South America

Editorial commentary in Leslie’s Weekly

The editorial columns of Leslie’s Weekly address numerous topics in a number of highlighted columns. These include predicting that enthusiasm for William Jennings Bryan’s 1908 candidacy for the presidential election will wane, reporting on the progress of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s trip to South America, commenting that attacks on President Roosevelt’s veracity in the railway-rate-bill discussion have been mild compared to past presidents, and examining the proposition of global disarmament.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-09

What do you know about it

This pamphlet advertises travelogues by Frank R. Roberson and presents his credentials for the quality of his work. Many people in the United States know very little about South America, so Roberson offers travelogues on Panama, the east coast of South America, Chile and the Andes, and Peru and Bolivia, in addition to resources about other parts of the world.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer

Theodore Roosevelt thanks George von Lengerke Meyer for the salmon and for what he said regarding the libel suit. Roosevelt would like to arrange a visit with Meyer and Frank B. Kellogg, but does not see what can be done about “getting the Republicans and Progressives together.” Roosevelt feels that the Progressives are “sundered” from the Republican Party by two causes. The first is the “utter dishonesty” of men such as Boies Penrose, William Barnes, Winthrop Murray Crane, Elihu Root, and their associates who “stole the convention” last summer. The second cause is that the Progressive Party, unlike the Republican Party, have in their platform “applied the principles of Abraham Lincoln to the present day.” Roosevelt will never again work with a party controlled by the men guilty of the theft last June or with any party that “does not take in their entirety the principles of Abraham Lincoln applied to the needs of the present day.”

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1913-06-09

Address to the Third Conference of American Republics

Secretary of State Root speaks to the Third Conference of the American Republics about popular self government and democracy, praising especially the progress that Latin American countries have made. Root emphasizes that this progress has come and must continue to come as a result of international interaction and assistance between the various nations, and that the conference he is now speaking at has further cooperation as its goal. He affirms the United States’s commitment to peace and independence of the various nations, and presents a wish for all the nations of the Americas to work together.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-01

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft congratulates President Roosevelt and “us all” (i.e. the United States) on the speech Secretary of State Elihu Root gave at the Pan-American Congress. Taft believes that Root’s visit to the South American capitals will be a great boon to international relations for the United States. He also thinks that if Root could be convinced to run for governor of New York he would be elected. It would be a difficult contest, but Root could unite the Republican Party behind him and even get the votes of some Democrats.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-05

Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson

Kermit Roosevelt has accepted a new job with the Southern Brazil Railway Company. He is excited for the opportunity and will be leaving in a week or two.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1912-06-20

Speech of Theodore Roosevelt in Syracuse, New York

Theodore Roosevelt addresses the issue of machine party politics in New York. He touches on the gubernatorial race and various Senators in the state legislature, including Charles Francis Murphy and William Barnes. Roosevelt is campaigning for a non-machine politics candidate, “stalwart of good government, the unflinching fighter for real reform, Frederick M. Davenport.” Roosevelt continues to cover tariffs while mentioning the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act and the Revenue Act of 1913.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie J. Tarlton

Theodore Roosevelt was relieved that the report of R. J. Cuninghame’s death was false. He has been reluctant to write due to the terrible tragedy of the war, through which he feels totally out of sympathy with the actions of the Wilson administration. Roosevelt completed a trip down an unknown South American river, the River of Doubt, earlier in 1914. There was not much shooting and he became very sick but made it through. Kermit Roosevelt has married and works at a bank in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ethel Roosevelt Derby and Richard Derby are running a hospital in Paris, France.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-28

Note on the importance of the Panama Canal

Theodore Roosevelt notes the importance the Panama Canal holds for South American countries as well as the United States. He believes Colombia will benefit most by the connection of its Pacific and Atlantic ports, but also sees potential for Argentina and other countries.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915

I’m coming back

The sheet music for “I’m Coming Back” by Guy Rand celebrates Theodore Roosevelt’s return from South America. The score is “dedicated to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.” The back cover offers sample music from “Sabbath Chimes” by F. Henri Klickmann and published by Harold Rossiter Music Company.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1914

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons

Theodore Roosevelt declines an invitation from Frances Theodora Parsons. He explains that he will be at a resort in Arizona throughout the summer, followed by a trip to South America in October.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-07-03

The pull of the Monroe magnet

Uncle Sam, on the right, sits with legs outstretched forming a magnet labeled “United States Protectorates,” which he is using to draw Central and South American countries, represented by little figures labeled “Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Salvador, [and] Colombia” toward himself. A figure labeled “Panama” is already in his back pocket. On the left, in the background, are clouds of smoke labeled “Mexico,” which are created by the ongoing Mexican Revolution.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-08-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt is glad that Quentin Roosevelt “got the study” and will play center on the football team’s second eleven. His parents are hoping for a prefectship next year. Roosevelt attended the Rochester convention and is having the usual difficulties with the Progressive Party. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has had a heavy cold but appears to be on the mend. Sagamore Hill is being “put up” as Roosevelt and Edith are leaving for South America on Saturday.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-09-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt insists that he did not ask Secretary of War Taft to put Cabot Ward on the Philippine Commission. Regardless, positions on the committee are filled by extensive searches rather than suggestions. Roosevelt tells Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he does not think highly of any biography about him; however, he feels that Francis E. Leupp has written the best of them.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-07-09

“There is a rich land to the south” – the Pan-American Mercury to the Yankee manufacturers

The Roman god Mercury wears a hat labeled “Pan-American Union” and is draped in cloth the color of the American and South American flags. He points to a large globe showing “South America” and tells a group of mostly old men who are North American manufacturers that South America is ripe for exploitation. Caption: They jeer and scoff at him now as others jeered and scoffed at Columbus when he told them of a land to the west.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-03-29

Castro, the cut-up

Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, is dressed like Napoleon I. He is on board a ship with the presidents of “Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, [and] Argentina” standing in the background. Caption: For the sake of peace and quiet, why doesn’t South America ship him to some St. Helena?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-08-02

Note from Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt inscribed the fly-leaf of A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Enchiridion, translated by George Long, saying the copy was lent to him by Major Shipton and was carried by Roosevelt throughout South America, including the exploration of the “River of Doubt.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1915-02-08

The discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion

President Roosevelt inscribed the fly-leaf of A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Enchiridion, translated by George Long, saying the copy was lent to him by Major Shipton and was carried by Roosevelt throughout South America, including the exploration of the “River of Doubt.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1915-02-08

Marcus Aurelius

President Roosevelt inscribed the fly-leaf of The Thoughts of Emperor M. Aurelius Antonius, translated by George Long, saying the copy was lent to him by Major Shipton and was carried by Roosevelt throughout South America, including the exploration of the “River of Doubt.”

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1915-02-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ancil Shipton

Theodore Roosevelt writes Major Shipton to thank him for the use of his books, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, during the journey to South America. Roosevelt also thanks Shipton for his kindness toward Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt over the winter and says that he hopes he can see Shipton and his wife soon.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1914-06-29