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Sheet music for “Won’t You Be My Billie Possum,” a reference to the opossum representing President Taft, similar to teddy bears representing Theodore Roosevelt. The cover features a baby playing with a possum doll.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Sheet music for “Presidents on Parade,” a patriotic song with lyrics that mention all presidents from George Washington to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1933
“Bull Moose” celebrates the transition after the 1912 election and looks forward to President Wilson’s term.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1913
The first part of the film is from October 27, 1919, when the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in Theodore Roosevelt’s honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York. Shots from different angles of the memorial flag as it is borne by young men up the steep pathway to the grave site. Five girls sew the 48th and final star on flag at what is probably Cove School in Oyster Bay with group of children and Boy Scouts visible in background. Final view is of children and adults on cemetery grounds.
The second part of the film contains views of Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral on January 8, 1919. New York City mounted police lead the funeral procession past crowds lining snow-covered roads. Roosevelt’s casket is borne from the entrance of Christ Episcopal Church with a flag-bearer behind, and Reverend George E. Talmadge visible beside the hearse. William H. Taft is seen with others at the cemetery grounds and the casket is carried up the path, followed by Archibald Roosevelt in uniform and other family members. The film closes with a shot of Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, official U.S. Government representative at the funeral, and General Peyton Conway March, Army Chief of Staff, at what appears to be a train station followed by a shot of Taft, assisted by an unidentified man, walking down hill after ceremony at the grave site.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
Hand-held fan with printed music for the presidential campaign of 1908. The front of the fan illustrates all presidents from George Washington through Theodore Roosevelt. Oval photographs at top feature William H. Taft and William Jennings Bryan under the caption “Who’s Next.” The reverse side features a short notation of “The Star Spangled Banner,” arranged by George Braveson, with four verses. The lyrics for the rest of the verses are printed below the notation. The bottom of the fan has two advertisements. The first is an advertisement for Hill & Goodrich, “dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats of every kind.” The second is for “Fish and Oysters in Season. Cash paid for Hides and Skins, Portland St., Morrisville, VT.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1908
Sheet music for “The Nell Brinkley Girl” from Flo Ziegfeld’s musical revue, The Follies of 1908. The cover features a female jester juggling the heads of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, William Jennings Bryan, Governor Hughes, and Vice President Fairbanks.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1908
Sheet music for “Take Me ‘Round in a Taxicab” from Flo Ziegfeld’s musical revue, The Follies of 1908. The cover features a female jester juggling the heads of President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of War William H. Taft, William Jennings Bryan, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. All but Roosevelt were candidates for president in 1908. The cover also features a red-tinted photograph of the singer, Grace Leigh. The back cover contains advertisements for other songs from Maurice Shapiro, a music publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1908
Political cartoon featuring Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft singing different verses of “Maryland, My Maryland.” There is a young lady in the adjacent window holding a banner reading “Maryland Delegates.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Sheet music for “Teddy,” a souvenir from the 1912 Republican convention. The cover features a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt and the back cover has a cartoon of Roosevelt and William H. Taft in a ring with a number of hats representing state primaries on the mat. There is also a facsimile letter from Roosevelt to the composer, Minnie M. Seymour, complimenting her verses.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
Postcard with black and white cartoon drawing of Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft dressed as baseball players with Uncle Sam in the middle. Uncle Sam is pointing at Roosevelt with the title above, “Back Up; You’ve Batted Twice,” referring to Roosevelt’s 1912 presidential campaign.
1911-1912
Sheet music for “Josephine,” a song from the Charles Frohman Presents production of The Sunshine Girl. The cover features a drawing of a young woman by Harold H. Smith. There is a list of other titles available from the show at the bottom of the cover.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1912
This color postcard features text from the proclamation issued by President Roosevelt announcing the celebration of the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition in 1907. The postcard also features portraits of Roosevelt and six other politicians involved with the event.
1905-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the editorial responding to the statement in President Taft’s Decoration Day address that the horrors of war necessarily outweigh the benefits that may come of it. Roosevelt agrees with James Andrew Drain in opposing such a statement. He also states that death is not the worst of all possible evils. Rather, “No man is fit to live unless he is ready to quit life for adequate cause.”
1911-06-19
President Roosevelt has received James Andrew Drain’s letter and will consult with Secretary of War Taft on the matter.
1905-10-27
The matter mentioned in James Andrew Drain’s letter will have to wait until Secretary of War William H. Taft has returned and settled into his office. This may take several weeks.
1905-09-18
John Campbell Greenway expects the Republican State Convention of Arizona and its delegates to be friendly towards General Wood. Greenway asks whether he can have Wood’s assurance, if he is elected, to safeguard American life and property in Mexico.
1920-02-23
A recent skirmish along the Mexican-Arizona border related to the Mexican Revolution led to several American deaths. John Campbell Greenway is critical of President Taft’s response and is “humiliated and mortified” by the government’s lack of action. He expects to vote for the Democratic candidate in the next presidential election.
1911-04-20
John Campbell Greenway is sending Theodore Roosevelt the book Life in Mexico. He has just returned from Great Britain and regrets not seeing Roosevelt while he was in New York. Greenway anticipates voting Democrat in the next election but is pleased that President Taft vetoed the Statehood Bill on account of the recall of judges.
1911-09-13
John Campbell Greenway believes that the public wants Theodore Roosevelt to be a candidate for president. He encourages Roosevelt to make a statement about his candidacy soon.
1912-02-15
John Campbell Greenway summarizes the events of the Tucson Convention. Many Roosevelt delegates were unseated and there ended up being two simultaneous conventions that elected delegates, one side was for Theodore Roosevelt and the other for President Taft. Greenway will be in Chicago, Illinois, for the Republican National Convention. He is very busy but can see Roosevelt sooner if necessary. Greenway believes that Roosevelt will win the presidential nomination in Chicago.
1912-06-04