Oliver, Robert Shaw, 1847-1935 Archives - Theodore Roosevelt Center

President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of War Oliver that Colonel William F. Stewart of the Coast Artillery Corps should be offered the choice between relief from command or retirement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of War Oliver how to respond to letters he has received regarding official travel expenditures. Roosevelt tells Oliver to ask Baldwin to come to Washington, D.C., to meet with the president. He also informs Oliver that Secretary of War William H. Taft is visiting the Philippines on duty and therefore his expenses are covered while in official capacity. Roosevelt promises to carefully review the circumstances before any vouchers are approved.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Fred C. Ainsworth to Robert Shaw Oliver

Fred C. Ainsworth, Adjutant General of the United States Army, writes to Assistant Secretary of War Oliver regarding the Army service record of Leonard Wilson under General Joseph Wheeler. Although General Wheeler’s report has not been found, several people have attested to Wilson’s effectiveness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-20

Creator(s)

Ainsworth, Fred C. (Fred Crayton), 1852-1934

Letter from William Loeb to Robert Shaw Oliver

Wililiam Loeb sends Assistant Secretary of War Oliver a request from Douglas Robinson regarding the two sons of Henry Corn who are in the 13th Cavalry.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-11

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Robert Shaw Oliver for wiring after Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s fall and believes that she is now out of danger, though still in pain. Roosevelt sends his regards to Oliver’s wife and daughter, and hopes his daughter, Marion L. Oliver, received his word of congratulations about her writing on the snake dance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks Assistant Secretary of War Oliver for the medal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-05-08

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

Theodore Roosevelt asks Robert Shaw Oliver to read the enclosed document and then send it to Captain Moseley.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-11-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt asks Assistant Secretary of War Oliver to send the enclosed letter to Daniel T. Kinary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt tells Acting Secretary of War Oliver to direct General Frederick Funston to send an amount of troops “adequate to meet any emergency” to quell the conflict in Goldfield, Nevada, in accordance with Governor John Sparks’s formal request.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt instructs Assistant Secretary of War Oliver to order officers at the Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island, Alaska to report to Wilford B. Hoggatt, Governor of the District of Alaska, at Juneau and the officer at Fort Seward, Alaska to report by telegraph and hold his troops in readiness, in case it becomes necessary to protect “life and property on Douglas Island.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt asks acting Secretary of War Oliver to send a representative to meet with the National Advisory Board for Fuels and Structural Materials to discuss more equitable and efficient means to purchase and use coal within government buildings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of War Shaw what reason there is for keeping Article 77 of the Articles of War as it is. Roosevelt believes it would be beneficial for regular Army officers to be able to sit on courts-martial of other forces, and asks for the article to be amended unless there is a good reason to keep it as it is.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Shaw Oliver

President Roosevelt asks Assistant Secretary of War Oliver for the circumstances surrounding Raymond W. Hardenbergh’s appointment as a military attaché. Several years ago Roosevelt had to deny the request of Ashton H. Potter for such a position on the grounds he did not have enough experience, but has heard now that Hardenbergh has gained a post without having any more experience than Potter did.