fund so that he might help Theodore Roosevelt win the Republican nomination for president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-23

Letter from H. M. Kirk to Theodore Roosevelt

H. M. Kirk recalls that when Theodore Roosevelt was Police Commissioner of New York there was a program for school children to be involved in street cleaning. He asks for more information about said program.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-01

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob Riis tells President Roosevelt how fine Secretary of State Elihu Root’s speech was. Riis thinks it will “put ginger into” the campaign. Riis also tells Roosevelt about the hopeful comments a “little Jewish girl” made after seeing one of Roosevelt’s campaign posters. Riis hopes Roosevelt can see what he means to immigrants like her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-02

Letter from J. J. Harty to Alexander Patrick Doyle

Catholic Archbishop of Manila Harty urges Father Doyle to intercede with President Roosevelt to have Father Hall appointed a chaplain for the Catholic soldiers in the Philippines. Harty explains why he has felt it necessary to write a series of articles for the Catholic press about a history of the Philippines written by David P. Barrows, superintendent of education in the islands. Harty and other bishops believe the Bureau of Education is opposed to the Catholic Church, and he wants Catholics to understand Barrows’s bias.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-01