Speeches, addresses, etc.

Thomas Thompson sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his Chicago speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-25

Creator(s)

Thompson, Thomas

Robbins Gilman is glad Theodore Roosevelt intends to visit the University Settlement Society before writing an editorial on its twenty-fifth anniversary. There will be two celebration events in December, of which Jane Addams will speak at one. Gilman proposes Roosevelt correlate the article’s release with the events. He suggests times that Roosevelt should visit and invites him to dinner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-03

Creator(s)

Gilman, Robbins, 1878-1955

Frederic R. Coudert apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for not sending the magazine articles; his papers and books are disorganized due to his recent move. He sends speeches from approximately nine years ago regarding legal growth and development. Coudert comments on judicial interpretation and theories. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René), 1871-1955

M. E. Hennessy invites Theodore Roosevelt to the Boston Press Club’s anniversary banquet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-17

Creator(s)

Hennessy, M. E. (Michael Edmund), 1866-

Robert J. Knox asks if Theodore Roosevelt will come speak at his Methodist Episcopalian church to help them raise funds.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-16

Creator(s)

Knox, Robert J. (Robert James), 1870-1955

Louis H. Pink thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his courteous letter, and assures Roosevelt that he understands his position and hesitated long before asking Roosevelt to speak.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Creator(s)

Pink, Louis H. (Louis Heaton), 1882-1955

George F. Booth sends Charles G. Washburn the letter to forward to Theodore Roosevelt, inviting him to the Playground Commission of Worcester’s play festival. Booth wants Roosevelt to give a brief speech if he attends.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-21

Creator(s)

Booth, George F. (George Francis), 1870-1955

Louis J. Keller, a member of the Kendallville, Indiana library board, informs Theodore Roosevelt of the recent establishment of a public library in his city by the women’s Civic Club. They are now raising funds to help expand the library and get its own building. Keller wonders whether Roosevelt will be traveling nearby in the upcoming month and would be willing to help them by delivering an address.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-27

Creator(s)

Keller, Louis J. (Louis Jacob), 1869-1955

Margaret Stanislawsky asks if Theodore Roosevelt is truly in favor of women’s suffrage and, if so, asks if he would be willing to briefly address the Nevada Equal Franchise Society when he visits Reno, Nevada, in April.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-28

Creator(s)

Stanislawsky, Margaret Harrington, 1869-1955

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Grace Belden Wilbur Trout, president of the Chicago Political Equality League, thanks Theodore Roosevelt for taking a public stand in support of equal suffrage in one of his recent speeches. Trout recalls having met Roosevelt previously, and has held him up as a model for her sons.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-25

Creator(s)

Trout, Grace Belden Wilbur , 1864-1955

Bertha E. Hart received Frank Harper’s letter regarding her request for Theodore Roosevelt to speak to the Local Union of Christian Endeavor of Kansas City, Missouri. She asks that the application be kept on file and be considered before other applications.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-02-18

Creator(s)

Townsend, Bertha E., 1869-1955

Bertha E. Hart asks Lyman Abbott if Theodore Roosevelt will speak to the Local Union of Christian Endeavor of Kansas City, Missouri, upon his return. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-01-25

Creator(s)

Townsend, Bertha E., 1869-1955

Robert Lincoln O’Brien has enclosed a newspaper clipping showing what he is doing to build up anticipation for the talk that Joseph Bucklin Bishop, executive secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, will be giving in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-14

Creator(s)

O'Brien, Robert Lincoln, 1865-1955

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to A. S. Hammond that Roosevelt cannot discuss such public matters in private correspondence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-23

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends D. W. Farnsworth an autographed copy of Roosevelt’s Maine speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-09

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Shea, John J.

Language

English

The creator promises Theodore Roosevelt that Charles Stelzle will not reference the McNamara case during the meeting. Stelzle will introduce Roosevelt and only give an excuse for not addressing the subject originally announced and that the original speech is postponed. Stelze hopes Roosevelt will make an address and shake hands with the men afterwards.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Creator(s)

Unknown

Theodore Roosevelt tells Frederick W. Whitridge that he will read Whitridge’s speech with care. Roosevelt will lunch with Whitridge at his home, but cannot make an appointment right now. Roosevelt thanks Whitridge for the delicious grouse.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt tells George Otto Trevelyan that he thought Sir Edward Grey’s speech was fine and lived up to Trevelyan’s hope that it might be worthy of Henry John Temple Palmerston with all Palmerston’s good qualities and just the sense of power Grey should convey as the English spokesman of foreign affairs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary regrets to inform Herbert Putnam that Roosevelt does not have any copies of the address he gave on the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Nor does he have a copy of the article Roosevelt wrote in 1909 on Lincoln, but if Putnam writes directly to Collier’s, they may be able to send a copy of the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt