Letter from John Graham Brooks to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Abbott, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Fraser), 1859-1933, Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915, Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931, Books and reading, Brown, William Garrott, 1868-1913, Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940, Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918, Race relations, Socialism, Stone, Alfred Holt, 1870-1955
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John Graham Brooks thanks President Roosevelt for his letter on Alfred Holt Stone. He had already gotten letters about Stone’s Studies in the American Race Problem from Edwin Anderson Alderman, Walter Hines Page, and William Garrott Brown. Brooks also received another edition of Socialism & Individualism. He told Lawrence F. Abbott that it is the most powerful work he has seen in thirty years of reading socialist literature.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-16
Creator(s)
Brooks, John Graham, 1846-1938
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from John Graham Brooks to Theodore Roosevelt. [November 16, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59511. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Brooks, John Graham, 1846-1938. Letter from John Graham Brooks to Theodore Roosevelt. [16 Nov. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 13, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59511.
APA:
Brooks, John Graham, 1846-1938., [1908, November 16]. Letter from John Graham Brooks to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59511.
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 13, 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.
