Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

Language

English

Following Julian LaRose Harris’s letter, President Roosevelt has a better understanding of the situation. He asks Harris to visit sometime after Roosevelt returns to Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Julian LaRose Harris that Mayor Walthall R. Joyner of Atlanta previously wrote to him about a proposal to buy the house of Harris’ father, Joel Chandler Harris, as a monument to him. Roosevelt inquires if Harris and Joyner spoke and reached any conclusion on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-04-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

Language

English

Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter and requests Julian LaRose Harris’s opinion on it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Frank Harper asks Julian LaRose Harris to do what is necessary and let him know the result of the enclosures included in the letter. He tells Harris that Robert F. Duckworth would be a wonderful acquisition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-12

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Julian LaRose Harris that he has distributed thousands of a clipping of a bull moose from the Philadelphia North American.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt describes in detail the challenging issue of race in the Progressive Party, as well as the Republican and Democratic Parties. He says, “We have made the Progressive issue a moral, not a racial issue.” Roosevelt concludes that the Progressive Party, as well as Southern black men, will be best served by appealing to Southern white men who support civil rights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-08-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary returns to Julian LaRose Harris a letter from Garrard Harris and a letter from Henry Woodfin Grady.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-25

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt forwards a letter to Julian LaRose Harris and asks if Harris has information on the author.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Julian LaRose Harris to meet with Roosevelt at 3:00 tomorrow.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-01

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Julian LaRose Harris for his information and believes Wright to be a valuable man. Roosevelt also thanks Harris for being a good friend and would like to see him when possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary replies to and agrees with Julian Harris that a campaign visit to Georgia in November would be advisable; however, a nomination at the Chicago convention in April would be required first.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-30

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt does not want to “fight out” anything with Julian LaRose Harris but wants to discuss matters with him. He acknowledges his position of ease and Harris’s difficulty. When Roosevelt speaks of lynching, he is careful to attack Northerners, not Southerners. The response to Harris’s article makes Roosevelt indignant. He commends Harris for his “most valiant work.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to hear from Julian LaRose Harris and wants to know if he comes to New York City. He received a letter from Judge Elbert H. Gary and thinks he has done all he can.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Julian LaRose Harris for his work in the campaign and the newspaper articles he sent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt encloses a twice-signed copy of a speech and is happy to have received a newspaper clipping from Julian LaRose Harris. Roosevelt tells Harris that he will like President-Elect William H. Taft’s inaugural address and says that himself, Taft, and Harris are on the same page regarding African Americans in the South.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt answers a request by Julian LaRose Harris for presidential memorabilia and congratulates him on successful circulation of his publication, Uncle Remus’s Magazine. Roosevelt demurs to take a political stance on Southern states and other issues until he returns from Africa. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919