White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

Language

English

President Roosevelt regrets to inform Andrew Dickson White that he has heard from the State Department and there are no provisions for cases such as Mr. Morrill’s. Roosevelt does not think he will be able to appoint Morrill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Vahan Cardashian writes to Andrew D. White expressing his concerns about the persecution Armenians are facing under the Turkish government and his fears the violence will escalate. He hopes White will be one of several other prominent men to form a committee that will weild their power to advocate for Armenian rights.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-12

Creator(s)

Cardashian, Vahan, 1882-1934

If he does not think it will offend Emperor William II, President Roosevelt asks Ambassador White to recommend his good friend Hermann Speck von Sternburg to fill the position of German Ambassador to the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Andrew Dickson White that he has asked the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds Chas. S. Bromwell to put in an inscription on a statue of former president Andrew Jackson. Roosevelt expresses agreement with White’s views on the erasure of names as political parties gain and lose power.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt promises Andrew Dickson White he will do what he can about the embassy in Berlin. His son-in-law, Ohio Representative Nicholas Longworth, has introduced a bill to provide dwellings for ambassadors, but it has not seen much success so far.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt received Andrew Dickson White’s letter and enclosures. Roosevelt is busy dealing with the Japanese situation, but when possible, he will talk with Secretary of State Elihu Root on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt forwards three letters to Andrew Dickson White, and asks if he is willing to formulate a detailed plan for Roosevelt to propose.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Cornell University President Andrew Dickson White’s letter was of much importance and interest to President Roosevelt, who has forwarded copies to others for their opinions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees that Andrew Dickson White’s suggestion may become necessary, but is also ready to confront Japan on the matter of Japanese immigration and foreign workers on the American Pacific Coast. Roosevelt believes that there “is no difference between American and Japanese gentlemen and scholars,” but acknowledges that American workers are angered “to the point of madness.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt invites Cornell University President Andrew Dickson White to come down to Washington, where he will go over everything White wrote in his letter in-person.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

Language

English

Elihu Root is “the man of all others,” but if he cannot be made to run, President Roosevelt agrees that Charles Andrews would make an ideal Governor.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt feels that the comptroller made a good decision in taking a man from the outside to make sure justice was done.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt doubts that a man of Allen’s rank could succeed General Wood as commander of the Moro Province. However, Roosevelt has high regard for Allen and will ask General Young about it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Andrew Dickson White’s article that the introduction of the English system of “responsible government” to the United States would be the “greatest curse one could imagine.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt sends birthday wishes and thanks Ambassador White for his many years of public service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt requests that Ambassador White open the enclosed on his seventieth birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt accepts Andrew Dickson White’s resignation as United States Ambassador to Germany.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919