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The secretary for Theodore Roosevelt writes to the Yale University Librarian that Roosevelt is anxious to get a translation of St. Bernard’s “De Contemptu Mundi.” Since it is a Yale thesis, he hopes the librarian will know where to obtain a copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Charles Scribner’s Sons to send Peeble’s translation of St. Bernard’s “Contemptus Mundi” to Theodore Roosevelt at his office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-12
John Christopher Schwab informs Frank Harper that no one at Yale has ever written a thesis on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s poem “De Contemptu Mundi,” and that no complete printed English translation of the poem exists. He wonders if Harper has confused the poem with a more famous poem of the same name by Bernard of Cluny. There are partial translations of this one, and a complete prose translation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-11
Maurice Francis Egan thanks Theodore Roosevelt for hosting a luncheon and the conversations that were had. Egan asks if he could have a copy of the Willard letter and looks forward to reading what Roosevelt writes about it. Egan mentions the translation of St. Bernard’s “Contemptu Mundi” is worth reading.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-09