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16 January 1904
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Paul H. Lacey
Discusses his desire for a Square Deal for all Americans. Severely faded. Typed on White House letterhead.
GLC04078
25 October 1915
Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)
Needs and progress of the Negro
Printed leaflet of an address delivered by Washington at the annual meeting of the American Missionary Association. First page contains the New York address of the Missionary Association and a photograph of Washington. Text indicates that this is...
GLC04297.02
16 December 1919
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
to Hamilton Holt
Written on personal stationery. Hoover thanks Holt of The Independent for an invitation but regrets that he will be in California.
GLC04675.32
24 October 1914
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
[Excerpt from speech at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on October 24, 1914]
Wilson expresses support for the YMCA. He is impatient with those who think the purpose of Christianity is to help individuals develop their character. He prefers people devote themselves to aiding others, and good character will result as a by...
GLC05508.267
23 July 1917
[Statement on reading the Bible for the Scripture Gift Society]
Wilson encourages people to read the Bible in long passages so they can find the heart of it; the Bible is "the key to your own heart, your own happiness, and your own duty." The statement was "prepared by the President for transmission, through...
GLC05508.268
25 September 1911
to [George] Gray
An extraordinary and lengthy letter, full of observations about people he met, especially the crowned heads of Europe. Labeled on page 1 "For nobody's eyes but yours." Written while acting as special ambassador for the United States for King Edward...
GLC05750
1903/06/15
to William P. Frye re: reinstating Dickey against principles of good government
"If I have stood for anything it has been for honesty in public life, and it would be a shameless betrayal of every principle of good government to reinstate [Senator] Dickey...."
GLC05913.03
20 September 1926
Borglum, Gutzon (1867-1941)
National Monument Mount Rushmore Black Hills South Dakota: Report addressed to the Harney Peak Memorial Association
Detailed carbon copy report signed by the sculptor and engineer of Mount Rushmore. Covers everything involved in creating the Mount Rushmore carvings including among other information, the location, the presidents chosen, the time needed, the...
GLC06031
13 November 1916
Lane, Franklin K. (1864-1920)
to G. B. Lunn
Possibly intended for George Richard Lunn, who served as United States Representative from New York 1917-1919. Lane congratulates Lunn on his recent unspecified victory (possibly his election to the House of Representatives), stating "it is good to...
GLC03481.27
13 September 1918
Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr. (1877-1952)
to Oliver K. Hand
Thanks Hand, a lawyer in New York City, for a letter received 4 September. Writes "Naturally I am glad to know that my position with regard to woman suffrage meets your approval. I intend to continue my opposition to this measure." Written on...
GLC03481.28
1910
Lincoln Said Women Should Vote
Washington woman suffrage poster, featuring Abraham Lincoln's quote, "I go for all sharing the priviledges of government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women."
GLC09103
1917/01/25
to Carrie C. Catt re: women's suffrage
President Wilson expresses solidarity with the woman's suffrage movement. "I have a very real interest in the extension of the suffrage to the women, and I feel that every step in this direction should be applauded." Catt headed the influential...
GLC07144
22 December 1923
Taft, William H. (1857-1930)
to Gertrude Ely
Notes that he shares Ely's "impatience and amusement" with the Molly Pitcher Club. Discusses attempts to alter the Volstead law and his personal opposition to prohibition. But because of his belief in popular government he must respect the law....
GLC07319
15 April 1912 ca.
Dodge, Washington (1859-1919)
Eyewitness account of sinking of the Titanic
Written by a first-class passenger on Carpathia stationery: "Awakened about 11:40 by a violent jar....I went out to the promenade deck and soon learned that we had run into ice...and I had heard a passenger state that he saw an iceberg pass the...
GLC07640
22 June 1901
Jackson, Giles B., 1853-1924;
to R. C. Burrow
Seeks information for the Negro Business League's attempt to document African-Americans who meet Virginia's voting requirements. Explains that "The Negro Business League of Va. is endeavoring to...assist the constitutional convention in deriving at...
