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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-07-17
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson draws Theodore Roosevelt’s attention to a mistake his secretary made in sending a letter to the wrong person. Robinson did not know that Edith Kermit Carow Rosoevelt did not remember her accident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-04
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is thrilled to hear that Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering from his illness. She has been traveling on a steam ship and felt anxious when she could not receive news of his condition. Yet she has found time for relaxation in the captain’s suite. She has enjoyed traveling with her friends and seeing the picturesque coast of Africa and the Rock of Gibraltar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-18
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson forwards a telegram given to her by Sarah Bancroft Leavitt from Moses Jacob Ezekiel, an American sculptor working in Rome, Italy. Ezekiel wishes for President Roosevelt to delay transferring the American Consul from Rome “until his letter arrives giving serious reasons for this intercession.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-11
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson requests that President Roosevelt write a note to Mrs. Maud Nathan, the president of the Consumers’ League, endorsing the work of the League to be read at their annual meeting. Robinson is one of the vice presidents of the organization and believes it has done wonderful work in improving the work conditions in shops and “agitating against the evils of child labor.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has received and forwarded the check to Dora, and encloses a note she has received from the woman who works for Dora. Robinson lists the Christmas presents she sent to the Roosevelt family and who each one was meant for.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-24
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson writes about funding for a memorial for their uncle James King Gracie, who died in 1903. She suggests that a memorial at the Church of the Holy Communion or the Orthopedic Hospital would be fitting since Gracie was buried from that church and the hospital received money from Gracie’s will.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-18
Corrine Roosevelt Robinson informs Theodore Roosevelt that she just received the letter. She apologizes and will share more on Monday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-08
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson could not hear Theodore Roosevelt during the telephone conversation. She wanted to wish him a happy birthday, ask what book he wanted as a gift, and inquire about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health. She asks him to lunch on November 14 and wants to see him terribly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-31
On behalf of the Henderson and Cowles families, Corrine Roosevelt Robinson congratulates Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on becoming grandparents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanked Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for her note but has not yet thanked Theodore Roosevelt for his “much valued letter.” She cherishes Roosevelt’s thoughts about her poetry. Henry Cabot Lodge, Edith Wharton, and Jacob A. Riis also praised her work. Corinne thinks one of her recent poems has “lyric charm” and may send it in for publication. Her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson, is working hard on his campaign and appreciates Roosevelt’s words.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-03
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson did not know that the “Call of Brother” was coming out in Scribner’s August issue. If she had, she would have sent it to Theodore Roosevelt. She asks Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to write to her frankly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-29
Corinne Robinson confirms some lunch plans with her brother Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson asks her brother Theodore Roosevelt if he is free to get lunch with her and her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson on July 11 or 12. She wishes she could see Roosevelt more.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-03
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson asks Lyman Abbott to forward a letter to her brother Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-10
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-10
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Corinne Robinson sent her brother Theodore Roosevelt a note asking if he could have lunch with her, but fears it was misplaced because she has not heard back from him yet. She is making plans, but would hate to miss the opportunity to talk with him, and so asks him to have his secretary telephone her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-09
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson sends her brother, President Roosevelt, a check for the pigskin library and wants him to think of her every time he and Kermit read during the African safari. Robinson expresses her affection for Roosevelt and wishes him a wonderful trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson sends President Roosevelt birthday wishes, a “little check” and “big love.” She tells her brother that she is always proud of him, and that she becomes particularly sentimental around his birthday, when childhood memories come back. She was very proud of his letter to Patrick H. Grace of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Robinson has been sick since last Wednesday, but she is feeling better now.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-26
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson was very upset that a letter from her brother, President Roosevelt, was sent to the wrong address and she has only just now received it. Robinson fears Roosevelt thinks she is unappreciative of his offer to attend the dedication of a memorial library by her husband, Douglas Robinson. Robinson thanks Roosevelt and assures him his visit will remain secret until the day before. She says her husband’s “eyes suffered” when she told him of Roosevelt’s upcoming visit, as it means so much to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-02