Congresses and conventions

Letter from John E. Reyburn

John E. Reyburn writes of the importance of child welfare within American cities and the commission Philadelphia created to ensure the methods currently used in guardianship are properly considered. A conference and exhibition were planned to show was is being done for the children and what should be done. The executive committee of Philadelphia Child Welfare Planning Conference is available to provide information to other cities interested in adopting the plan Philadelphia is implementing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-02

Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to H. L. Kelley

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks H. L. Kelley for the minutes of the state convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-09-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt responds to a letter from his sister Anna regarding her extended trip to Mexico. Roosevelt comments on how dull so many of their friends are. He also tells Anna about his recent attendance at the Stockman’s Convention.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1886-04-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George S. Bradshaw

President Roosevelt wishes he could attend George S. Bradshaw’s congress, but as he can not, he sends his well-wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Johan A. Krantz

President Roosevelt sends good wishes to Pastor Johan A. Krantz and the Lutheran Minnesota Conference on its fiftieth anniversary. The Lutheran Church and its pastors have positively influenced the nation, and Roosevelt hopes the conference is a success.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. D. Brown

President Roosevelt asks W. D. Brown to congratulate the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and to wish them luck at their convention. The government has been working to build on the rural free delivery system and the carriers have helped to lessen rural isolation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John B. Case

President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot accept the invitation from John B. Case, president of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress. However, he will what he can to help.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob A. Riis

President Roosevelt will arrange lunch or dinner with Jacob A. Riis and his wife Mary Phillips Riis while they are in Washington, D.C., for the tuberculosis congress. He will schedule a later appointment with Riis to review another matter. Riis’ evaluation of William H. Taft concerns Roosevelt, who does not understand how people do not recognize Taft’s character. He will write to Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, to rectify the issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to R. A. Phillips

President Roosevelt authorizes R. A. Phillips to act on his behalf to officially open the National Welsh Convention. He sincerely regrets his inability to attend but sends his best wishes to those involved with the convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John B. Case

While President Roosevelt is interested in John B. Case’s Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, he is unable to attend. He will ask Gifford Pinchot, Chief of United States Forest Service, who to send in his place.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Isaac H. Cocks

President Roosevelt finds Isaac Cocks’s letter interesting and enjoyed seeing Cocks’s son, Representative William W. Cocks. Roosevelt similarly feels that Governor Charles Evans Hughes should be renominated, but does not feel that he should act to help Hughes. Roosevelt does “not want to seem to be continually interfering and dictating what shall be done.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-16

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Gifford Pinchot

President Roosevelt asks Gifford Pinchot to pass on his best wishes for the success of the National Irrigation Congress and his belief in the important work of their movement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ralph M. Easley

President Roosevelt does not need further recommendations from Ralph M. Easley until George W. Goethals comments on Gertrude Beeks’s book. Secretary of State Elihu Root will likely not be able to speak at Easley’s conference, but Roosevelt would be delighted if Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou could. Roosevelt agrees with Root about the proposed Reynolds Commission’s excellence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore E. Burton

President Roosevelt is unsure if he will call the convention Representative Burton references. Before doing so, he wants clarification from Burton and Gifford Pinchot about the Mississippi movement. Roosevelt asks Burton to send the advice concerning Roosevelt’s speeches in St. Louis and Memphis on his upcoming Mississippi trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hannah Kent Schoff

President Roosevelt praises Hannah Kent Schoff’s efforts in convening the First International Congress dealing with child welfare. Roosevelt says he will not be able to make a long address to the delegates, but he hopes to invite them to the White House to express his regards.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Letter from Edward J. Ward to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward J. Ward writes to Theodore Roosevelt inviting him to speak at the Civic and Social Center Development conference, put on by the Social Center Association of America, that will be held at the University of Wisconsin in late October. Ward knows Roosevelt recently spoke at the University of Wisconsin, but he stresses the importance of opening centers for civic, social, and recreational activities at schools.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-12

Letter from Theodore Marburg to Theodore Roosevelt

In reference to his earlier invitation to the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes conference, Theodore Marburg encloses a publication of the association. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-26

Letter from J. Hampton Moore to Theodore Roosevelt

J. Hampton Moore invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend the Fourth Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association in Richmond, Virginia, and encourages him to speak in support of inland waterways.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-14

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Porfirio Díaz

President Roosevelt informs Mexican President Porfirio Díaz that he has received Díaz’s telegram and is open to soliciting the opinion of the other Central America foreign ministers regarding the site of the proposed conference. Nonetheless, Roosevelt still prefers to hold the conference in Mexico. The president also asks for Díaz’s opinion on the draft of a message.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-12

Letter from Timothy L. Woodruff to William Loeb

New York Republican State Committee Chairman Woodruff counters William Loeb’s suggestion that John A. Merritt visit President Roosevelt in mid-October, stating that it will be too late for Merritt and James Wolcott Wadsworth to influence political matters this fall in order to strengthen their position in the spring when the National Convention delegates are elected. Their success would ensure the elected delegates support Roosevelt. Woodruff believes Roosevelt and Loeb should meet Merritt and especially Wadsworth, as he is an independent man of means who can aid the cause.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-26