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Cyrus Townsend Brady provides Theodore Roosevelt with clippings that detail William Rockhill Nelson’s “impertinent and unwarranted interferences” in church affairs. Brady says that these actions deserve wide condemnation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-12
Eugene F. Turner implores Theodore Roosevelt assist the George Peabody College for Teachers in his capacity as a member of the Board of Trust. Turner explains that the campus of the College—alongside its public funding—will be given over to the Methodist school of Vanderbilt University by the University of Nashville. Due to a misunderstanding communicated to the Methodist Episcopal Bishop William Lawrence, it was assumed that the Peabody fund could be put toward the religious institution, while the reality of the Tennessee constitution and George Peabody’s will indicate otherwise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-31
In a confrontation between a pope and the leader of a rival spiritual organization, the pope carries a banner that states “Papal Encyclical – You’re a Humbug and you Dupe the People!!” The other side has a banner that states “You’re Another.” Both sides carry objects labeled “Mummery.” Puck stands at center, in the background, cheering them on.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-05-07