Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939

President Roosevelt thanks Henry S. Pritchett for his letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-25

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939

Theodore Roosevelt writes to educator Henry S. Pritchett that he is glad Pritchett is “on the company.” This letter likely refers to Pritchett’s role as trustee of the Carnegie Foundation. Andrew Carnegie had recently donated $400,000,000 of his own money to his own organization. While it supports the public, Roosevelt still sees the need for government oversight.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-12-17

President Roosevelt agrees with Henry S. Pritchett about the commission on industrial education, and does not believe any more commissions should be appointed. Roosevelt feels, however, that he should not send anything to Congress, as he feels they would likely not act on a suggestion from him and it would clutter up the final days of the session.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-16

President Roosevelt thanks Henry S. Pritchett for the letter, and says he will take the idea and see if he can work it out. Roosevelt hopes that Pritchett will like the speech he plans to give about Abraham Lincoln later this year.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-02

President Roosevelt will read the article from Henry S. Pritchett at once. He is glad to hear from him on any subject.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-10

President Roosevelt wishes he could have seen more of Henry S. Pritchett and says that he believes that Gifford Pinchot should receive full recognition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-22

President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot attend the first annual meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education. He believes the cause of promoting apprenticeships and industrial education is important.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-13

President Roosevelt read Henry S. Pritchett’s article, “The Power That Makes for Peace,” with great pleasure.
 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-05

President Roosevelt tells Henry S. Pritchett that it was a pleasure to commission his son as an officer. He comments on the loss of John F. Stevens from the Panama Canal project.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-09

President Roosevelt sends Henry S. Pritchett, President of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, an excerpt from an address he will be giving regarding the lack of development for industrial schools. The speech covers how the federal government has protected American citizens from paupers through anti-immigration legislation. However, the government needs to do more to train Americans in the industrial arts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-24

President Roosevelt wonders whether Henry S. Pritchett, former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the first president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, has any suggestions for him on industrial training.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-14

President Roosevelt writes to Henry S. Pritchett about the construction on the Panama Canal. Roosevelt says that the construction is going well but laments the resignation of Chief Engineer John F. Stevens.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-01

President Roosevelt explains to Henry S. Pritchett that he cannot attend the first meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, but he expresses his support for the group and its goals.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-05

President Roosevelt does not have time to produce such an address as requested by Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but would like his advice on subjects pertinent for a speech he plans to give in the spring.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-30

President Roosevelt approves of the speech of Henry S. Pritchett, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and thanks him for sending a copy of it. He regrets Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw’s words, and says that he was partly misquoted, and partly “made a rather foolish talk which he intended should be jocose.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-16

President Roosevelt thanks Henry S. Pritchett for sending the essays, which he will read with “real interest.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-10

President Roosevelt tells Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Henry S. Pritchett that he would feel fortunate to have Pritchett’s son, Harry H. Pritchett, as an officer in the Army. He has written to Acting Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver on the matter, and encloses a copy of the letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-15

President Roosevelt agrees with Henry S. Pritchett’s sentiment about Abraham Lincoln, calling him “the most real of the dead Presidents.” Roosevelt has tried to follow the policies Lincoln established, although he does not like to say that in public as it seems presumptuous. Roosevelt’s view of the Southern question is fundamentally the same as Pritchett and James Ford Rhodes’s beliefs. The president wonders if the increased invitations to Southern cities suggests they have started to not see him as their enemy. Despite bitterness in the South against Roosevelt, however, it has had little impact on the Southern vote, as Roosevelt notes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-26