President Roosevelt at Columbia College, N. Y. City, U.S.A.
President Roosevelt tipping his hat at Columbia College ceremony.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1902-09-11
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Columbia College (New York, N.Y.)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Underwood Johnson
President Roosevelt shared Robert Underwood Johnson’s indignation at Columbia College’s acceptance of money “for such a purpose from such a knave,” (Joseph Pulitzer had recently proposed the creation of a school of journalism at Columbia College). Roosevelt tells Johnson that he was extremely doubtful about the Hetch Hetchy matter, but ultimately decided he had to stand behind the judgement of Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield and Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-17
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott
President Roosevelt thanks Lawrence F. Abbott for sending him proofs of the articles that he has written. He will send Abbott two more articles to review. Roosevelt would appreciate if the offices of The Outlook would handle his mail while he is on safari in Africa, as he does not wish to answer letters while he is there. Roosevelt is glad that Abbott likes what he wrote about Delavan Smith, William MacKay Laffan, “and company,” and comments on the strangeness of journalism and colleges of journalism.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-08
Letter from Robert Underwood Johnson to Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Underwood Johnson thanks President Roosevelt for his harsh words regarding Joseph Pulitzer, and expresses disbelief that Columbia College would accept the promise of money to fund a school of journalism “from such a knave.” Johnson and his wife look forward to meeting Roosevelt and his wife at Vice President Charles Fairbank’s house soon. Johnson’s differing opinion regarding Hetch Hetchy has been communicated to Roosevelt, Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, and Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield previously, and he warns that the matter will not end soon and will continue to grow.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-15
Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler is happy that President Roosevelt has agreed to lend his name to a chair position at the University of Berlin.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-06