Speeches, addresses, etc.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-10

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Newman, Price C., Mrs.

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

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Shea, John J.

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

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

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.

Comments and Context

Roosevelt asks Otto Trevelyan to tell Charles Philips Trevelyan how fascinated he has been with the last Garibaldi volumes, however Otto Trevelyan’s son George Macaulay Trevelyan, is the author of the Garibaldi trilogy published around this time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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

Edward P. Condron invites Theodore Roosevelt to deliver the memorial oration to Mount Carmel Aerie 363 Fraternal Order of Eagles at their memorial service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Andrew Jaritz sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of an address he delivered before the U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce on the subject of business regulation. In November Jaritz sent Roosevelt an article titled “Business Caesar” and would appreciate hearing if Roosevelt received it. Jaritz is a student from Budapest, Hungary and has studied at New York University and Cornell University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-17

Frederick B. Fetherstonhaugh asks Theodore Roosevelt to speak to the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, possibly on the subject of world problems and solutions through the eyes of John Bull and Uncle Sam. The club is affiliated with the Royal Colonial Institute and has many prestigious members.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

C. M. Meyer sends Frank Harper a Labor Temple Bulletin highlighting the meeting at the Labor Temple in which Charles Stelzle will make the address. Meyer asks Harper to make sure the bulletin is placed in Theodore Roosevelt’s hands.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-15

On behalf of the Committee of Arrangements, G. P. Eckman invites Theodore Roosevelt to give an address at the Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference. More than 3,000 Methodists will be in attendance, representing the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-15

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-22

Creator(s)

Miles, R.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-29

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Clarke, Verne B.

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Arthur Guy Empey that Roosevelt cannot comply with his request. However, Empey is welcome to use extracts from his editorials or speeches.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-19

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Hibben, John Grier, 1861-1933

Edwin S. Church asks Theodore Roosevelt for a letter endorsing Jacob A. Riis. Church is part of the Social Settlement Committee of Akron, Ohio and they are brining in Riis to speak on behalf of the social settlement movement to raise awareness and secure the support of the community.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13

George R. Chadwick invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak before the Modern Woodmen of America of Chester, Pennsylvania on any subject.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Lulu Mae Kipp Carlin tells Theodore Roosevelt it is time for him to speak under the auspices of the Daughters of Veterans in Chicago and help them raise money by doing so.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-16

Lottie M. Koons tells Theodore Roosevelt she is preparing a volume containing quotations from the best writers and speakers. Koons quotes a speech Roosevelt gave in Minneapolis before the death of William McKinley and asks Roosevelt if he would mind if she included the in her book, with proper credit given.

Comments and Context

Lottie M. Koons went on to publish Gems in Literature in 1914.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division