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Theodore Roosevelt shares details of his involvement with the Red Cross, speaking engagements, and his efforts to raise awareness on the government’s “inefficiency and delay” in the war effort.
1918-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the book. He is disgusted with President Wilson who has “dragged our honor through the dust.” Roosevelt will not get into a fight over the presidential nomination and does not believe he will be nominated.
1916-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt describes the American war effort as “war by rhetoric,” which is receiving approval from pacifists and pro-Germans. President Wilson continues to be a rhetorician and has done almost nothing except keep Roosevelt and General Wood out of the war.
1917-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates William Roscoe Thayer’s letter and enjoyed the poem. He has been grimly amused at President Wilson trying to double cross the allies and then Germany.
1918-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed William Roscoe Thayer’s poem to President Wilson. He believes that the election results will allow others to speak with similar frankness.
1918-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt is disgusted with President Wilson’s policies. He would like to discuss matters with Frances Theodora Parsons and compliments her poem.
1917-03-19
Theodore Roosevelt is disappointed that he will not be able to participate in the war. He has a low opinion of President Wilson and suggests that the Allies will not seek Roosevelt’s services for fear of antagonizing Wilson, a man that would sacrifice anything for personal advancement. Ted Roosevelt and Archie Roosevelt attempted to enlist as privates with General Pershing but they were refused as this would be a “waste of material.” He is pleased that James Russell Parsons is preparing for military service, even though he cannot enlist for many months.
1917-05-24
President Wilson, as a pharaoh, rides in an Egyptian chariot drawn by the Democratic donkey. Wilson holds a small sword and ropes attached to a man labeled “Monopoly” whose arms are bound behind him, walking on his knees, and wearing a money-bag crown, a moose, representing the Bull Moose Movement, and the Republican elephant. In the upper right are two figures labeled “Underwood” and “Simmons” leading an army of Congressmen who supported the Underwood-Simmons Act.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-10-01
President Wilson is a chef roasting hot dogs labeled “Congress” on a grill labeled “Washington in Summer” at a beach, with bathing house and lighthouse in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-07-16
President Wilson as a doctor stands at an open door labeled “63rd Congress,” telling Uncle Sam as an expectant father standing outside the door that it looks like “it’s going to be twins.” In other words, the 63rd Congress will pass legislation on tariff reform and currency reform, as Oscar W. Underwood, coming upstairs, brings a second bed labeled “Currency Reform” to place next to a bed labeled “Tariff Reform.” Caption: Dr. Wilson–Prepare yourself for a great joy. I think it’s going to be twins.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-07-16
Illustration shows a cameo portrait of President Wilson as a mosquito.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-07-23
Former president William H. Taft hands President Wilson an infant wrapped in clothing labeled “Mexican Situation,” holding a knife in one hand and shooting off a handgun with the other.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-03-05
President Wilson stands on a stage facing an audience of eyes labeled “The Press, Congress, The People, Economy, The Tariff, Capital, The Trusts, Cuba, Navy, Labor, Child Labor, Mexico, The Canal, Philippines, Business, Politician, G.O.P., Office Seeker, Alaska, [and] Teddy.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-03-05
President Wilson appears as a police officer with William Jennings Bryan behind him as they walk down a street lined with buildings labeled “Crooked Business, Food Adulteration, Public Land Graft, [and] The Pork Barrel.” They are watched closely by men looking out doorways and windows, including two men labeled “Flim Flam Finance” and “Tariff Graft.” Caption: The political underworld doesn’t quite know where it is at. Just how much will the new man stand for?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-03-26
A man labeled “Consumer” rubs a lamp labeled “Tariff Question” from which a genii has emerged labeled “Wilson.” Caption: The Genii — What are my lord’s commands? / Aladdin — Reduce the cost of living!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-04-09
An infant labeled “Protected Privilege” clings to a nurse labeled “High Tariff” because President Wilson wants to feed her from a baby bottle labeled “Open-Market Competition” carried by “Underwood, Marshall, Clark, Redfield” and others who are unidentified.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-04-30
A weary President Wilson carries Vice President Marshall on his back as he climbs up a rocky hillside labeled “Administration Problems” from the sea. Marshall has a gavel in one hand and a large megaphone labeled “Four Years’ Silence” in the other; he is wearing a turban. Caption: Vice-President Marshall as The Old Man of the Sea; President Wilson as Inbad [i.e., Sinbad], the Sailor.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-05-07
This handwritten draft of Theodore Roosevelt’s message to the 1916 Progressive Convention declines the nomination for president.
1916
Collection of correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker regarding Roosevelt’s efforts to raise a division of volunteers for military service abroad in light of the conflict in Europe. Baker and Roosevelt have conflicting views on the potential composition of an American expeditionary force and a volunteer division is opposed by Baker and the Wilson administration. Published in Metropolitan Magazine, August 1917.
1917
Full page, black ink cartoon featuring nine drawings that combine names and characteristics of prominent leaders, such as Theodore Wilson and Woodrow Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1914-1918