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President Roosevelt requests Cuban Occupation Governor Magoon report to him on the matter. A postscript indicates the issue in question concerns telephone commissions in Havana.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-15
A memorandum describing a telephone conversation between President Roosevelt and Representative Jenkins. Representative Jenkins wishes to know Roosevelt’s wishes regarding the bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-14
At 9:00 a.m., President Roosevelt signs a paper that reads, “Grafting must be stopped.” At 10:00 a.m., Roosevelt points to a banner that reads, “Why certainly, Wilkes-Barre, anything to oblige.” At noon, Roosevelt holds a picnic basket and a fishing rod as he walks with several children. At 1:00 p.m., Roosevelt talks on the telephone. At 2:00 p.m., Roosevelt hands a “letter to peace conferences” to a messenger. At 4:00 p.m., Roosevelt travels in a submarine and says, “Delighted!” At 8:00 p.m., Roosevelt sits in a rocking chair writing poetry with a book of “poems” beside him. At 10:00 p.m., Roosevelt falls asleep in a tent. The moon says, “Delighted.” A handwritten note is included: Respectfully submitted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-28
Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s phone number.
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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Charles Howard Thompson for the letter confirming the telephone message giving the election figures. Roosevelt hopes for the passage of the direct primary bill for the election of senators.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-09
William Loeb sends Reverend Richard P. Williams a check for one hundred dollars from President Roosevelt for the Soldiers’, Sailors’, and Marines’ Club which Williams assists with.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-06
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of the Navy Morton that he hopes the telephone arrangements for the White House are not final, as the changes would nearly double the current expense.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-27
President Roosevelt has received the substance of a message via telephone and he telegraphed his reply.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-23
Charles A. Enell asks Theodore Roosevelt for a brief meeting and provides his personal and business telephone numbers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-22
William E. Gunn recalls Theodore Roosevelt having expressed interest in the Hungarian Telefon Hírmondó news service to deliver news via the telephone, and tells him of a similar service that is starting in the United States. Many people have already expressed their interest in this service, but the company is holding a dinner at which the press will be invited to show how the telephone newspaper service will help benefit communities. Roosevelt is being sent an invitation to this event under separate cover, and while Gunn realizes his schedule may prevent him from attending, he remarks that a brief statement would be much appreciated. Gunn’s business card is appended to the end of this letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-06
Frank W. Coolbaugh believes that the ownership of telephone and telegraph lines would be a winning issue for 1912. He hopes Theodore Roosevelt and “the party representing the insurgent element” will not overlook the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-27
Anna Roosevelt Cowles asks that William Loeb try to telephone her on election night the moment he thinks he knows how the election has gone. She asks him to telegraph the same message at the same time, in case he cannot get through on the phone. She will be anxiously waiting to hear from him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-29
Representative Watson has received a telephone message from Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and Representative J. S. Sherman, and eagerly awaits the letter from President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-17
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Police commissioner Roosevelt sits at his desk facing left. A telephone sits on the front corner of his desk, while books and papers spread over the rest of it. The photograph has been slightly edited with shading.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-1897
Herbert B. Johnson sends a message for Theodore Roosevelt to pass along to his father, Theodore Roosevelt. Johnson offers several suggestions of topics that Roosevelt could address when speaking to the Federation of Japanese Churches if he decides to accept their invitation. Johnson hopes to speak with Roosevelt following the first Earl Lecture to discuss the matter in person.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-22
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna stands on a “ship subsidy” and holds “my defence of labor” as he attempts to use the Republican elephant’s trunk as a phone, saying, “Central! Hello! Central!” The elephant looks at President Roosevelt who waves, bearing “stories,” “speeches,” “interviews,” and “specimens” and says, “Ah there, Teddy!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06
President Roosevelt has his ear up to the telephone with a “private wire to Chicago.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-13
President Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker both hold telephone earpieces attached to a “polling booth” in the background to their ears. Roosevelt writes on a paper with a “White House” header while Parker writes on a paper with a “Esopus” header.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-08
President Wilson talks on the phone with Germany as Theodore Roosevelt in the form of a bee buzzes around his head.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1916-1917