Manuscripts

The common sense of civil service reform :

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Description: Open letter to the editor of Century Magazine written while Roosevelt was a commissioner on the U.S. Civil Service Commission in Washington, D.C. and signed by him. He discusses federal appointments during the Benjamin Harrison administration, in particular those of Southern white Democrats and Black Republicans; he also highlights the benefits of the civil service reform law for the government and for employees and contrasts them with the old patronage system. The letter is bound in a leather volume and includes a title page and portrait of Roosevelt. Written on United States Civil Service Commission letterhead. Published in Century Magazine, May 1894.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1894 March 3.
Call number: mssHM 6011
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)

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Printed proofs for Roosevelt's magazine article have been mounted and bound in a volume; they contain autograph edits and additions by Roosevelt and his signature. Volume also contains a copy of a portrait of Roosevelt. Article published in Century Magazine, November 1, 1886.

mssHM 6010

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Theodore Roosevelt correspondence with William M. Van der Weyde concerning Thomas Paine

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Volume contains correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and William M. Van der Weyde regarding Roosevelt's reference to Thomas Paine as a "filthy little atheist" in his publication Gouverneur Morris (1888). Roosevelt alleged his description of Paine was partly based on a quote from statesman Gouverneur Morris's journal. The letters discuss the origin of the Morris quote and histories of Paine by authors Jared Sparks and Moncure Daniel Conway. Roosevelt expounds upon the definitions of "atheist" and "deist" in several letters. The final Roosevelt letter is sent by his secretary on his behalf (1918 September 4, mssHM 6026). Roosevelt's letters to Van der Weyde are all signed typescripts; most contain autograph edits. In addition, the volume contains typescript and facsimile copies of a letter from Roosevelt to "Mr. Hartmann," 1917 October 23 (FAC 50). Van der Weyde's letters are typescript signed copies. An introduction to the correspondence by Van der Weyde and images of Paine, Morris, Roosevelt, Van der Weyde, and others are also present in the volume. Two images are original photographs of Roosevelt, one a portrait and the other at his desk, taken by Van der Weyde and signed by him (undated). Items were bound together by Van Der Weyde for preservation purposes; title on binding is "Roosevelt - Van der Weyde Correspondnce concerning Thomas Paine." Volume contains five Theodore Roosevelt typescript letters signed dated: 1918 April 4 (mssHM 6015), 1918 April 19 (mssHM 6016), 1918 July 1 (mssHM 6019), 1918 July 9 (mssHM 6021), and 1918 August 21 (mssHM 6024).

mssHM 6014-6026

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letters to John C. Scott, Corpus Christi, Texas :

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Three letters written on letterhead of The Outlook magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt. One item concerns the National Committee, presumably of the Progressive Party, and the Republican Party; another letter expresses a denial of a statement attributed to Roosevelt. The third item is an acknowledgement of Scott's letter. The letter dated July 8 contains autograph edits; an unedited copy of this letter is located in the Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Library of Congress. Recipient is identifed as John Cochran Scott (1861-1927) by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. Letters dated: 1912 June 5, July 5, July 8.

mssHM 20199-20201

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letter to Russell Benedict, New York :

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Roosevelt writes that he cannot accept Benedict's invitation to speak, presumably at a Society of Mayflower Descendants event. Written on letterhead for The Outlook magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt.

mssHM 23540

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Ranch life in the far west :

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Manuscript draft with autograph edits of chapter one, "The Cattle Country of the Far West" and chapter two, "Out on the Range," of Roosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (New York: The Century Company, 1888). Chapter two begins on page 17. Item has been bound in leather with the title page Theodore Roosevelt Original Manuscript Ranch Life in the Far West. Signed by Roosevelt in pencil.

mssHM 6012

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letter to Herbert J. Jackson, Hyde Park, Massachusetts :

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Roosevelt writes he is unable to supply a photograph due to great demand, suggests an alternative source. With autograph annotation. Written on letterhead for Metropolitan magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt.

mssHM 23530

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