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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
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, James and Ellin Prince Speyer, and John William and Ruth P. Burgess will all attend the diplomatic reception and supper. Butler will spend the night of January 5.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-01