Letter from Carroll Smalley Page to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Bills, Legislative, Dolliver, Jonathan P. (Jonathan Prentiss), 1858-1910, Germany, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Vocational education--Law and legislation
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Senator Carroll Smalley Page informs Theodore Roosevelt he has taken up the bill to bring agricultural and industrial education to children who do not have access to college because they are sons of laborers and farmers. Germany has a system to prepare boys for apprenticeship and work starting at age fourteen. Page quotes Roosevelt in the report he encloses knowing Roosevelt is sympathetic to the project and hopes he will provide Page with encouragement by referring to the bill in The Outlook.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-13
Creator(s)
Page, Carroll Smalley, 1843-1925
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate
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 Carroll Smalley Page to Theodore Roosevelt. [December 13, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o73549. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Page, Carroll Smalley, 1843-1925. Letter from Carroll Smalley Page to Theodore Roosevelt. [13 Dec. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 8, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o73549.
APA:
Page, Carroll Smalley, 1843-1925., [1911, December 13]. Letter from Carroll Smalley Page to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o73549.
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 8, 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.
