Sims, Edwin Walter, 1870-1948

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-16

Creator(s)

Assistant Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Sims, Edwin Walter, 1870-1948

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-12-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sims, Edwin Walter, 1870-1948

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank

Recipient

Sims, Edwin Walter, 1870-1948

Theodore Roosevelt believes that a full discussion of the Washington case could be given in the papers that are independent, possibly in Chicago.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-04

Theodore Roosevelt will consider Governor McGovern as a temporary Chairman instead of a permanent one.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-31

Theodore Roosevelt informs Edwin Walter Sims that he will take an unidentified matter up with Mr. Perkins at once.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-23

Frank Harper asks that Edwin Walter Sims immediately wire him the situation in Oregon. He also asks whether it is true that supporters of William H. Taft will question the constitutionality of the preferential primary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03

Theodore Roosevelt comments that he was concerned with Edwin Walter Sims’ telegram but now understands the situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-03-25

Theodore Roosevelt discloses to Edwin Walter Sims that he hopes that the Republicans will nominate some man that the Progressives can support.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-11-09

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-06-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Sims, Edwin Walter, 1870-1948

President Roosevelt commends Edwin Walter Sims for his work during Roosevelt’s administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

President Roosevelt tells Edwin Walter Sims that he is anxious to appoint Samuel L. Williams and asks if it can be arranged. Williams is an African-American who Roosevelt says deserves positive recognition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-20

President Roosevelt congratulates U.S. Attorney Sims on the outcome of the Standard Oil case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-05

President Roosevelt thanks Edwin Walter Sims for the letter. He suggests Sims write to Chester Arthur Legg and discuss the situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-29

President Roosevelt sends Edwin Walter Sims a self-explanatory letter. He thinks highly of Chester Arthur Legg and suggests that Sims contact Albert Bushnell Hart for a statement on Legg’s capacity. Roosevelt believes that Sims should give Legg a trial.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-23

President Roosevelt congratulates United States Attorney Edwin Walter Sims on the outcome of the trial against Standard Oil and says that Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is “an admirable judge.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-14

President Roosevelt approves of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s decision, and congratulates Edwin Walter Sims on his work as District Attorney.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-06

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-11

Creator(s)

Durand, Grace G.

Recipient

Sims, Edwin Walter, 1870-1948

Governor Hadley encourages the rapid formation of an executive committee of the National Roosevelt Committee. He would like to see someone on this committee assigned to handle the campaign west of the Mississippi River and suggests Thomas K. Niedringhaus or, preferably, Walter S. Dickey. Hadley provides an update on the campaign in Missouri, which would be helped by a prompt declaration from Theodore Roosevelt of his willingness to accept the Republican presidential nomination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-19

The Department of Justice sends United States Attorney Edwin Walter Sims instructions on how to proceed in his upcoming cases concerning interstate commerce.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-21