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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-28
Lee of Fareham, Viscount (Arthur Hamilton Lee), 1868-1947
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Ambassador Charles S. Francis notes that Professor John Williams Burgess attended Ambassador Charlemagne Tower’s recent dinner at the Embassy in Berlin and will be traveling to Vienna. Due to Burgess’s criticism of President Roosevelt, Francis does not want to entertain him, and asks William Loeb’s opinion on the matter. Francis hopes that Roosevelt approved of unofficial efforts to pressure the Austrian Phoenix Insurance Company to reach an agreement with a committee representing the San Francisco earthquake claimants.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-11
Nicholas Murray Butler writes to ensure that President Roosevelt knows the truth about Professor John William Burgess’ comments about the Monroe Doctrine, which were delivered as part of his inaugural address as Roosevelt Professor at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. Burgess’ comments have been inaccurately reported in American papers, and Butler encloses two letters from Professor Wilhelm Paszkowski for context on the issue. Butler explains that he has learned of the motivation for the “malice” at the heart of the inaccuracies, and will explain to Roosevelt at their next meeting. He reassures Roosevelt that the Germans understood Burgess completely, and it was only the Americans who have been manipulated by the “lies.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-27
A press release regarding the recent endowment by James Speyer of the Theodore Roosevelt Professorship of American History and Institutions at the University of Berlin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-13
President Roosevelt informs Yale University President Hadley that he did not give Professor William Henry Schofield a personal letter for Emperor William II of Germany. Rather, he asked Schofield to convey his regards. He notes that he did write personal letters of congratulation to Professors Francis Greenwood Peabody and John William Burgess, and apologizes for not writing Hadley a personal letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-08
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Felix Adler is going to Berlin, Germany. Roosevelt believes that Adler is helping to strengthen goodwill between the United States and Germany. He asks Adler to send his regards to Emperor William II if he sees him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-08
President Roosevelt believes Arthur Hamilton Lee handled the “Swettenham matter” efficiently, calling the matter itself a “cosmic incident” and citing others like Swettenham in American Government, most notably General James Harrison Wilson. He was amused by the opinions of John William Burgess, who was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt professorship in at the University of Berlin. While Roosevelt admires some of Burgess’s scholarly accomplishments, he considers Burgess “hopefully wrong-headed” and criticizes his first lecture denouncing the Monroe Doctrine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-08
President Roosevelt appreciates Ambassador to Italy Lloyd Carpenter Griscom’s letter. Roosevelt was apprehensive when he learned that Archibald Cary Coolidge was giving a speech due to the sensitive nature of the topic. However, he believes that Coolidge will approach the speech with tact.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-18
President Roosevelt thanks Irving Ramsay Wiles for sending him a photograph of a painting, and comments that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, in addition to many of his friends, think it is the best portrait of Roosevelt that has been done. He also thanks Wiles for sending the photographs of portraits of Nicholas Murray Butler and John William Burgess.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-20
President Roosevelt introduces Professor John William Burgess to Ambassador Tower.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-12
President Roosevelt asks if Columbia University President Butler can bring his daughter Sarah Schuyler Butler to stay the night at the New Willard on December 4, and at the White House on December 5, when they entertain the Speyers and Burgesses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-24
President Roosevelt outlines for Nicholas Murray Butler an amended plan suggested by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for when Butler visits with the Speyers and the Burgesses. The Roosevelts suggest dinner followed by a musical.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17
President Roosevelt tells Columbia University President Butler that he does not want to have “Hamlet with Hamlet left out,” and asks him to find out whether the Speyers and Burgesses can come to Washington on January 4 for the Diplomatic Reception and supper after. Either that day or the following day, the party will also have lunch with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and his wife Lilian May Speck von Sternburg. He hopes Butler can come to both functions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-19
President Roosevelt would like to see Columbia University President Butler, Professor John William Burgess, and James Speyer at the White House for dinner before Burgess sails to Berlin. People like the Roots and the Tafts will also be invited. Roosevelt enjoyed his trip through the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-04
President Roosevelt will ask that John William Burgess be appointed if possible. He tells New York Senator Platt that he has already instructed the post office to reappoint Mrs. Simpson and takes her reappointment as a “matter of course.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-06
President Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, that he wishes Professor John William Burgess would share his opinion about the right of the Senate to amend a treaty. Roosevelt decries those who claim the Senate can modify a treaty, or that the president can veto line items in an appropriation bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-18
Payne J. Shafter recently heard Theodore Roosevelt speak at the Greek Amphitheatre, and was reminded of a poem, which he sends Roosevelt. In a postscript, Shafter mentions several prominent relatives of his.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-24
Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler is delighted that President Roosevelt might be able to receive the visiting Kaiser Wilhelm Professor Rudolf Leonhard and his wife at the White House. Butler has enclosed a letter with additional details and a list of committee members for the event. Butler notes that the the event should be on a similar scale with what is done in Germany, and that the date is flexible based on Roosevelt’s schedule.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-31
Professor William H. Carpenter writes to Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, on behalf of an academic committee which is organizing an honorary dinner for Rudolf Leonhard, the visiting Kaiser Wilhelm Professor. John William Burgess, visiting Roosevelt Professor at the University of Berlin, received a warm welcome from German Emperor William II the previous year, so Carpenter and the committee hope that Butler will invite President Roosevelt to the dinner in the hopes of fostering greater academic exchange and cooperation between the two nations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-29
Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, writes to ask President Roosevelt if he will invite visiting Kaiser Wilhelm Professor Rudolf Leonhard and his wife, Klara Wilhelmina Goll Leonhard, to dinner at the White House. Butler feels this is an important gesture for the academic cooperation between the two countries, particularly given the warm reception of American academics in Germany. If Roosevelt would invite the Leonhards to a dinner he is having with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, Murray is confident that German Emperor William II would appreciate the gesture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-28