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The title is not Theodore Roosevelt’s and the pamphlet is one of the chapters from the book Murray is about to publish. Roosevelt would like these falsehoods corrected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-22
President Roosevelt thanks Robert J. Collier for his letter. He is pleased that Collier will be publishing the edition, but he will not release a written announcement. Roosevelt also suggests using a different title than “Authorized,” as there are already several authorized editions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-29
F. V. Greene sends Theodore Roosevelt a tentative title for a book that “came to [him] one night in the hospital,” and asks for his criticism on it regarding its substance and literary form.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-15
George Haven Putnam disputes the request from the White House that the word “Office” be added to the title of William Bayard Hale’s monograph A Week in the White House with Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-30
George Haven Putnam assures President Roosevelt that William Bayard Hale’s book on his working life makes clear that the opinions expressed are his own, and not Roosevelt’s. He also asks if Roosevelt or William Loeb could look over paragraphs relating to Roosevelt’s athletic endeavors, as well as potential title suggestions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-28
George Haven Putnam informs President Roosevelt that a selection of essays by Cicero was published under the title, The Counselor Edition, in order to indicate the year of publication by the position Cicero held in the First Republic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-11
George Haven Putnam apologizes that he did not consult with President Roosevelt before selecting the title for the recently published volume of Roosevelt’s speeches. As the book has already been printed and bound, it is too late to change it. Putnam is also concerned that the P. F. Collier & Son Corporation has been making inquiries to the White House when Putnam understood all inquiries were to go through his office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-09
Murat Halstead is writing a biography of President Roosevelt and asks for his assistance in obtaining information. He requests additional insight about Roosevelt’s time in the New York legislature and about publishing a story concerning his parents from his boyhood. Halstead would like to include maps of Roosevelt’s journeys during the 1900 campaign and asks his opinion of the title, The Strenuous Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-19
William Allen White took the title for The Triumph’s Evidence from Robert Browning’s poem Abt Vogler. White found it humorous that many in Kansas thought he was going to be the “Mark Hanna in the White House.” This notion has now been dispelled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-17