Schoff, Hannah Kent, 1853-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-10-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Schoff, Hannah Kent, 1853-1940

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Schoff, Hannah Kent, 1853-1940

President Roosevelt tells Hannah Kent Schoff he has her letter and wishes to appoint someone from his “official family” whom he knows he can trust. He asks if she knows anyone meeting these standards who would be better than Commissioner of Labor Charles Patrick Neill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-20

President Roosevelt praises Hannah Kent Schoff’s efforts in convening the First International Congress dealing with child welfare. Roosevelt says he will not be able to make a long address to the delegates, but he hopes to invite them to the White House to express his regards.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Theodore Roosevelt wishes his friends understood that he cannot possibly accept all the invitations he receives and wants to avoid making speeches when possible. While he appreciates Hannah Kent Schoff’s invitation, regretfully, he cannot attend.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-16

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges receipt of Hannah Kent Schoff’s letter. Unfortunately, Roosevelt cannot send the desired message, as common fairness would compel him to send messages to everyone who requests one if he did so for Schoff. In that case, Roosevelt would soon be overcome with the work of sending messages and the impact of each message would be greatly lessened.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-27

Theodore Roosevelt appreciates receiving Hannah Kent Schoff’s The Wayward Child and will enjoy reading it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-27

President Roosevelt invites Hannah Kent Schoff to a conference about the care of orphans in America. Roosevelt believes that it is better for children to be raised in family homes than in orphanages, and comments on developments in Massachusetts where they have been very successful in placing children in welcoming homes with foster parents. He hopes that Schoff will be able to attend.

Copies of this letter are also being sent to a number of other authorities from different states connected with child care, education, charities, social settlements, and various religious institutions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

President Roosevelt thanks Hannah Kent Schoff for the letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-19

President Roosevelt expresses his sadness to Hannah Kent Schoff regarding the death of Alice McLellan Birney. Both he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were attached to her, and he regrets that he will not be able to be at the memorial service. He would be glad to meet with Schoff and the members of the advisory council of the National Congress of Mothers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-04

President Roosevelt explains to Hannah Kent Schoff that the reason he has not “settled the Mormon question,” as many people have asked her, is that such a question is essentially meaningless. While Roosevelt would like to see a constitutional amendment against polygamy adopted, he does not think such an amendment is needed, as there have been fewer polygamous Mormon marriages in recent years than there have been bigamous marriages among other Christian sects. Mormons have as much a right to practice their religion as any other faith, and there does not seem to him to be anything that needs to be “settled.” Attacks on Mormons in Idaho have driven them to act more like a unified group, whereas before the attacks they were beginning to divide and act more independently.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-07

President Roosevelt thanks Hannah Kent Schoff for her letter and praises the work of the Congress of Mothers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-01

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-27

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Schoff, Hannah Kent, 1853-1940