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William M. Cruikshank has received documents related to Edith Roosevelt’s petition to be made guardian of Kermit and Ethel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-05
Eugene A. Philbin praises President Roosevelt on his handling of a meeting with Monsignor Ambrose Agius. Agius will soon be serving in the Philippines. Philbin writes that Roosevelt can mask a cross-examination as a friendly interview. Philbin has met with Arizona’s Governor Alexander O. Brodie and discussed the custody case involving the wards of the New York Foundling Hospital.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-03
Attorney General Moody forwards a letter from Arizona’s United States Attorney regarding wards from the New York Foundling Hospital that were recently sent to Arizona. The case is a difficult one.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-25
William Cruikshank sends the forms that must be completed so that Edith Roosevelt can be named guardian of Kermit and Ethel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-23
Lucius H. Beers sends the forms that must be completed so that Mrs. Edith Roosevelt can be named guardian of Kermit and Ethel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-23
United States Attorney Frederick S. Nave reports to Attorney General Moody regarding a court case involving a custody dispute. Nave writes that residents of Clifton, Arizona, seized recently adopted orphans from the homes of the “Mexican laborers” who had adopted them. The case eventually reached the Arizona State Court in 1906 in the case New York Foundling Hospital vs. Gatti.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-18
William Loeb sends the papers pertaining to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s appointment as guardian for Kermit Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt to William M. Cruikshank. The only document missing is the petition that Kermit will sign during the Christmas holidays.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-02
Ambassador Reid updates Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the Marlborough scandal that has rocked the London political and social scene. Rumors are that Duke of Marlborough Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill has given the Duchess of Marlborough Consuelo Spencer-Churchill custody of the children, although the Duke disputes this. The ambassadors and others are waiting to see how the King reacts to judge whether or not to receive the Duchess.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-29