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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit regarding advice about what Kermit should do about his job. Roosevelt says he wants Kermit to decide but adds he should not leave his job unless he absolutely cannot work for his new supervisors.
1913-05-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit advising Kermit to use some of the money Roosevelt sends him to take meals alone in his room and reminds him to always write to him as fully as possible. He also tells him to not let on to his new supervisor that he misses his old supervisor.
1913-05-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to discuss Kermit’s new boss, salary and future work options. He says he will continue to send Kermit $200 every quarter.
1913-05-01
The letter writer provides Albert T. Volwiler with the names of individuals who have connections to the Medora, North Dakota, area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1918-03-04
President Roosevelt had lunch with his son Ted Roosevelt’s boss, Robert P. Perkins. Roosevelt tells Ted that his boss is very happy with the work he is doing. Kermit Roosevelt is doing well at Harvard, and Roosevelt hopes that he will go back to Harvard after taking a year off to travel in Africa with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-22
Thomas Collier Platt waves his top hat while riding on the back of a bucking donkey. The donkey is labeled “Tribune” and has the face of Whitelaw Reid, and is in the ring at the “G.O.P. Circus.” Among those in the audience is Chauncey M. Depew.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-02-05
A hydra-like jack-in-the-box labeled “Political Trick-Box” has the heads and arms of Matthew S. Quay, David B. Hill, and Arthur P. Gorman, each holding a whip labeled “Bosses” and pointing an index finger.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-09-25
Father Knickerbocker struggles to hold aloft a dumbbell that is labeled on the left “Plattism,” showing Thomas Collier Platt with papers labeled “Jobs” and “Deals,” and on the right “Crokerism,” showing Richard Croker with papers labeled “Jobs” and “Deals.” Caption: He’s pretty strong; but the double-boss dumb-bell will prove too much for him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-01-31
At center, Uncle Sam and President Cleveland shake hands, with a portrait of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, in the background. The surrounding vignettes feature a cast of characters, identified or referred to in the text as “Croker,” “Parkhurst,” and “Tammany” reform, “Iago Manley” and “Othello Reed,” “Peffer, Lease, Dana, Pulitzer, [and] Depew,” Harrison sitting in his over-sized top hat, and Thomas Collier Platt turning a crank that manipulates George R. “Malby” as “Speaker” of the New York State Assembly, David B. Hill sitting in an over-sized “Senatorial Chair N.Y. State,” and “McKinley” dressed as Napoleon I, riding a “War Tariff” rocking horse. Each scene includes “Valentine” text, such as this for “Peffer” and “Lease,” each holding papers labeled “Speech”: “From bleeding Kansas’s wind-swept plains, / Where whiskers take the place of brains, / You come with all your verbose strength / Of speeches of unending length. / Here, take the hint Puck gives – resign! / Let Mary be your Valentine”; and this for McKinley: “McKinley Bill! McKinley Bill! / Why do you ride that hobby still? / The cause of pool, combine and trust, / And idle mill-wheels red with rust. / Mistaken Man! We’ll never pine / For you to be our Valentine.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-02-14
Charles A. Schieren walks toward city hall labeled “Brooklyn,” carrying a book labeled “Business Administration Schieren.” In the foreground, Whitelaw Reid is straddling a trunk labeled “To Salt River,” on which three men are sitting. He implores Schieren not to “forget the boys!!” The three men are of the “boss” or “walking delegate” type and their political careers appear to be over as they are headed up “Salt River,” as the new mayoral administration of Schieren gets underway. Caption: Political Adviser–For goodness’s sake! Don’t forget the boys!!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-12-27
A man labeled “Bossism” carries weapons labeled “False Count,” “Fraudulent Registration,” “Intimidation,” and “Deals.” Behind him are two policemen labeled “Independent Democrat” and “Independent Republican,” who are keeping an eye on him. They each carry a billy club labeled “Votes.” Caption: “Dere ain’t no more show for me, since dem two big policemen come on de beat!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-12-20
Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger clutches a large bag labeled “Spoils” and holds a whip labeled “Tammany” and, in his claws, a diminutive man who appears to be holding a paper that states “Robinson. Straight Republican Nomination 1893.” On the ground in front of the Tammany Tiger are bones labeled “1890, 1891, [and] 1892.” “Tom Platt” appears to have tossed Henry C. Robinson to the Tiger and is now fleeing to safety. Five men, one labeled “Republican,” are on the right and left, in the background, behind the safety of high walls. Among them, holding a long spear atop a palm tree, is Chauncey M. Depew. Caption: Rather than stand up and fight, they throw him a sop and run away.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-11-08
Senator David B. Hill, on his knees, begs Richard Croker, the “Boss of New York,” and Hugh McLaughlin, the “Boss of Brooklyn,” to use their influence to “Please nominate my friend Maynard for Judge of the Court of Appeals.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-08-30
A fireworks display forms a chariot or wagon labeled “McKinleyism” driven by “boss” Mark A. “Hanna.” Thomas Collier “Platt,” Matthew S. “Quay,” and Joseph H. “Manley” appear in the display as chained, submissive prisoners following Hanna. Caption: A Republican Fourth of July display of fireworks, now arousing the wonder and admiration of the entire people.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-07-08
New York political bosses Thomas Collier Platt and Richard Croker appear as Roman centurions, wearing armor and carrying swords labeled “Bossism.” They are daintily shaking hands with the New York state capitol building labeled “Albany” in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-16
President Cleveland stands at a table, his right hand on a long document labeled “Declaration of Independence July 4th 1885” that trails off the table, stating “When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a President to dissolve the political bands which the machinery of his party has imposed upon him, he must speak in unmistakable words…” He is facing a group of men, one labeled “Tammany” and others labeled “Boss” and “Rural Boss.” They are standing near a passageway labeled “Exit.” Behind Cleveland are members of his cabinet, William C. Whitney, Daniel Manning, Augustus H. Garland, William F. Vilas, L. Q. C. Lamar, and Thomas F. Bayard who is holding a paper that states “The Cabinet ‘Solid’ on Reform.” On the wall in the background is a painting showing the presentation of the “Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-07-01
John H. Hutton provides short answers to questions about the six months he spent in the Civilian Conservation Corps stationed near Watford City, North Dakota. Hutton does provide the names of supervisors and fellow CCC alumni, but the majority of his answers are fairly limited.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984
Norman V. McLeod recalls in detail the positive experiences he had during the six months he spent in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Because he was not needed at the camp in Medora, North Dakota, McLeod spent two weeks there and was then transferred to northern Minnesota. McLeod reflects on the impacts the CCC had on him, the training he received, and the people with whom he worked. McLeod also includes a short note with more information on the two weeks he spent in Medora, and returns the letter sent to him with the questionnaire with a short note on it as well.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984