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General Barry asks William Loeb to hand the enclosed letters to President Roosevelt. They concern a matter Roosevelt was interested in after Colonel Arthur Hamilton Lee’s last visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
General Barry notifies British Colonel Lee that he has sent the annual report, and he will send the Army Register as soon as it is available. In regard to the issuance of the Spanish Campaign Badge to foreign military attachés, the general staff have not yet been able to work out whether it will be possible, but Barry will notify Lee as soon as they decide.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
As General Barry is aware of President Roosevelt’s interest in Colonel Lee’s request for the Spanish campaign badge, Barry encloses his reply to Lee on the subject so that Roosevelt is fully informed. Barry notes that they will include all foreign officers who were attached to the United States Army during the Spanish-American War in any action they might take.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-08
President Roosevelt thanks Toshihiko Yamazaki for his Japanese translation of Roosevelt’s volume of essays, The Strenuous Life, and expresses his deep appreciation for Yamazaki’s preface to the translation. Roosevelt is especially honored that Yamazaki carried a copy of The Strenuous Life with him during battle in Manchuria.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-12
President Roosevelt asks William Howe Tolman to convey his congratulations to Carroll D. Wright on his receipt of the French Legion of Honor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-24
William Loeb forwards to Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp medals of honor to be sent to Charles A. Arms and Edgar E. George. Arms, a ferryman in Tennessee, rescued three men from drowning in the Cumberland River following a train wreck in 1906. George, a coal company employee in Pennsylvania, saved a boy who was stuck on a railroad track.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-08
President Roosevelt congratulates Hannis Taylor on his well deserved honors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
President Roosevelt congratulates Hugh F. Doherty on his United States Life-Saving Service medal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-15
William E. Coffin sends Theodore Roosevelt copies of the Honor and High Honor list as they will appear in a publication of the Camp Fire Club of America, and invites Roosevelt to make any corrections necessary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-10
American Cross of Honor President Herndon presents President Roosevelt with the cross for their order. Roosevelt signed the act that created their order and is an honorary member. Herndon believes the laurel wreath on their cross is “a prophecy that, for you ‘the good wine has been kept until the last,'” promising a long and successful future for him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-30
The American Cross of Honor honorary membership certificate for President Roosevelt, signed by President Thomas H. Herndon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-16
Thomas H. Herndon informs President Roosevelt that the organization is presenting Roosevelt with the cross of its order. If he accepts, then Herndon will send the cross to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-25
Thomas H. Herndon, president of the American Cross of Honor, states that the change to the certificate of membership will be made as suggested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-14
Thomas H. Herndon, president of the American Cross of Honor, encloses a certificate of membership for President Roosevelt. He is preparing the cross of honor of his order to give to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-01
Thomas H. Herndon informs President Roosevelt that he has been chosen to be an honorary member of the American Cross of Honor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-09
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and others walk from the front porch of Sagamore Hill to the lawn, and a Girl Scout affixes a pin to a smiling Roosevelt’s dress.
Sherman Grinberg Film Collection
1924