Wilson, Huntington, 1875-

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-28

Creator(s)

Wilson, Huntington, 1875-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Acting Secretary of State Wilson forwards Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a circular issued by the Nobel Committee with information about the awarding of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13

Huntington Wilson informs Theodore Roosevelt he has received a gold medal from the King of Italy in recognition of services rendered to citizens who suffered damages from an earthquake in Calabria and Sicily in 1908.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-10

Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends three memoranda to Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon. In the first, Wilson gives a brief curriculum vitae of Japanese diplomat Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto, indicating he is considered an “elder statesman” in Japan and likely to be the next prime minister. In the second memorandum, Wilson describes Japanese public opinion and press coverage of the immigration situation in the United States, particularly in San Francisco. The third memorandum describes complaints sent by the Chambers of Commerce of Japan to the “principal” Chambers of Commerce of the United States regarding the treatment of Japanese immigrants.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-06

Third Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends copies of memoranda he has prepared for Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon, noting that the first two might be useful for President Roosevelt to read in advance of his meeting with Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto of Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-06

Huntington Wilson sends Assistant Secretary of State Bacon memoranda about Japanese matters which he would like him to give to President Roosevelt. Wilson believes two of the memoranda would be especially useful for Roosevelt to read prior to his meeting with Gonnohyōe Yamamoto.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-06

Third Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends a dispatch from the Consul at Milan, Italy, acknowledging the message of President Roosevelt to the Peace Conference.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-03

Huntington Wilson writes to Secretary of State Root regarding the presentation of President Roosevelt’s Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Wilson encloses two letters, one forwarding the book to Count Takaaki Katō for presentation to the Emperor, and the other from Katō expressing the Emperor’s appreciation of the gift.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-30