Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cantwell Wallace
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-01-07
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Your TR Source
Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866-1924
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cantwell Wallace
President Roosevelt invites Henry Cantwell Wallace to serve on the Country Life Commission, which he is establishing to study and report upon the present conditions for farmers and their families in rural areas with the goal of making farming life more attractive.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cantwell Wallace
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-01-24
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cantwell Wallace
President Roosevelt instructs Henry Cantwell Wallace to hold meetings in rural areas with farmers and other people who live there and do work related to farming. The aim is to ascertain the general conditions of “the open country,” and to figure out how best to represent the people living there.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-09