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Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop sends William Loeb a receipt for President Roosevelt’s contribution of $500 to be applied through the Red Cross to relief efforts of the earthquake which recently struck Italy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-02
Pastor Schick thanks William Loeb for the note, and acknowledges receipt of the $50 from President Roosevelt to be put towards charity and helping the Bradfield family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-28
Pastor John M. Schick writes to William Loeb to acknowledge receipt of a check for ten dollars from President Roosevelt that was given as a Christmas offering to help the church serve the poor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-22
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge has gladly sent President Roosevelt’s check to Mary E. Wadley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-17
Charles Frederick Weller of the President’s Homes Commission thanks William Loeb and President Theodore Roosevelt for Roosevelt’s donation of twenty five dollars.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-10
John B. Sleman, treasurer of the President’s Homes Commission, thanks President Roosevelt for the check of twenty five dollars that he has contributed to the Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-10
Jacob A. Riis asks William Loeb to tell President Roosevelt that he will not bother him with a Danish case again, as the man, Johnson, lied to him. He feels foolish, but thinks he should keep the incident on file in case other people attack the president’s “fair play,” which Johnson had mentioned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-18
Pastor Schick acknowledges the kind note and President Roosevelt’s donation for a Christmas offering for the congregation’s poor fund.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-23
John M. Schick thanks President Roosevelt for a fifty dollar check and will divide it between missions and a widows fund.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-29
James Duthie asks President Roosevelt if he would give a small donation to help a fellow Freemason named George E. Van Wagner. Van Wagner has been incapable of working due to cancer. Although Van Wagner’s condition seems to be improving, his family is desperate for assistance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-25
This article describes an interview given by Kentarō Kaneko, a longtime advocate of friendly relations between Japan and the United States, to Kokumin. Kaneko voices his opposition to the anti-Japanese crusades going on in America, especially regarding the segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in California. He finds these attitudes doubly offensive in the wake of a large donation made by the Japanese people to earthquake relief in California despite a famine in Japan. Kaneko is pleased that Japanese newspapers remain moderate, probably due to Japanese gratitude for American charity funds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-26
Reverend Schick of Grace Reformed Church thanks President Roosevelt for his donation to the church’s Christmas poor fund. He also thanks Roosevelt for the sympathy message and wreath he sent to the funeral of Commodore William H. Shock, which was appreciated by Shock’s family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-20
Chairman Lothrop thanks President Roosevelt for his support of the Inter-State Young Men’s Christian Association, and asks that Roosevelt continue his subscription of $10 that he began the previous year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-01
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Sloan thanks William Loeb for sending a personal donation from President Theodore Roosevelt to the fund to build a monument for Rough Rider Captain William Owen O’Neill. Sloan hopes Roosevelt will be able to speak at the dedication ceremony when the monument is complete.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-24
John Campbell Greenway sends William Loeb a receipt from Hans P. Hansen for the $20 that President Roosevelt sent him. Greenway will try to make sure that Hansen is taken care of through the winter, and may be able to give him some work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-28
Hans P. Hansen sends President Roosevelt a receipt and letter of thanks for the $20 check that Roosevelt sent them. Hansen writes that “those who give to the poor shall not remain unrewarded.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-27
John Campbell Greenway has investigated Hans P. Hansen, and feels that he is deserving of charity, although he fears that President Roosevelt likely hears many similar requests. Greenway tells William Loeb that he believes that Michigan will be solidly in the Republican camp for the upcoming election. He asks Loeb to use his influence with Roosevelt to have Roosevelt visit Ishpeming, Michigan, sometime in the coming year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-21
Mary Elizabeth Blampey Trautmann encloses a receipt for $50.00 which President Roosevelt sent for Clare A. Cooper. Cooper had her abusive husband arrested and needs to pay rent on her apartment. Trautmann consulted with the husband’s sister, who confirmed the details, and therefore Trautmann continues to try to assist Cooper. Trautmann will talk to Dr. Darlington about securing a job for Cooper, and if not successful, will request Roosevelt’s assistance in obtaining a job through the immigration office. Trautmann thanks him for the “kind thought” regarding Mr. Trautmann’s health. She sends her regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-02
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Theodore Roosevelt was the first American and the first President to win the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his success in helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt donated the prize money he received to charity.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1986