Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Booker T. Washington

Subject(s): Alabama--Tuskegee, Justice, Meetings, Trials (Assault and battery), Tuskegee Institute

Theodore Roosevelt will be unable to travel to Tuskegee, Alabama, for the Tuskegee Board of Directors meeting. He would like to speak with Booker T. Washington regarding the injustice done to Washington at the Ulrich trial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Language

English

Period

Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

1

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

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 Booker T. Washington. [December 6, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o221693. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Booker T. Washington. [6 Dec. 1911]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o221693.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1911, December 6]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Booker T. Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o221693.

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. December 12, 2025. 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.