Degrees, Academic

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Nathaniel Curzon

With pleasure, President Roosevelt accepts the invitation from George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, to give the Romanes lecture and receive an honorary degree upon returning from his African trip. The invitation relieves Roosevelt from the problem and “horror of ex-Presidents traveling around with no real business.” Roosevelt thanks Curzon for his comments on Roosevelt’s presidency and likewise praises Curzon for his public career. Roosevelt wants to discuss the future dangers both nations may face.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Bushnell Hart

President Roosevelt tells Professor Hart that he hopes Admiral French Ensor Chadwick will be able to acquire a degree from Harvard. Roosevelt further vouches for Chadwick’s reputation as a naval officer, author, and American.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt’s diploma

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909

Creator(s)

Harvard University

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say how proud he is Kermit was awarded the British war cross. He also talks of receiving an honorary degree at Trinity College with his friend Russell J. Coles and how glad he is to have finished his western speaking trip. He closes with a story about some dinner guests.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-06-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Dudley Seymour

Theodore Roosevelt tells George Dudley Seymour that he will write a letter recommending Mr. Graves for a degree.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. Lawrence Lowell

Theodore Roosevelt asks Harvard University President Lowell to confer a degree upon Mr. Graves.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Willis Needham

President Roosevelt thanks President Willis of George Washington University for making him an honorary Doctor of Laws and appreciates Willis’ kind words and confidence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Carnegie

President Roosevelt obtained his first LL.D. from Northwestern University, and he assures Andrew Carnegie that it is an excellent and not overly Methodist institution. He hopes that Carnegie will meet with the university’s president, A. W. Harris, whose letter is enclosed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Benjamin Ide Wheeler

President Roosevelt was concerned by Benjamin Ide Wheeler’s letter, and wishes that what Wheeler said could be taught to some people on the east coast. He wishes that Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, had not chosen this particular moment to give honorary degrees to J. Pierpont Morgan and John C. Spooner. Roosevelt still thinks that William H. Taft will be elected all right.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt sends William H. Taft two letters, which he says explain themselves. Roosevelt thinks that United States Representative William Kent is a good person, although a bit of a visionary. There has been some grumbling about Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, awarding honorary degrees to J. Pierpont Morgan and John C. Spooner, but Roosevelt thinks that there is not much importance in this.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Byron S. Hurlbut

President Roosevelt was pleased by Byron S. Hurlbut’s letter, and agrees that his son, Theodore Roosevelt, should graduate from Harvard in 1909 for the reasons that Hurlbut gave. Roosevelt was also pleased by what Hurlbut has written about him, and would like him to meet several of the people upon whom Roosevelt has relied during his time as President. He asks if Hurlbut can visit on a Saturday in April for dinner, as he has a personal rule of not inviting people to lunch or dinner on Sunday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to L. A. Delurey

President Roosevelt regrets to inform Villanova University President Delurey that he cannot accept the invitation to receive an honorary degree at their commencement exercises.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jutarō Komura

President Roosevelt hopes that Baron Komura’s health continues to improve. Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler would like Komura and Sergei Witte to receive honorary degrees from the school, and Roosevelt hopes they will accept. In a postscript, Roosevelt suggests that Komura speak with his doctors about taking a cruise on the presidential yacht the Mayflower as soon as he’s fully recovered.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Lawrence

President Roosevelt asks William Lawrence to support an honorary degree for Senator Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Amos Bancroft

President Roosevelt asks William Amos Bancroft to support an honorary degree for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Grant

President Roosevelt asks Robert Grant to support an honorary degree for Senator Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt asks Charles J. Bonaparte to support an honorary degree for Senator Lodge. No one has done more for “decent Government” then Lodge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E. A. Sumner

President Roosevelt returns the clipping and congratulates E. A. Sumner on his LL.D. from Yale.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles William Eliot

President Roosevelt agrees to accept a degree from Harvard in June and invites Charles William Eliot to stay at the White House in the spring.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Barbara I. Buchanan

Governor Roosevelt returns Barbara I. Buchanan’s statement and sends an additional message from President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University. Roosevelt advises Buchanan that any further statements regarding the matter of her doctorate degree should be accompanied by all the enclosed papers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-05-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919