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President Roosevelt has examined the papers related to Dr. Austin M. Curtis of Freedman’s Hospital and has a high opinion of Paul Laurence Dunbar. He would appreciate Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock looking into the case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-01
Theodore Roosevelt sends an enclosure to Captain Charles Young and remarks on Young’s noteworthy study.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt asks Harry Pratt Judson, president of the University of Chicago, to look over the manuscript, Military Morale of Nations and Races, written by Captain Charles Young, “the only officer in the United States Army who is a colored man.” Roosevelt praises Young as an excellent officer with scholarly aptitude. Roosevelt feels Young’s manuscript ought to be published and hopes the University of Chicago Press will consider it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-27
Theodore Roosevelt tells Ada Mills Young that he has read and is impressed by the manuscript written by her husband, Captain Charles Young. Roosevelt believes the work should be published, but cautions that his opinion carries no weight. Publication decisions are purely financial. He will gladly write to the Secretary of War or a publishing house about it if Captain Young desires, which will at least ensure it being read and considered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
Harry Pratt Judson, president of the University of Chicago, thanks Theodore Roosevelt for bringing Charles Young’s work to his attention. He wrote to Chicago expressing his interest in publishing it and is sure the committee will consider it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-21
Charles Young thanks Theodore Roosevelt for taking the time to look at his manuscript Military Morale of Nations and Races. If Roosevelt thinks it is worthy, Young asks him to write a letter giving his opinion of it to the University of Chicago and Leiutenant William E. W. MacKinlay at San Antonio. Young believes that if the publishers decide favorably on the book “it may mean quite a little to us of the black race” in the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-16