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President Roosevelt appreciates the clippings sent to him by Andrew Carnegie. He appreciates Carnegie’s advice on trade.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-23
President Roosevelt felt compelled to reply to Andrew Carnegie’s letter as “it is one of the most refreshing communications I have had.” Secretary of War William H. Taft, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer agree. Roosevelt hopes Carnegie can visit the White House soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-13
President Roosevelt is pleased by what Andrew Carnegie is going to do for the Bureau of American Republics, and believes he has done something similar for the Hague Peace Conference. His gifts significantly aid the cause of peace for both hemispheres.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-02
President Roosevelt tells Andrew Carnegie that when he next sees Dr. Isaac K. Funk to tell him that his recent letter was convincing, but their opponents will not listen to reason. Roosevelt does not believe he can take action on the Geographic Names issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to hear from Andrew Carnegie and gives his regards to Carnegie’s wife.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-15
Theodore Roosevelt defends his decision to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination against President Taft. He is disappointed in Taft and feels that Taft has abandoned many of the policies that Roosevelt supported during his presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-03-05
Theodore Roosevelt defends an editorial he wrote regarding an unnamed treaty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Andrew Carnegie, saying he would like to visit the petrified forest in Arizona but his schedule is full. He also says he believes Al Stevenson to be the one-armed man featured in General Wood’s stories.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Andrew Carnegie to discuss Morningside College’s interview request, saying Carnegie responded just as he had expected. Roosevelt says he will let the school and Margaret Gay Dolliver know Carnegie will not give an interview.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-03
President Roosevelt details the numerous accomplishments of Secretary of State Elihu Root to Andrew Carnegie. Roosevelt makes clear that while the successes occurred during his administration, the credit for State Department efforts firmly belongs to Root, especially as they relate to world peace. Roosevelt is unable to give a speech in Norway, as the request came after he accepted three speaking engagements in Europe and rejected all others.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-26
President Roosevelt sends Andrew Carnegie a letter to be used at his discretion. Roosevelt did this on the impetus of Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-26
President Roosevelt thanks Andrew Carnegie for his telegram, and feels that they should all be congratulated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-11
President Roosevelt obtained his first LL.D. from Northwestern University, and he assures Andrew Carnegie that it is an excellent and not overly Methodist institution. He hopes that Carnegie will meet with the university’s president, A. W. Harris, whose letter is enclosed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-02
President Roosevelt agrees with Andrew Carnegie that the peace societies should wait to take action. Roosevelt thinks the “good people of California” should take the initiative to avoid objections.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-22
Even though he “never could have written them,” President Roosevelt enjoyed the book of poems Andrew Carnegie sent him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-15
President Roosevelt understands Andrew Carnegie’s reasons for not being able to accept the presidency of the Forestry Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-11
President Roosevelt invites Andrew Carnegie and his wife, Louise Whitfield Carnegie, to dine with him on December 8. The Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero will be there. Roosevelt would like to go over Carnegie’s book, which he has been reading “with real pleasure.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-17
President Roosevelt has just received Andrew Carnegie’s Problems of To-day, which he looks forward to reading.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-14
President Roosevelt profusely thanks Andrew Carnegie for his gift of Edward S. Curtis’s books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-04