Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-02

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-01-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-19

Creator(s)

Batten, John H. (John Henry), 1850-1928

Recipient

Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917

Exposition president William J. Oliver and his assistant Sandford H. Cohen will escort Theodore Roosevelt. The locals are most excited to see him, the hero of the Pan-American War. The Appalachian Exposition has been very successful for the conservation movement and local development.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-09-23

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-07-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917

President Roosevelt instructs publisher William Bailey Howland to handle the matter in whatever way he sees fit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-20

Sydney Brooks introduces William Bailey Howland to Rustom Rustomjee, an editor of a publication in Bombay, India. Rustomjee is planning a trip to America, and Brooks asks if Howland could introduce him to Theodore Roosevelt and some of the staff at The Outlook.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-25

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declares the Chronicle‘s report regarding Roosevelt not supporting President William H. Taft due to not being sufficiently progressive as untrue. Roosevelt has not publicly commented on Taft beyond his articles in The Outlook. He provides a possible source of the rumor and sends William Bailey Howland several clippings for more information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Bailey for the telegram regarding Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. Edith Roosevelt is starting to recover. Theodore Roosevelt also thanks Bailey for sending the book by Colonel Higgins.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Theodore Roosevelt writes to William Bailey Howland that he believes Lord Aberdeen would be the ideal head for this type of celebration, as he is a good citizen and well liked by people in many English-speaking countries.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-11

Theodore Roosevelt wishes that he could accept William Bailey Howland’s invitation to speak, but it is not possible for him to do so. Roosevelt receives thousands of invitations to speak and has found it impossible to accept even “one in a hundred” of them. To accept more would prevent Roosevelt from engaging in any other work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-25

Theodore Roosevelt’s approval of President Wilson’s source was simply his approval of not following William Jennings Bryan’s suggestion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-17

Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Bailey Howland for his letter. Roosevelt has already made arrangements with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-17

Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Bailey Howland for his letter. When he is in New York next, he will lunch at The Independent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-17

President Roosevelt approves of the announcement of his upcoming work with The Outlook and returns a copy to William Bailey Howland. Roosevelt clarifies that the exclusive agreement he has with the magazine refers only to writings, and he may still give speeches on any topic. Roosevelt agrees to signing a letter indicating a start date of March 5, 1909, but emphasizes that he will not be able to provide a large volume of work until his return from his upcoming African safari.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-30

President Roosevelt was interested in the article by Louis F. Swift that William B. Howland sent to him, and comments that it “really takes exactly the position I have taken.” He comments, however, that “Swift and his people” tried to influence the legislation in favor of the meat packing industry, rather than allowing the executive branch to direct the investigations into conditions. He asks Howland to show this letter to Lyman Abbott.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-20

President Roosevelt thanks William Bailey Howland for the copy of Jacob A. Riis’s book. The book portrays Roosevelt as he ought to be and he will try to live up to it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-17

Roosevelt thanks William Bailey Howland for the beautiful edition of The Man Without a Country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-05

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-11

Creator(s)

Olmsted, John B. (John Bartow), 1854-1938

Recipient

Howland, William Bailey, 1849-1917