Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914

Creator(s)

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914

Creator(s)

McGrath, John W. (John William), 1891-1924

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-06-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-04-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

President Roosevelt informs Herbert Knox Smith, the Bureau of Corporations commissioner, that the report seems conclusive. He has a hard time believing General Theo. A. Bingham, New York City police commissioner, would cause trouble for the department. However, he does not doubt the police officials’ attitudes. Roosevelt compliments Smith’s work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-19

President Roosevelt congratulates Herbert Knox Smith on his engagement to Gertrude E. Dietrich, daughter of former Nebraska Senator Charles Henry Dietrich.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-14

President Roosevelt agrees that Commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations Smith should write what he suggested to Senator Frank B. Brandegee regarding the appointment of Walter Chadwick Noyes to a judgeship, to avoid tension. Roosevelt asks Smith’s opinion on the enclosed letter from Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-02

President Roosevelt informs Commissioner of Corporations Smith of his recent visit with Charles F. Brooker, and asks Smith to arrange a meeting to go over the matter of selecting a man for the judgeship in Connecticut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-13

President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Corporations Smith for his work in selecting a new judge for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Connecticut. Roosevelt is leaning towards John K. Beach for the appointment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-30

President Roosevelt approves of Commissioner of Corporations Smith’s publication of a report concerning the Standard Oil Company. Roosevelt will address Smith’s finding about the effect of the tariff on Standard Oil when he returns to Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-25

President Roosevelt asks Commissioner of Corporations Smith if he can “quietly secure some backing” for John K. Beach, who Roosevelt is inclined to appoint to a judgeship in Connecticut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-18

President Roosevelt thinks it is important for Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Corporations Smith to write Senator Albert J. Hopkins about any men he has in mind from Illinois. He wants to make sure that Smith consults with Hopkins so there are no hard feelings between the two when choosing the man in question.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-25

President Roosevelt thinks that if Herbert Knox Smith can find the right man through United States District Attorney Walter Edwin Sims and the president of the University of Chicago, it would be good, because Illinois has not been given many places in the administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-07

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-07-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-05-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Smith, Herbert Knox, 1869-1931

Theodore Roosevelt is comfortable with Herbert Knox Smith going to Chautauqua, New York, and leaves it to Knox to decide if his absence will damage the campaign in Connecticut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Herbert Knox Smith a letter from Miss Foster asking Smith to accept her offer of help with organizing. He also asks that the letter be returned so he can show it to Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-09-10

Theodore Roosevelt responds to Herbert Knox Smith’s invitation to make a series of speeches in Connecticut. Roosevelt relays that if he is able to reschedule an engagement at the Minnesota State Fair, he will be able to speak in Connecticut on Labor Day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-07-26