Authors and publishers

Letter from Frank Hall Scott to Theodore Roosevelt

Frank Hall Scott of the Century Company, notifies President Roosevelt about a request from Clara Ruge to translate Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail into German for serialized publication in the German paper Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung. The Century Company has no objections if Roosevelt approves and copyright will be maintained under the Berne Convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-28

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam sends President Roosevelt a revised set of his works with new covers and editorial changes. He encloses a copy of Life of General Putnam for Roosevelt’s library and a clipping from Finley Peter Dunne’s comic, Mr. Dooley, concerning Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-05

Letter from Walter Hines Page to George B. Cortelyou

Walter Hines Page apologizes that the extracts taken from a book introduction written by President Roosevelt and used in the magazine The World’s Work were perceived as misleading.  He believed the “editorial note would make the matter perfectly plain.”  Page offers to publish an explanation to correct the misunderstanding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-07

Letter from Alfred Henry Lewis to Theodore Roosevelt

Alfred Henry Lewis sends President Roosevelt some sketches he has written. This gives him the opportunity to call himself the President’s “sincere friend.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-24

Letter from Doubleday, Page & Company and Walter Hines Page to George B. Cortelyou

Doubleday, Page & Company defend their use of excerpts from President Roosevelt’s introduction to Mr. Wallihan’s book in their magazine The World’s Work. They claim that Walter Hines Page and William Loeb reached an agreement on quoting parts of the introduction.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-31

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam has several questions for President Roosevelt regarding the translation of several of Roosevelt’s works into French by M. Ferdinand de France.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-03

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam would like to confirm that the article he received is the proper one for consideration in the new edition of American Ideals.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-06

Letter from Robert Bridges to Theodore Roosevelt

Mr. Bridges informs President Roosevelt that Charles Scribner’s Sons has given Ferdinand Defrance, who is currently translating Oliver Cromwell, permission to communicate to the Century Company the terms of their translating agreement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-13

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney argues that The Outing is “fighting the fight for sport and sportsmanship” and should be able to publish some of Vice President Roosevelt’s articles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901

Letter from Robert Bridges to Theodore Roosevelt

A contract has been reached with Ferdinand Defrance and the Societe Imprimerie for the translation and publication of Oliver Cromwell.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-27

Letter from Murat Halstead to George B. Cortelyou

Murat Halstead needs more information about the Roosevelt family for his “prosaic publisher.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-10

Letter from George Haven Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt

George Haven Putnam requests permission to include President Roosevelt’s article, “Virtues of Citizenship,” in the next edition of American Ideals. Putnam is happy to report that the nationwide demand for American Ideals has been increasing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-29

Letter from James Grant Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt’s recent letter and enclosures have completed the volume. James Grant Wilson will pay his respects if he is ever in Washington, D. C., over the winter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-29

Letter from Little, Brown, and Company to George B. Cortelyou

The pamphlet is only being printed for copyright purposes and not publication. When it appears in The Royal Navy, vol. VI there will be a statement noting when President Roosevelt wrote the work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-30

Letter from James Grant Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

James Grant Wilson requests a few lines from President Roosevelt for a new Edition of the Presidents. There will also be a small section about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Proofs of the article will be sent to Roosevelt before it goes to press.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-22

Letter from Little, Brown and Company to Theodore Roosevelt

Little, Brown and Company send a copy of Naval Operations of the War of 1812, President Roosevelt’s portion of The Royal Navy, A History. Copies have been printed to take out a copyright in the United States but not for publication.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-23

Letter from Walter Hines Page to Theodore Roosevelt

On behalf of Doubleday, Page & Company, Walter Hines Pages sends a check to President Roosevelt to express their appreciation of Roosevelt’s endorsement of the Wallihan book. In a post script, Page compliments Roosevelt’s actions and attitude toward politics in the South.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-25

Letter from Robert Bridges to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bridges outlines the three points agreed to yesterday; a cheap edition of The Rough Riders will be published, a collection of sporting articles will not be published currently, and President Roosevelt will write a series of articles on the development of the West for Charles Scribner’s Sons after he leaves the presidency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-20

Letter from Josiah Strong to Theodore Roosevelt

Josiah Strong asks President Roosevelt if he remembers writing an article for Strong, then secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, four years ago for a leaflet entitled “On the Need of Commonplace Virtues.” The article was not published because of references to “political prohibitionists.” Strong has since left the Evangelical Alliance and would like Roosevelt’s permission to publish the article in the Christmas issue of Social Service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-08

Letter from Robert Bridges to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bridges reviews the details for several translations of President Roosevelt’s works into French.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-07