Wallace, Henry, 1836-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-11-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wallace, Henry, 1836-1916

Language

English

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Henry Wallace for the books and letter. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Wallace when he comes to New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-11

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could attend the meeting of the National Conservation Congress. Roosevelt gives Wallace permission to read his letter to audiences at the meeting. Roosevelt believes that the greatest movement of their time is the development of country life. He established The Country Life Commission for this purpose. According to Roosevelt, the entire nation’s welfare depends on “the welfare of those who till the soil,” because improving farmers’ social lives will improve their farms.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt wishes everyone understood that he cannot possibly accept all the invitations he receives and wants to avoid making speeches when possible. While he appreciates Henry Wallace’s invitation, regretfully, he cannot attend. Although he deeply believes in conservation, accepting one speech means he must field too many other requests.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Theodore Roosevelt commends “The Generation of the Upright” and says to Henry Wallace that the best way to promote good citizenship is to increase the proportion of “good citizens” in a given community.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry Wallace of the National Conservation Congress declining his invitation to speak and noting that he has had to turn down between 3600 and 6000 requests in the last year. Since he has made his stand on the issue quite clear, he believes it would do no good for him to speak on the issue, as much as he hates to provide no help to Wallace.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Henry Wallace for the letter and admires the simile.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt remembers Henry Wallace saying he thought Taft was an “upright man.” He is confused why, in a letter shown to him by Gifford Pinchot, Wallace disagrees with Roosevelt calling Taft an upright man in a recent speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Henry Wallace, pastor and editor of Wallaces’ Farmer, for his letter. Roosevelt says he will try to visit Presbyterian missionaries in Sudan if he can, and praises Wallace’s work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Henry Wallace on matters concerning Mr. Wilson and the post office but Roosevelt cannot do anything now with only six weeks left of his term. Roosevelt is glad to have known Wallace and asks Wallace to pass on a letter to the “little farmer’s wife”.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919