California--San Francisco

Ambassador Francis tells President Roosevelt he fielded a request from the Neue Freie Presse, for an interview regarding the controversy between the United States and Japan on the tensions in California. Francis encloses what he gave the reporter. He also notes that about 400 guests came to a reception at the American Embassy on Thanksgiving Day, and he sends holiday greetings to the Roosevelts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-12

A statement regarding Japanese-U.S. relations based on an interview with Ambassador Charles S. Francis by an editor of the Vienna newspaper, Neue Freie Presse. Francis does not believe that the barring of Japanese children in San Francisco schools will have a negative impact on the friendly relationship between the United States and Japan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

David Starr Jordan apologizes for the labor unions in San Francisco. Unfortunately, the school board exerts almost complete control over who can enroll in the local schools and has segregated Japanese children. Jordan advises Kakichi Mitsukuri that the Japanese government should continue to limit the immigration to the United States, despite the fact that Hawaii is in desperate need of labor. Jordan believes that those who immigrate to Hawaii only stay for a short period of time and then quickly move to San Francisco, which is only making the situation worse. Japan in moving forward with these negotiations should never accept an inferior position. President Roosevelt aims to treat them fairly.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-10

Frederick Funston apologizes to Secretary of War Taft for his “sloppy” Memorial Day order, and promises to revoke the order before the next Memorial Day. Funston thanks President Roosevelt and Taft for bringing the matter to his attention in an unofficial way.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-08

Victor Howard Metcalf provides President Roosevelt with a series of correspondences regarding an immigration inspector, George C. Triick, who was accused of mistreating Mr. Chow Tszchi, a Chinese dignitary. The department agrees that the Government should provide the utmost courtesy to Chinese people but notes issues in proving citizenship or defining who could be classified as a Chinese laborer. Chinese merchants, teachers, students and bankers are welcome, but not laborers with falsified Chinese papers pretending to be of a higher class. A treaty written in 1904 sought to deal with falsified records but the Chinese thought it was too strict. Metcalf notes any concerns of harshness in the enforcement of exclusionary laws is necessary to combat those trying to skirt the system.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-07

Jacob A. Riis thanks President Roosevelt for the telegram to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club. Riis is currently in California resting to relieve his heart trouble and sends good wishes for Roosevelt’s travels in the south. He does not think Roosevelt will see any trouble, and has seen much kindness on his travels. While Riis has enjoyed his convalescence, he is eager to do some exploring and return home.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-22

Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, writes to President Roosevelt to arrange a visit to the White House and encloses an article from the San Francisco Argonaut.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-11

President Roosevelt takes a big stick labeled “Japanese question” and hits “San Francisco” with it. Caption: “Another earthquake.”

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Comments and Context

Fortunately or unfortunately, the tragedy of the San Francisco earthquake provided cartoonists opportunities to employ the event as a reference-point for drawings that addressed other matters. But it is what cartoonists do — deal in the relatable; and after more than a century, the earthquake provides talking-points in politics and other fields.

One man angrily gestures at another man labeled “Japan” standing on a platform with a club labeled “The Sign of the Big Stick” hanging over head. Caption: “San Francisco: Just wait ’till I get you outside!”

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Comments and Context

This cartoon by “H” neatly summarizes the facts and the subtext of a complicated and thorny issue of the day — particularly thorny in 1906.

A business card for Archibald J. Treat, recorder-general for the Society of American Wars.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905

Newspaper articles describing newlyweds Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s stay in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-06-27

A photograph of the house where newlyweds Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt lived in San Francisco, California. Eleanor has written on the photo that the address is 1942 Pacific Avenue and this is where their daughter Grace was born.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-1911

The dining room of the house where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt lived at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-1911

The living room of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910

The library of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt in the garden of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home they rented after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels. Eleanor was pregnant with their first child, Grace.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911

Exterior of the home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-1911

Article describing how Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, tried unsuccessfully to travel incognito on their honeymoon. It says they will live at the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, California, until they find a real home in the city. There is also an article on the page about Roosevelt Jr. having a famous father.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-06

A view of O’Farrell Street in San Francisco, California. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt settled in San Francisco after their honeymoon.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910

A view up Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Theodore Roosevelt and his new wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt settled in San Francisco after their honeymoon.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910