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This article details Justice David J. Brewer’s address before the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Agents’ Association, where he said, “America is the great composite photographer of nations, with a duty to take all the various races of the earth…and put them on the canvas to make one picture, one race.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21
President Roosevelt praises Edward S. Curtis’s work. Curtis’s documentation of Native Americans through photographs is an extremely important undertaking, as the native peoples are beginning to assimilate into the broader culture of the United States and lose some of their unique cultural traits.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-16
President Roosevelt agrees with Finley Peter Dunne about protesting against the “Anglo-Saxon alliance” theory because he believes Americans are “a new race, composed of many Old-World stocks.” While the president is not against friendliness to the English government, he is not going to ignore other European governments. Roosevelt declares himself a “strong home-ruler” and gives examples of a number of individuals who have hated their country of origin, noting it is impossible for him to champion every hatred. The president expresses his gratitude for the support he has received from young men, “Catholic by faith and of Irish descent,” and discusses a number of Irish and Catholic individuals he has put in government positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-03
William Michael Byrne is working on a program that is based on his belief that the republic is invested in “assimilating races and extending the influence of freedom throughout the continent,” a sentiment which he feels is also expressed by Justice David J. Brewer. Byrne plans to speak to his Italian countrymen, believing that the appointment of Judge Palmiere and himself will show that “the Republican party is not antagonistic to men of foreign birth or traditions.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-23