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Art exhibit: The Butler collection of modern paintings

Article about the painting collection of Theron R. Butler, great-grandfather of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. The paintings, from artists including Theodore Rousseau, Jean-Francois Millet, and Julien Dupre were on display at the American Art Galleries and were to go on sale on January 7, 1910. The article is continued across several pages. Images of some of the paintings are included with the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-01

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Melville Weston Fuller

President Roosevelt encloses a letter in which Charles Lang Freer has offered to bequeath his art collections to the Smithsonian Institution or United States Government, along with $500,000 to construct or secure a building suitable to house the art. Roosevelt suggests having the collection examined by William Sturgis Bigelow or John LaFarge if there are any doubts about its value. Freer makes this offer with certain conditions which Roosevelt believes are reasonable. Roosevelt urges Chief Justice Fuller, who is also the Chancellor of the Smithsonian, to accept the gift on behalf of the nation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. P. Langley

President Roosevelt instructs S. P. Langley of the Smithsonian Institution not to refuse the offer of Charles Lang Freer’s art collection “on any account.” He believes that Congress will appropriate the necessary funds to care for the valuable pictures.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Beatrice Howie Mackey to Theodore Roosevelt

Beatrice Howie Mackey informs Theodore Roosevelt she painted a portrait of Salish Chief Charlo a few months before his death. She intends to send it to him for evaluation and asks for help putting it in a collection. Previous attempts to exhibit her work have yet to be successful. Living on the reservation, she provides for herself and two boys through painting and wants the opportunity to show her work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-27

Creator(s)

Mackey, Beatrice Howie, 1877-1953

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt

In this cancelled draft of a letter, Theodore Roosevelt suggests that an unknown correspondent contact the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City about a collection in which they may have an interest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-07-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The magnet

J. P. Morgan lies at the edge of America with an American flag in his top hat, holding a large magnet in the shape of a dollar sign with which he is attracting precious objects of historical and/or monetary value to himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-06-21

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956