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Theodore Roosevelt would like George W. Perkins to meet with Judson C. Welliver who has been working on publicity with Frank Andrew Munsey. He suggests that Welliver be put on the board of publicity with Oscar K. Davis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-09
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Des Moines, Iowa, Mayor John MacVicar for his support in the Progressive Party movement. He asks MacVicar to take care of things in Iowa and to contact Senator Dixon while he prepares his Iowa speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt appreciated Senator Borah’s letter. He doesn’t personally mind the letter he got from Judson C. Welliver, but is sorry to see his “hysteria and untruthfulness,” and that he is becoming a person who “subordinates principles to practical achievement.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-08-12
President Roosevelt tells Frank Andrew Munsey that he is pleased with the article Judson C. Welliver wrote about him, and includes a postscript asking Munsey to keep the contents of this letter confidential.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-26
President Roosevelt will do what he can to help Judson C. Welliver.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-18
President Roosevelt would like Commissioner of Corporations Smith to have the journalist Judson C. Welliver undertake an investigation for them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-29
Judd Wellover will let Theodore Roosevelt know if he is able to get the inside information that Roosevelt needs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918
Albert Shaw has asked Judson C. Welliver to write a new article for The American Review of Reviews that provides a more informative overview of the Roosevelt administration. The “spirit and the intelligence” that William Loeb and President Roosevelt liked in the original manuscript will be retained. Shaw thanks Loeb for sending Welliver to him, and is optimistic about both this article and Clark’s piece on the Africa trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-01
Albert Shaw liked the “spirit” but not the prose of Judson C. Welliver’s article about President Roosevelt. He has asked Welliver to write a new piece in simpler language that delivers a systematic overview of the Roosevelt administration’s accomplishments. Shaw is optimistic about Edward B. Clark’s article for young readers on Roosevelt’s Africa trip. It is almost complete, and will be published in the March edition of The American Review of Reviews. Shaw shares his plans for the accompanying illustrations, and requests a photograph of Roosevelt in hunting attire. He also requests the short letter outlining Roosevelt’s goals for the trip that they discussed Friday evening. Shaw’s editorial remarks in the March issue will endeavor to frame Roosevelt’s legacy and future career plans in a flattering light.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-01
Frank Andrew Munsey is having Judson C. Welliver write a summary of President Roosevelt’s achievements in office for Munsey’s Magazine and would like Roosevelt to assist and authorize the article. Munsey approves of Roosevelt’s conduct in office generally, and mentions Roosevelt’s recent ninety-eight mile ride in a post script.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-16