Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Smith Cochran
Subject(s): Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929, Civil service, Elizabethan Club (Yale University), Lambert, Alexander, 1861-1939, Massachusetts--Boston, Millinery workers, Nobel Prizes, Poetry, United States. Congress, Wages
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Theodore Roosevelt write to Alexander Smith Cochran, founder of the Elizabethan Club, to inquire about employment opportunities for poet Bliss Carman. Roosevelt mentions that when he was President, he angered the “ultra-civil-service Reformers” by encouraging a similar poet, Arlington Robinson, to pursue writing instead of his work at a millinery store.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-02-04
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Cochran, Alexander Smith, 1874-1929
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Smith Cochran. [February 4, 1915]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211595. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Smith Cochran. [4 Feb. 1915]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 9, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211595.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1915, February 4]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Smith Cochran.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211595.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 9, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
