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Seth Low informs the reader the date of the meeting of the Trustees of Tuskegee Institute and asks that travel arrangements be made. To travel to Tuskegee from New York, two days are needed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-15
President Roosevelt sends his regrets to Booker T. Washington that he must give up his visit to Tuskegee for the present. Roosevelt also asks Washington when he plans to come north, as he wishes to talk over the question of future appointments in the South along the lines of their previous conversation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
President Booker T. Washington reports on the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. The report includes budget considerations, scholarships, work of students, graduates’ plans, and new construction. Note that pages 4-5 are missing from this report.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-31
President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington on a reviewing stand among other officials
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-01-12
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Emmett J. Scott that Roosevelt will be in Oyster Bay between campaign trips and will see Scott’s notice.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt sends a letter of thanks to Emmett J. Scott in receipt of minutes from a meeting of The Tuskegee Institute Board of Trustees. Roosevelt expresses regret for being unable to attend the meeting and sends kind regards to Scott and Booker T. Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-19
Theodore Roosevelt will be unable to travel to Tuskegee, Alabama, for the Tuskegee Board of Directors meeting. He would like to speak with Booker T. Washington regarding the injustice done to Washington at the Ulrich trial.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Emmett J. Scott for his letter informing him of his reelection to the Board of Trustees for the Tuskegee Manual and Industrial Institute in Alabama. (Emmett J. Scott was Booker T. Washington’s secretary.) Roosevelt accepts his continuation on the board.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-20
President Roosevelt sends Booker T. Washington a copy of the talk he will give at Tuskegee. He asks him to dispatch any suggestions or recommendations he may have for his speech to St. Augustine, Florida.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-12
President Roosevelt encloses the remarks he intends to make at Tuskegee, and asks Judge Jones if he has said anything wrong.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-12
President Roosevelt’s injured leg is still bothering him but he is looking forward to the bear hunt. Roosevelt is also interested in visiting Tuskegee, but only if it does not interfere with the bear hunt. He asks Fish to keep the intended hunt a secret, because if the press learns of it, he might have to cancel his plans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-21
President Roosevelt thanks Stuyvesant Fish for the information on the bear hunt but fears he will be unable to attend due to the Anthracite Coal Strike crisis. Whatever happens, Roosevelt will be traveling to Memphis and hopes to visit Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-10
President Roosevelt would prefer as few people as possible during the hunting trip in Tennessee. Roosevelt also asks if it is possible to return home by way of Tuskegee, Alabama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-11
Vice President Roosevelt regrets that he will miss seeing Jacob A. Riis during the Tuskegee, Alabama, trip. He has been called to Buffalo, New York, because of the attempted assassination of President McKinley, but he believes McKinley will recover. Roosevelt agrees with Riis about does; he will not shoot them and has been surprised at how long a wounded deer can run.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
Vice President Roosevelt thanks Annie Booth McKinney for the invitation, but he is unable to add another stop to his trip to the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
The Tuskegee Board of Trustees will have their winter meeting in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 21-23, 1913.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-11
The next meeting of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees that Theodore Roosevelt would be expected to attend will be in February in Tuskegee, Alabama. Booker T. Washington hopes that Roosevelt can attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-02
Robert C. Bedford sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-03
Booker T. Washington informs President Roosevelt that he was in Boston for the election of Mayor George A. Hibbard. While the Brownsville affair caused much agitation in Tuskegee, especially during the recent election there, Washington is pleased to report that it did not affect African American support for the Republican party in Boston. He believes it will not hurt the campaign of Secretary of War William H. Taft, should he be nominated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-16
Booker T. Washington has heard that it may be reported to President Roosevelt and Secretary of War William H. Taft that Tuskegee Postmaster J. O. Thompson is not loyal, but Washington assures them that there is no more loyal man. He will explain further when he sees Roosevelt in person.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-24