Spanish-American War (1898)

Creation Date

1903-06-02

Address of President Roosevelt at Bloomington, Illinois, June 3, 1903

President Roosevelt speaks to the citizens of Bloomington regarding his visit and the speech by General Stevenson. He discusses lessons learned from the Spanish-American War, the building of the navy, and the role of ordinary citizens. Roosevelt then discusses qualities of character which he finds important in ordinary Americans.

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Creation Date

1903-06-03

True conservatism

The speech discusses what it means to be “truly conservative” and distinguishes between being a true conservative and what it means to be radical. The author discusses farming and farmers, railroads, the Panama Canal, and the Sherman Act.

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Creation Date

Unknown

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Root reviews the charges and investigation of Representative Littauer. During the Spanish-American War, Littauer may have had business connections to government contracts which would violate the law. Root’s early opinion is that Littauer, without intention of wrongdoing, violated the law.

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Creation Date

1903-07-07

Clippings scrapbook, volume eight

Scrapbook of clippings from various periodicals related to Theodore Roosevelt’s service as New York Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Colonel of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1895-1898

The outcome

Print shows General William R. Shafter looking through binoculars at General Nelson A. Miles, who is emerging from the small opening of a large ear trumpet labeled “Spanish-American War.”

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Creation Date

1899-03-01

Our busy old women

Print shows a large monument constructed “A.D. 1898,” showing statues of President William McKinley labeled “Administration,” General William R. Shafter labeled “Army,” and Admiral George Dewey labeled “Navy,” and a plaque that states “To Commemorate the Spanish-American War which has raised the United States Army and Navy to a proud position not only in the eyes of Americans but in the eyes of the World.” Also, a gang of “Old Women” with ropes are shown trying to pull down the statues. Among the identified women are “Schurz, Boutelle, Hoar, N.Y. World [Pulitzer], Cockran, Tillman, Caffery, Gorman, Vest, Jones, Hale, Bryan, Godkin [turning a crank for the] Evening Post, Sherman, Ottendorfer, [and] Edmunds”.

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Creation Date

1899-03-22

Memorial Day, 1899 – three veterans under one flag

Print shows a veteran Confederate soldier on the left and a veteran Union soldier on the right shaking hands with a veteran of the Spanish-American War in the center.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1899-05-31

La quasina

Performance of “La quasina” by Beverly Everett on piano. The original sheet music was composed by J. E. Randolph and dedicated to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. The sheet music was published in 1898 by George L. Spaulding of New York, New York and Howard and Co. of London, England.

Recorded at Makoche Recording Studios in Bismarck, North Dakota, with partial funding from the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

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Admiral George Dewey standing on the bridge of a ship

Print shows Admiral George Dewey, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform, holding hat in right hand and sword in left hand, with silhouettes of battleships in the background and firecrackers at his feet, on the occasion of his return to New York.

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Creation Date

1899-10-04

The hero of the new era

Print shows Admiral George Dewey, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform, holding hat in right hand, standing before the goddess Clio who is sitting on a throne, holding a scroll labeled “History.” Behind Dewey, a sailor holds an American flag and there are busts of George Washington and James Monroe against a wall.

Caption: History (to Admiral Dewey)–I give you a high place on my scroll. Like Washington and Monroe you have marked a new era for your country.

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The capture of Santiago

Score commemorating the capture of Santiago, Cuba, in which Colonel Roosevelt led the Rough Riders up Kettle Hill. The song is dedicated to “Theodore Roosevelt-An American of the Highest Sense.” Cover is a teal and red design with a photographic portrait of William Frederick Peters.

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Creation Date

1898

Dee-lighted

This score and lyrics celebrate Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy as a veteran of the Spanish-American War and President of the United States. Lyrics by James Sprague. The back cover has a sample of sheet music by the same authors for “I’m sighing tears of love for you.”

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Creation Date

1910

Charge of the Rough Riders

Score for a march and two-step, “dedicated to Col. Theodore Roosevelt,” written on the theme of the Rough Riders charge up Kettle Hill (San Juan Hill) during the Spanish American War. A pen inscription on the bottom left of the front cover: Lillian F. Adams.

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Creation Date

1898

Charge of the Rough Riders

Score for a march and two-step, “dedicated to Col. Theodore Roosevelt,” written on the theme of the Rough Riders charge up Kettle Hill (San Juan Hill) during the Spanish American War.

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Creation Date

1898

Charge of the Rough Riders

Score for a march and two-step, “dedicated to Col. Theodore Roosevelt,” written on the theme of the Rough Riders charge up Kettle Hill (San Juan Hill) during the Spanish American War.

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Creation Date

1898

Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

Score for a march and two-step that commemorates the Rough Riders’ role in the Spanish-American War, 1898, published by Thos. Goggan & Bro. The back cover lists other new marches and waltzes available from the same publisher.

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