Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-12-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

Publication Date

2025-04-03

Walter Dean Duke asks Owen Wister to write a note to President Roosevelt on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel William L. Pitcher, who may be court-martialed by the War Department for breaking off his engagement to Carolina L. Harrold, an employee of the War Department.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-08

Creator(s)

Duke, Walter Dean, 1869-1937

Theodore Roosevelt requests Owen Wister to thank Eva M. Bicknell. He was amused to find that Ethel Roosevelt was also writing to Wister. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is upset that Wister seems to “have passed out of our lives.” Roosevelt asks him to visit soon and promises freedom to interact as much or as little as he wants.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed Owen Wister’s recent collection of stories. He wants to meet with Wister and discuss his experience of passing “through my own old country.” Unlike Wister, Roosevelt is not sure that change is both subjective and objective, especially as the old country he used to know so well has “absolutely vanished.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt enjoyed the sentence and hopes it will not be removed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Philip G. Peabody complains about a passage President Roosevelt wrote that referred to Thomas Paine as a “dirty little Atheist.” In a note to Roosevelt, Owen Wister states that he has no idea what Peabody is talking about and will not respond.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-22

Creator(s)

Peabody, Philip G. (Philip Glendower), 1857-