Münsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-11

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Münsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Münsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916

President Roosevelt thanks Hugo Münsterberg for his telegram and assures him he wants to keep the warmest relationship between the United States and Germany.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-23

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Professor Munsterberg for his letter. Roosevelt assures Munsterberg that he would not have believed the garbled statements.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-10

Through Hugo Münsterberg, Theodore Roosevelt expresses his hearty sympathy for Alfred Walter Heymel’s position against the “wanton slaughter of wild creatures.” The loss of the United States’ native fauna has greatly impoverished the country. He condemns the brutal slaughter of mammals and birds, wherein they are killed for mere profit or pleasure, and no attempt is made to recover and use the animal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-09

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Hugo Münsterberg for the clippings. He encloses a letter for Münsterberg to send to Alfred Walter Heymel.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-06

Theodore Roosevelt will help von Heymel, as requested by Hugo Münsterberg. He asks for a brief statement of facts to reference while writing a letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-25

Theodore Roosevelt praises Hugo Münsterberg’s article in McClure’s. His only criticism is that Münsterberg endorsed magazines and weeklies in contrast with the daily press. He believes that there are certain periodicals that are just as bad as some of the dailies.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Theodore Roosevelt regrets losing his German friends because of his opinion on the war and feels that his views, compared to Hugo Münsterberg’s, are “as far apart as the poles.” Roosevelt is an American and nothing else. He opposes “hyphenated Americanism.” He believes English should be the language of the United States but Americans must also remain distinct from the people of Europe. Citizens should be treated equally but also held to a high standard of citizenship. Roosevelt judges each nation by their conduct and that is why he is opposing Germany and Austria-Hungary. He admires German ideals but their conduct during the war has been deplorable. Roosevelt’s main concern is that the United States is prepared to do its duty and maintain the nation’s honor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-01-19

Theodore Roosevelt denies ever saying that he hates England and would not make such a statement about any nation. He agrees that the best “racial elements” should be sought and brought into the “composite American character.” Roosevelt does not understand Hugo Munsterberg’s objection to Battle Cry of Peace. The play appeals to American patriotism and displays what would be brought on by pacifist teachings.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-11-06

Theodore Roosevelt agrees that good people can “be on exactly opposite sides of every question.” For example, his mother’s family fought for the Confederacy and she was an “unreconstructed rebel to the day of her death.” Roosevelt denies he favors any foreign nation and provides several actions he took while president to support the assertion. He believes that the United States could learn a great deal from German social and industrial life. Roosevelt particularly enjoys the style of German clubs and regrets that he is unlikely to be welcomed by them anymore.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-02-08

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Hugo Munsterberg for the volume and sends warm regards to his family.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-04-10

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Hugo Münsterberg, expressing how much he enjoyed their luncheon and meeting his daughters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-16

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Hugo Münsterberg regarding anti-German-American sentiment as a result of the Great War and German aggression in Belgium. Roosevelt states that although such feelings “grieve” him, he also understands them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-04

Theodore Roosevelt wants to know if Hugo Münsterberg would like to see a letter he wrote regarding an Anglo-American alliance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-23

Theodore Roosevelt has been told that President Wilson and William F. McCombs contacted Hugo Munsterberg regarding the hostility of German Americans towards the Wilson administration. The information came to Roosevelt from an outside source and he assures Munsterberg that he did not leak the information about Wilson’s communication. Roosevelt would like Edmund von Mach to know that he appreciated von Mach’s account of the significance of Kiao Chou (Jiaozhou) and he finds the threat to the “extension of civilization” to be a dreadful part of the war.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-02

Theodore Roosevelt does not believe there can be a satisfactory peace until the wrongs against Belgium have been redressed. He thinks that most Germans acted out of an “honorable fear,” but a small portion, including many German leaders, have pursued an aggressive foreign policy regardless of the rights of other nations and international morality. Belgium has been ruined and Roosevelt wants them to receive reparations and a guarantee that the wrongs will not be repeated. He agrees that Russians are backwards but argues that liberal ideas are gaining ground and that a liberal Russia will prevent “Asiatic rule over Europe.” Roosevelt is not a pacifist and seeks peace by “putting international force behind an international desire to secure at least a reasonable approximation toward justice and fair play.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-10-03

President Roosevelt is pleased to hear what Hugo Münsterberg has to say about David Jayne Hill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-28

President Roosevelt tells Hugo Münsterberg that there is “no truth whatever” to the rumors about newly-appointed Ambassador to Germany David Jayne Hill. There are no plans to send Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Berlin.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-25