Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to James D. McDade
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks James D. McDade for sending Roosevelt his song.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1912-04-13
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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to George Corey
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary acknowledges receipt of the song that George Corey sent to him, and thanks him for his courtesy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-22
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the song from his sister, Corinne Robinson. He is proud of her poetry, and has heard many compliments about it. He feels that it is all right if Robinson’s son, Theodore Douglas Robinson, does not have a good chance of being elected, as it is a case where the fight itself is one of the prizes.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-05
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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Frank A. Johnson
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Frank A. Johnson for the songs. However, Roosevelt cannot review them, as he receives many similar requests and cannot respond to all of them.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-03-11
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander B. Duncan
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Alexander B. Duncan for a copy of the Chanty. Roosevelt notes that a few of the verses appear in the current issue of Everybody’s Magazine, which also includes an article on Chanties that Duncan might like to see.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-08-06
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Lawrence Sullivan
President Roosevelt was glad to hear from John Lawrence Sullivan and says that he sent a “mighty nice song and a still nicer letter.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-17
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Putnam
President Roosevelt sends Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam an enclosed letter, and asks if the Library of Congress could put out an authoritative version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-13
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Natalie Curtis Burlin
President Roosevelt thanks Natalie Curtis for the “interesting song” and will ask the Indian Commissioner for the permit Curtis desires.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-02
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Letter from Selina Katzenstein to Theodore Roosevelt
Selina Katzenstein had previously sent a song she wrote to Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency, but she doubts he was ever shown the song. Katzenstein is going to send the song once again for Roosevelt to read.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-16
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Letter from Joseph E. Haviland to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph E. Haviland asks Theodore Roosevelt for his opinion on his song, “I’m going to be a Boy Scout, Grandpa.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-15
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Letter from Eunice Harrison Reynolds to Theodore Roosevelt
Eunice Harrison Reynolds asks Theodore Roosevelt if he thinks she might be able to make any money from marketing a poem she wrote as a song. She sends Roosevelt the verses, and asks that he return them.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-03-03
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Letter from W. T. Buckley to Theodore Roosevelt
W. T. Buckley sends Theodore Roosevelt the song he composed celebrating Roosevelt’s return to New York in 1910. He asks Roosevelt, a master freemason, to rededicate the song to members of another fraternal organization, the Medinah Temple Shriners of Chicago, Illinois.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-21
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Letter from J. Morton Darrohn to Theodore Roosevelt
J. Morton Darrohn asks Theodore Roosevelt for his opinion on the song he wrote about Mother’s Day, so it becomes popular and “bring[s] joy and happiness to some poor mother.” If Roosevelt’s secretary receives the letter, Darrohn requests he give it to Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-20
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Invitation to Annual Outing to Rockaway Bay
Invitation to the Annual Outing to Rockaway Bay on Monday, August 31st, 1911.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-31
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California Gloria
Handwritten lyrics to a song in praise of California. The author mentions several symbols of California, including grizzly bears and poppy flowers.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-03-29
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Theo’ Roosevelt
Sheet music for “Theo’ Roosevelt,” a short, biographical song about President Roosevelt.
Collection
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
Creation Date
1907
Creator(s)
Boulevards and other things
Lyrics to a song with a repeating refrain of “Jackson” selling the paddles and “Williams” turning the wheel.
Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Creation Date
Unknown
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph K. Orr
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Kyle Orr of the Knights Templars, Atlanta, Georgia, to thank him for the first of a bound book of songs from Georgia. Roosevelt congratulates him on the choice of songs and expresses his appreciation for having them bound.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-14
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In transit
As President Roosevelt hastily signs a document, Uncle Sam asks him, “Bid me ‘Howdy’ before you go.” William Loeb checks when the next “presidential train” is due to leave while a teddy bear looks through a songbook of “23 Jingles” which includes the song “In again, out again, presidential train!”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1905-1909
Creator(s)
Inaugural grand concerts
Concert program for the 1905 inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. Program includes song lyrics, schedule, and committees.
Collection
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
Creation Date
1905-03-06