GLC08907
20 April 1908
to Victor Howard Metcalf
Writes as President to Secretary of Navy Metcalf regarding a meeting designed to take stock of America's natural resources. Also invited were the justices of the Supreme Court, both houses of Congress, and his cabinet. Includes a stamp of receipt...
GLC01619
28 October 1901
to Gen. Curtis Guild
Signed as President. Roosevelt writes that his "Southern policy" is to "take the best man white or black."
GLC02793.054
1914/08/06
to Thomas Marshall re: thanking him for his thoughtfulness
Written as President. Date inferred from content. Marshall was Wilson's Vice President.
GLC02793.062
1915/01/20
to Jesse W. Weik re: thanks for sample of Lincoln's handwriting
Written as President
GLC02793.063
1915/11/22
to J. Edwin Murphy re: asking for explanation about a story on his typewriter
Signed as President. Enclosing a news story about Wilson's faulty typewriter which Wilson calls "silly and annoying." Murphy was editor of the Washington Times.
GLC02793.064
1915/11/30
to J. Edwin Murphy re: thanking him for admitting mistake
Signed as President. Goes with #2793.064. Wilson's distress was in being seen "a fool and a sloven." Murphy was editor of the Washington Times.
GLC02793.065
7 April 1915
to Alfred Burr
Signed as President. Letter regarding the investigation of statements made against Mr. Spellacy.
GLC02925.23
22 August 1914
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Chapman
Says he has published an article defending Ulysses S. Grant against attacks by Adolphus Richards. Sends a copy of the article, which he has had published anonymously. The article also criticizes General Custer, whom Richards had defended....
GLC03073
3 Febraury 1916
Marshall, Thomas (1913-1921)
to Edwin F. Husi
Letter regarding Husi's recipient's upcoming marriage. Written on printed stationery "The Vice-President's Chamber."
GLC02512.08
3 July 1908
to "My Dear Senator", [Jonathan Bourne, Jr.]
Discusses the Standard Oil Trust case and feels it imprudent that the recipient continue to be the intermediary between the lawyers and Mr. Kellogg, the Attorney General, and Mr. Bonaparte. Encloses a note from Mr. Bonaparte (not included) regarding...
GLC00394
May 1918
[Two items relating to Woodrow Wilson] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC00971
2 November 1912
to Timothy L. Woodruff
Writes to Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York regarding political reform and democracy. As a candidate for president, he stresses the right of people to rule themselves. In the 1912 presidential election Roosevelt ran and lost under the...
GLC02372
[circa 10 December] 1914
Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)
Address of W.G. Harding, Before Railway Business Association
Draft of a speech in which Harding reflects on the history of the railroad and his personal connection with it. He extols its benefits and its role in developing modern life, and argues the importance of maintaining it to the United States. He does...
GLC01968
1917/02/28
Mullin, C.S. (fl. 1917)
to: William S. Hall.
GLC02234.42
2 October 1915
Maggie (fl. 1915)
to Sarah Wood
Postcard.
GLC02176.38
8 June 1916
Wood, Mary A.
.
GLC02176.39
3 October 1907
to Quentin Roosevelt. With accompanying photograph. [Decimalized .01- .02]
Writes to his son about sights on the Mississippi River. Mentions getting caught in the rain in St. Louis. With two illustrations by Roosevelt, including a self-caricature. Written on U.S. Steamer Mississippi letterhead. Accompanying photograph
GLC01410.03
to Quentin Roosevelt
Writes to his son about sights on the Mississippi River. Mentions getting caught in the rain in St. Louis. With two illustrations by Roosevelt, including a self-caricature. Written on U.S. Steamer Mississippi letterhead.
GLC01410.03.01
6 October 1907
Writes to his son about a dog washed ashore and raised by the children of John Parker (his camp commander). Illustrated by Roosevelt. Encloses a picture on a possum (not included). Written on White House letterhead.
GLC01410.04
May 1912
[Sample ballot card for the 1912 Republican National Convention]
Printed by Allied Printing. Inscribed "to little Miss Mabel" and signed by Roosevelt. The pro-Roosevelt campaign document explains how William H. Taft's managers "denied you the right to vote your preference for president" and instructs how to...
