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Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt in poetic form about a telegram received from her about the World’s Fair. He informs her of his attempt to procure tickets and the travel plans that he has arranged.
1892-1893
Anna J. Bell comments to Theodore Roosevelt on a variety of disconnected issues, writing about her personal history, her father-in-law, the Democratic Party, and her wish for her children to receive a good education and be taught morals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-24
Montgomery Schuyler is writing an article about American architecture and is struggling to find a good example of a log cabin. He remembers Theodore Roosevelt’s hunting cabin being at the Chicago World’s Fair, and asks if Roosevelt can point him to a photograph of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-02
Victor Geza Fischer wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday and discusses the origins of the Christopher Columbus portrait that he is sending. He believes that it is authentic, because it is an etched copy of a portrait that was in Columbus’s son Ferdinand’s house in Genoa. The etching is made by Victor Louis Focillon, who won a gold medal in graphic arts at the Chicago World’s Fair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-27
Cardboard fan on a wooden handle, souvenir of Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition. One side of the fan includes a color illustration of the fair grounds; other side has an advertisement for a “Blue Label” (Union-made) Cigar — including a quote from Theodore Roosevelt regarding tenement house factories.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1893
At center is a place for Republicans to go to commiserate while awaiting the next election. Such stalwart Republicans as George F. Edmunds, John Sherman, William M. Evarts, George F. Hoar, and Thomas B. Reed wait there. Surrounding vignettes show a prominent citizen being escorted by two “Bureau of Public Comfort” guards who keep the press at bay, a sewing station for women’s clothing after a round of bargain shopping, a room where anarchists can blow off some steam “without disturbing anybody,” an educational facility to help orient newcomers to the ways of the city, and a hypnotist who attempts to convince servants to work in the country. Caption: Some of the useful purposes it might serve.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-10-25
Score and lyrics written about The Great Chicago Fair of 1893, rereleased in 1912 with a cover depicting TR and Taft brawling in front of Uncle Sam and the Capitol. Arranged by William Loraine.
Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection
1893, 1912
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about plans for their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. Because President Grover Cleveland asked him to do so, Roosevelt thinks that he will stay in his position as Civil Service Commissioner for at least another year though he has not gotten along with his colleagues.
1893-04-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. There has been some confusion about the tickets which Roosevelt is trying to sort out. His schedule has changed so he will now have to cut his portion of the trip short by a couple of days.
1893-05-04
Secretary of State Foster provides a letter of reference for William Eleroy Curtis, director of the Bureau of American Republics and representative of the World’s Fair, who was traveling to obtain items for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition the following year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1892-09-22