Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Owen Wister asks to see President Roosevelt and his wife Edith. He wants to discuss the “Negro question.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-09

Owen Wister will visit President Roosevelt at 6:00.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-13

Owen Wister apologizes for and explains a failure in communications between him and President Roosevelt. He looks forward to seeing Roosevelt soon and discussing proposed changes to an article Roosevelt has written on Yellowstone.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-16

Owen Wister encourages President Roosevelt to read the enclosed letter and consider forwarding it to Gifford Pinchot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09

Owen Wister was shocked by the carriage accident and hopes to visit President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-06

Owen Wister is pleased that President Roosevelt liked his book The Virginian. The chapter Roosevelt mentioned is the one Wister is most proud of. He notes that it would be inappropriate for Roosevelt to review the book, because it is dedicated to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-10

Owen Wister is sending President Roosevelt a copy of his upcoming book.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-27

Owen Wister will be meeting with Gifford Pinchot about Wind River and would like to speak with President Roosevelt the same day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-07

Owen Wister is outraged that Frank R. Frost, Porcellian Club member and Spanish-American War veteran, is not being included in events surrounding President Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-02

Owen Wister encourages President Roosevelt to find an appointment for James Tucker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-18

Owen Wister describes his recent work for General Wilson’s book The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914. He is writing the section about President Roosevelt and has refused Wilson’s request to include a short piece about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. The work has taken many hours, although it was difficult to create an appropriate tone in such a short piece.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-05

Owen Wister asks Theodore Roosevelt for help on an entry on Roosevelt that will be included in a book about United States presidents. He does not know what to include about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-31

Owen Wister regrets that he was unable to be with President Roosevelt at Yale University. He is glad Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington forced the southern states to show their “dirty hand.” Wister recently became the father of twins.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-23

Owen Wister is traveling to Washington, D.C., and requests to meet with President Roosevelt. Wister has just been in South Carolina and suggests a Union party could be formed in that state of people disgusted with Republicans and Democrats.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-17

Owen Wister expresses his sympathy for Vice President Roosevelt as President McKinley’s health declines. Roosevelt has Wister’s continued confidence and faith.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-13

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-03-27

Creator(s)

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-06-07

Creator(s)

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-06-06

Creator(s)

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919