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Film, VideoTR at Sagamore Hill [1916]
Roosevelt Memorial Association title: TR at Sagamore Hill, 1917-1918 | Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, 1916 On May 27, 1916, shortly before the Republican Party and Progressive Party conventions, the newly formed Roosevelt Non-Partisan League sponsors a demonstration of support for TR at Sagamore Hill. Many prominent men are included in the over 2,000 people who traveled from New York City to Oyster Bay to see TR and hear him speak on "Americanism." Panning shots of crowd gathered around porch;...- Contributor: Hurd, Richard M. (Richard Melancthon) - Roosevelt, Theodore - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1915
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Film, VideoSan Francisco's future By mid-1916, after viewing the carnage in Europe, the United States saw itself poised with great reluctance on the edge of participation in World War I. Isolationism and anti-preparedness feeling remained strong in San Francisco, not only among radicals such as the International Workers of the Worlds ("the Wobblies"), but also among responsible labor leaders. At the same time, with the rise of Bolshevism...
- Contributor: Rodiester, Claire - Hearst, Phoebe Apperson - Afi/Post (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - Rolph, James
- Date: 1916