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Color postcard with image of President Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform, astride a horse, and holding an American flag. The caption reads, “Here’s to our American boys, who have arms for their girls, and arms for their country’s foes.”
1906-12-18
On March 4, 1905, President Roosevelt is inaugurated in Washington, D.C., with much celebration and fanfare. Roosevelt rides in an open landau on Fifteenth St. NW, escorted by mounted Rough Riders. Secret Service men and detectives walk on either side of the carriage. Roosevelt tips his hat to the crowd. Sitting beside him is Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin, Chairman of the joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Opposite, but not clearly visible, are Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts and Representative John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, members of the committee. Second sequence consists of long shots of Roosevelt taking the oath of office on a platform erected on the east front of the Capitol. Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller administers the Presidential oath of office, and Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court James Hall McKenney holds the Bible. The platform is decorated with plants and garlands and a large banner with the American eagle on it hangs from the center of the railing. West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen are assembled below the platform.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1905-03-04
Theodore Roosevelt and other Rough Riders ride in formation as they wait departure from the military training camp in Tampa, Florida.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1898
Film of Theodore Roosevelt appearing in Billings, Montana, on October 5, 1918, to speak on behalf of the Liberty Loan drive. Film has long shots of a touring car with six men inside; Roosevelt may be one of them. The car is followed by a group of men on horseback who may be the Rough Riders. The street is lined with Billings citizens as the car and riders pass by.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1918-10-05
Still photos depict Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival in New York Harbor, his speech at the Battery, and the parade held in his honor June 18, 1910, when he returns from his extensive African and European travels. Views of ships in the harbor include a battleship, probably the dreadnought South Carolina, the reception committee cutter Androscoggin, the liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, on which the Roosevelt party sailed from Europe, a smaller cutter, the Manhattan, and other vessels. William Loeb, Roosevelt’s former secretary, is among welcoming dignitaries. William Jay Gaynor, Mayor of New York City, and Roosevelt appear on the speaker’s stand at the Battery where Roosevelt expresses his joy on returning to his native country. Final views of the parade include Rough Riders and other veterans of the Spanish-American War who serve as escort for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1910
Sheet music for “Teddy Our Hero,” a two-step and song by H. L. Berger. Cover is red, white, and blue with a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform on horseback.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1903
A piano march described on the front cover as “Being a suggestion, and placed before the President and the people of the United States as applicable to the words of the National Hymn.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1903
A mid-century edition of “Rough Riders,” a military march by H. Engelmann from 1898. The back page contains samples of eight other songs.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1930
Republican Party campaign songbook with several titles including “Marching to the Bugle Call,” McKinley, the Watchword,” and “The Republican Train.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
Unknown
Sheet music for “Roosevelt March Song” with a cover illustration of President Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform. Page six has a handwritten note from Ward Baker, the composer, “Music is God’s voice heard in a language without words.”
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1904
Sheet music for “Mack and Teddy,” a 1900 presidential campaign song supporting President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. The front cover shows photographs of McKinley and Roosevelt with an American flag.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1900
Sheet music for “Rough Riders,” a song celebrating the exploits of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The song is dedicated to Roosevelt and features a black and white illustration of him and two other cavalrymen in mid-charge on the cover.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1898
Sheet music for “Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Two-Step,” a song celebrating the exploits of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The song is dedicated to Roosevelt and features a black and white illustration of him, and three other cavalrymen, in mid-charge on the cover.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1898
Color postcard with image of Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform extending his hand for a handshake and the caption “Delighted” below.
1905-12-19
Color postcard with image of Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform extending his hand for a handshake and the caption “Delighted” below.
1901-1907
Fannie B. Dodd heard that Lillian Guntley may visit California. She hopes that she will come and would like Guntley to let them know when she will be in Los Angeles. Dodd writes the message on a postcard printed with a photograph and biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
1912-06-24
Display card for a cupboard that was used by Theodore Roosevelt in the Maltese Cross Ranch Cabin. The cupboard was built in 1883 and Roosevelt gave the cupboard to George W. Myers, a Rough Rider from North Dakota, after Roosevelt dissolved his cattle interests. The Myers gave the cupboard to Grace Hollaway who donated it to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Unknown
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson acknowledges John Campbell Greenway’s Christmas card, though it made her homesick to see him. She would like to see him soon and discuss the Rough Riders, among other things. Robinson would like to send Greenway her biography of Theodore Roosevelt but does not know where to send it. She will be traveling west in March and hopes to see Greenway.
1922-01-12
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is not sure whether her letter will reach John Campbell Greenway, but sends “warm, affectionate greetings.” She reminisces about their last visit at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and discusses the death of Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s husband, William S. Cowles. Robinson inquires about where to send a volume of poems called Roosevelt as the Poets Saw Him.
1923-06-11
A handbook for Roosevelt’s Rough Rider Association, which includes a list of association officers, the association’s constitution and by-laws, and a list of the association’s members, honorary members, and the muster-out roll. Handwritten annotations about members or officers is present throughout. Pages 56-57 and 88-89 are uncut in the original and cannot be scanned.