White, J. William (James William), 1850-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

White, J. William (James William), 1850-1916

President Roosevelt tells J. William White that both his address and letter are nice, and he is sorry to hear of his sickness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

President Roosevelt thanks J. William White for sending him a copy of an Ian Hamilton book. He adds that he disagreed with the action Harvard took regarding football.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-22

President Roosevelt thanks J. William White for sending him The Columbiad. He will not pass the book along to his son Ted, because it is a rare first edition that he wants for his own library.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-23

President Roosevelt believes that football should be saved and hopes that J. William White can contact Harvard and Yale about the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-29

President Roosevelt believes the changes suggested by J. William White are good, although he is not an expert in the matter. He encloses a telegram from the Chicago Tribune that shows that radical changes are needed to save football and asks if White can contact Ira N. Hollis, Walter Camp, and others to see if they will join in some sort of action.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-27

George P. Rich writes to J. William White to express his displeasure at automobile racing in and around Fairmount Park, which he believes to be illegal and indecent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-12