Van Vorst, John, Mrs., 1873-1928

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-04-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Van Vorst, John, Mrs., 1873-1928

President Roosevelt invites Mrs. John Van Vorst to dinner at the White House on October 30.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-21

President Roosevelt asks Mrs. John Van Vorst when she expects to be in Washington, D.C., as there are several people whom Roosevelt would like to meet her. Roosevelt suggests a day in December if she is going to stay that late. Otherwise, a day in the first part of November would be better.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-16

President Roosevelt thanks Bessie Van Vorst for her recent letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-22

President Roosevelt writes to Mrs. John Van Vorst to discuss her article entitled “The Woman that Toils.” There are two drafts of the letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-18

President Roosevelt hopes to see Mrs. John Van Vorst as soon as she comes to America. He protests, however, that she can not ask him to write about another of her books, as he would not be able to oblige.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-22

President Roosevelt thanks Bessie Van Vorst for her letter. He will communicate the contents to Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf and obtain his advice. Roosevelt mentions his delight in recently seeing Van Vorst.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-13

President Roosevelt thanks Bessie McGinnis Van Vorst for her letter, and tells her that he enjoyed reading her article. He asks Van Vorst to inform him before her next trip to Washington, D.C., and tells her Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is anxious to meet her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-07

President Roosevelt appreciated Bessie Van Vorst’s article entitled “The Woman Who Toils” and compares the women in the article to the “unemployed rich.” Roosevelt believes that these groups threaten the United States with “race suicide” and he advocates traditional values of home and family life.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-18

In reply to Bessie Van Vorst’s article “The Woman Who Toils,” President Roosevelt writes about the characteristics of citizens needed for a strong nation, one of which is being a good wife and mother or being a father. This appears to be an early draft of the letter, which was finally sent dated October 18, 1902.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-16