GLC01487
4 March 1910
Wright, Wilbur (1867-1912)
to Hart O. Berg
Comments that he hopes to be in New York before Mr. Peartree leaves. Discusses aircraft engines and mentions the new German motors that give five horsepower more than the French. Asks if he has received a statement of account that was supposed to...
GLC01536
16 November 1910
Gives a detailed account of the 1910 International Air Meet. States that the Americans did much better than the French. Comments on a few men whose planes broke down and states, "Why does not the French government forbid monoplanes?-They have...
GLC01537
[1917/02/24]
Cheny, John Vance (fl. 1917)
By and by [poem or quote]
GLC02453.08
15 January 1914
Downing, C. A. (fl. 1914)
to Frank Damuth
Announces the death of Dolphus Damuth on 30 December 1913, written by the "Fort Atkinson Lodge Knights of Pythias, in loving remembrance of the many delightful years he was a member of this lodge."
GLC03523.14.86
13 March 1912
to the Senate and the House
Inflation and the cost of living. "How far the system of cooperative organization which flourishes in various European countries may be adapted to our highly organized and individualistic social organization may perhaps only be determined by...
GLC09098
26 October 1912
Republican National Committee
[1912 Taft presidential advertisement]
One presidential advertisement for Taft's reelection printed in the "Saturday Evening Post" dated October 26, 1912. The one-paged print out is an endorsement of William Howard Taft by the Republican National Committee. Text refers to candidate...
GLC09670
14 January 1914
Stevens, Frederick Clement (1861-1923)
to A.G. Johnson
Replies to Johnson's telegram of January 13, 1914 calling for Stevens to oppose the literacy test as part of the Burnett immigration bill. Agrees with Johnson that the bill should not pass and, "...if the provisions of the bill had been carried out...
GLC09518.01
Manahan, James (1866-1932)
Manahan's reply to Johnson's telegram that he oppose the literacy test of the Burnett immigration bill. Agrees that the test unfairly discriminates against immigrants. "You know as well as I do that if the rabid restrictionists of our country had had...
GLC09518.02
16 January 1914
Smith, George Ross (1864-1952)
In reply to Johnson's telegram, Smith details his opposition to the Burnett Bill especially the measure for illiteracy testing. "I believe in keeping out the crazed, the diseased, the defective… but I do not believe in excluding on the mere ground of...
GLC09518.03
26 January 1915
Wilson, William Bauchop (1862-1934)
A response from Secretary of Labor William Bauchop Wilson to A.G. Johnson's letter to President Woodrow Wilson regarding the latter's opposition to the Butler Immigration Bill. States the President will consider Johnson's comments.
GLC09518.04
9 February 1917
Fernandes, M. M. (fl. 1917)
to Mr. Aruestroug and Mr. Parker
Discusses a sale of Madeira embroidery and some other related business. Written on letterhead of "M.M. Fernandes, Ship-Chandler, steam ship agent and wine merchant, and manufacturer of wicker work, Madeira embroideries, and a dealer in fancy goods."...
GLC03545.24.12
19 July 1905
to Henry Needham
Writes to Neeham, of McClure's magazine, describing his hobbies and interests. He writes, "I am not an athlete; I am simply a good,...out-of-doors man." Copy of a letter with written corrections not in Roosevelt's hand.
GLC03663.03
27 April 1910
Cody, William F. (1846-1917)
to Joseph K. Dixon re: Dixon's filming Indian councils at Little Big Horn
Praises Dixon's filming of one of the last great Indian councils and describes how the film was seen by President Taft and other dignitaries. Written on his colorful letterhead.
GLC03911.06
circa 1914-1923
[Speech given to an Elks Club]
A draft of a lengthy disquisition on the nature of history and memory, human fellowship and greatness, and the enduring quality of true goodness. Contains many autograph edits. Date approximated from his tenure in national public offices.
GLC04909
5 December 1919
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
to Myron W. Mores
Thanks for note. Typed on stationery of the Massachusetts governor.
GLC04675.31
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