Editorials

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-03-14

Creator(s)

Rodriguez, Henry A.

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Robbins Gilman received Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and appreciates that Roosevelt will not be able to write anything about the University Settlement Society of New York until the spring. Gilman is grateful for anything Roosevelt is able to write about their work as it will help the society celebrate their 25th anniversary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-12

Creator(s)

Gilman, Robbins, 1878-1955

Robbins Gilman is glad Theodore Roosevelt intends to visit the University Settlement Society before writing an editorial on its twenty-fifth anniversary. There will be two celebration events in December, of which Jane Addams will speak at one. Gilman proposes Roosevelt correlate the article’s release with the events. He suggests times that Roosevelt should visit and invites him to dinner.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-03

Creator(s)

Gilman, Robbins, 1878-1955

Robbins Gilman reminds Theodore Roosevelt of his previous visits to ask if he would write an editorial on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the University Settlement Society, the first social settlement in the United States. He sends reference materials and suggests Roosevelt visit the settlement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Creator(s)

Gilman, Robbins, 1878-1955

Herbert S. Houston praises Theodore Roosevelt for his editorial on misleading advertising in magazines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-20

Creator(s)

Houston, Herbert S. (Herbert Sherman), 1865-

Harold D. O’Brien is attempting to arrange for some editorials to be written for the 1911 Kansas State Agricultural College annual, Royal Purple, and asks if Theodore Roosevelt would contribute a short piece. They have solicited a number of prominent people, and hope to make their yearbook a great success.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-07

Creator(s)

O'Brien, Harold D. (Harold Dale), 1889-1955

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-03

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Hooton, F. D.

Language

English

Theodore Roosevelt asks Robert H. Davis to thank Frank Andrew Munsey for publishing the editorial. Roosevelt could not be more pleased and wishes Davis and Munsey good luck.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

William S. Cowles tells Theodore Roosevelt he hoped Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is on the mend. Cowles loved Theodore Roosevelt’s editorial “Our Neighbors, the Ancients,” and will get the book to read. Cowles agrees with Roosevelt regarding the removal of obelisks and other artifacts from their original locations and believes Akhenaton, King of Egypt, should not be allowed to wander foolishly about.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-05

Creator(s)

Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-02

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Allen, William H. (William Harvey), 1874-1963

Language

English

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Arthur Guy Empey that Roosevelt cannot comply with his request. However, Empey is welcome to use extracts from his editorials or speeches.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-19

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-15

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952

Language

English

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Herbert L. Bridgman for sending Roosevelt the interesting editorial, but Bridgman does not need to send the report, as Roosevelt will not have time to read it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-14

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to W. J. Feld that Roosevelt cannot comply with his request. However, Feld is welcome to use extracts from his editorials or speeches.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-11-02

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

John W. Hein thanks Theodore Roosevelt for attacking corruption and crime several years ago and in a recent article in the Outlook titled Murder is Murder. Hein believes all good and honest citizens will agree with Roosevelt and are always glad to hear Roosevelt speak about.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Creator(s)

Hein, John W.

Edward Livingston Trudeau thanks Theodore Roosevelt the article Roosevelt wrote, The search for truth in a reverent spirit, which has made a deep impression on him. The article is looks for things of the spirit, which Trudeau says cannot be overestimated in this age of material. Trudeau and Roosevelt met once when both receiving degrees at Columbia University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12

Creator(s)

Trudeau, Edward Livingston, 1848-1915

Theodore Roosevelt assures Frank P. MacLennan he did not take offense to MacLennan’s editorial. Roosevelt will support whoever is nominated, will not run for nomination himself, and has been telling all his friends there is to be no movement to have him nominated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Mercer P. Moseley sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the editorial published in the New York Commercial today.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-13

Creator(s)

Moseley, Mercer P. (Mercer Pamplin), 1873-1928

Oscar S. Straus acknowledges the letter and enclosures Jacob Saphirstein sent him of an editorial from the Jewish Morning Journal regarding the Russian passport question and the endorsement by Straus of Theodore Roosevelt’s proposal for arbitration of the passport question. Straus verifies his support of Roosevelt’s proposal and lists some of reasons for doing so. Straus invites Saphirstein to visit to discuss further details.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24

Creator(s)

Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926

Oscar S. Straus informs Theodore Roosevelt he received a letter from Jacob Saphirstein, the editor of the Jewish Morning Journal, containing an editorial responding to Roosevelt’s proposal for arbitration regarding the Russian passport question, which Straus consulted with Roosevelt regarding and fully endorsed. Straus has written back to Saphirstein and is enclosing a copy of his letter to Roosevelt. Straus feels more convinced than ever that arbitration is the way forward to arrive at a satisfactory solution.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24