Washington (State)--Seattle

Gene Kopelson recounts President Theodore Roosevelt’s day at the White House on May 23, 1908, noting Roosevelt’s meetings with various cabinet officers, a boxing star, and others. Kopelson highlights Roosevelt’s anticipation at the arrival of the Great White Fleet in Seattle, Washington, and he notes Roosevelt’s dislike for the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Photographs of Roosevelt, his son Theodore Roosevelt, and Churchill accompany the essay.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2008

Michele Bryant describes two visits by ships of the United States Navy to Seattle, Washington. The Great White Fleet made a port call in and around Seattle beginning on May 23, 1908, and two ships visited the city on May 23, 2008 to commemorate the fleet’s arrival a hundred years earlier. Bryant provides details of each event, highlighting the parade and the gift of live bears to each of the sixteen battleships during the 1908 visit. She notes the many dignitaries from the navy on hand for the 2008 port call, highlights the speakers, including Joe Wiegand, and details the various ceremonies, speeches, and gatherings that marked the occasion.

Sixteen photographs accompany the essay with four devoted to the 1908 visit and twelve showing the various guests, dignitaries, and speakers at the 2008 events.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

A card with the five articles of constitution of the Municipal League of Seattle, including the organization’s purposes and membership. The opposite side is an enrollment application.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

Unknown

This newspaper article details the social aspects of Secretary of War William H. Taft’s trip to Seattle, Washington. Taft and his wife Helen Herron Taft were the guests of honor at a dinner hosted by former Senator John Lockwood Wilson and his wife. Judge Thomas Burke and his wife as well as Manson Franklin Backus and his wife were also part of the party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent presents statistical information on the Japanese immigrants admitted to the United States since March 26, 1907. These monthly statistics are divided into subsets based on entry point location and occupations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

This article discusses Secretary of War William H. Taft’s visit to Seattle, Washington, and the speech he delivered arguing for equal justice for capital and labor. Taft stated that he was fine with business combinations as long as they did not injure others. The article includes a copy of the entire speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-10

Secretary of War Taft responds to President Roosevelt’s letter regarding the candidacies of different Republican Party candidates. Taft thanks Roosevelt for talking to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou and believes that Philander C. Knox would be a more independent president than his supporters believe. Taft believes Charles Evans Hughes is likely to be the man in the field against him and observes that he has received many expressions of good will while traveling across the continent. Taft mentions that he will set sail for the Pacific tomorrow and encloses a clipping on his speech in Seattle regarding capital and labor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-11

Postcard featuring illustration of Colonel Roosevelt charged by an African bull elephant. Katherine Swartzlander writes to eight-year-old nephew Erdman J. Allen about the street fair and an upcoming parade in Omaha, Nebraska.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1908-09-25

Margaret Sanger writes about her nationwide speaking engagement tour about birth control and family planning. Sanger discusses events and responses in various cities. She indicates that in St. Louis more people came to hear her speak than had come when Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft spoke in the city. Sanger accounts various arrests related to obscenity laws and the distribution of birth control pamphlets.

Collection

The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Creation Date

1916-08-09

Theodore Roosevelt thanks members of the Arctic Brotherhood for the greeting and gifts. According to Roosevelt, men who questioned the expansion of the country during the Louisiana Purchase and the conflict with the Philippines were proved wrong. Alaska is seen as an area with great potential. Roosevelt specifically speaks of the agricultural and pastoral potential within the state.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-23

Theodore Roosevelt highlights the natural advantages the state of Washington receives from Puget Sound. He also discusses Alaska becoming a state and the industries of that area. The spirit of youth and the strength of manhood make it so that “we are resolute to face all the problems that confront us.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-23

Frank Harper, Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt, declines George Prince’s request for an appointment with Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-16

The Trans-Alaskan Railway Company is starting a steamer line between Seattle, Washington, and Iliamna Bay, Alaska. An annual pass is enclosed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ailes writes to President Roosevelt regarding his recent travels to California. Ailes investigated the opinions of labor union members in San Francisco, Seattle, and other Northwestern cities concerning Roosevelt’s reinstatement of William A. Miller as Assistant Foreman to the United States Government Printing Office. Labor union members largely favor Roosevelt’s decision. Specifically, Ailes mentions meeting Raymond Stammond Baker in San Fransisco who was investigating the same topic for a magazine article. Ailes also discusses the poor working conditions in Baltimore, Maryland, Saint Louis, Missouri, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the topic of banking and currency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-11

James Sullivan Clarkson advises William Loeb that President Roosevelt should personally write and invite Mr. Leigh Hunt to dinner at the White House, as it would mean a lot to him. Clarkson describes Hunt’s business ventures in Iowa, Seattle, China and Korea. Clarkson is convinced that Roosevelt and Hunt will get along well and also emphasizes that Hunt could be a great asset to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-08

Paul Morton informs President Roosevelt that he has talked to Lyons, who said that Roosevelt is about to try hunting in New Mexico. Morton offers to arrange a bear hunting trip in New Mexico and requests that the military transport to the Philippines remain based in San Francisco, rather than being moved to Seattle, unless it is in the best interests of the country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-16

Herschel V. Jones offers advice on the Alaskan boundary dispute and Judge Burke of Seattle, Washington. Burke has been opposed to Secretary of State Hay’s actions regarding the Alaskan boundary, but Jones thinks a friend can be won through giving Burke an audience when he is in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-03