Letter from Katharine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): China, Emigration and immigration, Kin, Yamei, Medicine--Practice, Scheduling, Sin

Katherine Bowlker writes to President Roosevelt on behalf of Yamei Kin, a Chinese woman who is studying at the New York Women’s Medical College. Kin wishes to return to China to practice and teach medicine. Kin would like to meet with President Roosevelt, who is highly regarded in China; she will be in Washington, D.C., on February 20 for two days.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-17

Creator(s)

Bowlker, Katherine Lowell Roosevelt, 1858-1925

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

8

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-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 Katharine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker to Theodore Roosevelt. [February 17, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o44256. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Bowlker, Katherine Lowell Roosevelt, 1858-1925. Letter from Katharine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker to Theodore Roosevelt. [17 Feb. 1904]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o44256.

APA:

Bowlker, Katherine Lowell Roosevelt, 1858-1925., [1904, February 17]. Letter from Katharine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o44256.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

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. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.