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Avie Dyer Cannon has heard that a new law entitles mothers of ten children to a pension. Currently, Cannon has twelve children and is expecting another. Their situation is poor and she would appreciate any financial aid.
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1911-03-31
F. H. Taylor and Mrs. F. H. Taylor tell Theodore Roosevelt of their three-month-old triplet girls. Having heard Roosevelt was offering a bonus to parents of triplets, they would appreciate any financial support.
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1911-03-30
Robert H. McCready begs Theodore Roosevelt to think of the possibilities of helping those so near his own home. He asks Roosevelt to drive over and help “elevate the people” in the spiritual and educational effort. Roosevelt could also help by investing money with the Stony Brook Assembly.
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1911-03-07
Andrew Carnegie explains the complications of his donation to Morningside College in memory of Senator Dolliver.
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1911-02-01
George Bignell asks Allison Stocker of the Layman’s Missionary Movement to submit a proposal that the General Conference appoint a committee to request a donation from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
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1911-01-23
Andrew Watson has followed Theodore Roosevelt since meeting him at the Hamilton Club dinner in Chicago, Illinois, and urges him not to be discouraged by the recent political results. With $50,000 due at the end of May, Watson reminds Roosevelt of his promise to speak to his wealthy acquaintances about donating to the American Mission College for Girls in Cairo, Egypt. The “elevation of the Egyptians” depends on educating women.
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1910-12-06
Reverend Dr. Bowman thanks President Roosevelt for his contribution to the Theological Seminary Endowment Fund. It brings Bowman great pleasure to add Roosevelt’s name to the list of contributors.
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1909-01-28
Reverend John M. Schick acknowledges the twenty-five dollar contribution President Roosevelt has donated to the endowment fund of the Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Schick will send the contribution to Reverend Dr. John C. Bowman and believes there will be many more contributions sent in.
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1909-01-27
Andrew Carnegie has donated more than 50 million dollars to libraries and would like to donate to a new cause. He has asked President Roosevelt and several others, including Secretary of State Elihu Root, for ideas. He has been giving to Berea College for several years, and will give more provided its president, William G. Frost, gives funds to a newly-established African American school. To date Carnegie has given between 19 and 20 million dollars to small colleges.
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1908-01-28
The memorandum proposes the establishment of an Industrial Peace Fund to be allocated to the Industrial Peace Committee. The details regarding the committee and the fund are outlined in the memorandum.
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1906-12-08
Six of the ten pages of this edition of the “News and Notes” column are devoted to the visit of a delegation from the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) to the Netherlands in October 1989. The TRA, for the first time, held its annual meeting and dinner outside of the United States. The column notes the group’s visit to various sites across the Netherlands, describes the activities of the Roosevelt Study Center, and discusses fundraising efforts to support the Center. The column also discusses efforts to increase the endowment for the TRA and to establish an endowment for the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University.
The column is illustrated with fifteen photographs from the TRA’s visit to the Netherlands and two more from the fundraising dinner held to support the endowment of the Roosevelt collection at Harvard.
This edition of the “News and Notes” column reports on the success of the 1988 Teddy Bear Drive sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the National Park Service, and it notes that President George Bush has placed a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt in the White House’s Cabinet Room. The column also covers the Lawrence J. Saunders Awards for essays in American history conferred by the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands, and Dayton Ritt, commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, reports on the aircraft carrier’s deployments in 1988. “News and Notes” closes with the announcement of a campaign to increase the endowment of the TRA to fund its own activities and to be able to support the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard and the Roosevelt Study Center.
Two photographs from the Roosevelt Study Center, a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt at his desk in the library of Sagamore Hill, and an illustration of both sides of the TRA medallion appear in the column.
This newspaper article includes a section from a letter written by President Roosevelt to Thomas Nelson Page in which the president endorses a memorial endowment for Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia. Given Roosevelt’s previous negative remarks about Jefferson, the article states the president has broadened his mind since then. According to the article, “The letter can be viewed in no other light than as an endeavor to atone for the past and it should be accepted as such.”
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1904-11-21
President of the National Rifle Association of America James Andrew Drain explains the merits of his organization to President Roosevelt, and asks him to join the organization as a lifetime member. Roosevelt will need to pay a $25.00 fee, of course.
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1907-02-16
Andrew Carnegie is donating $10 million to a body of trustees for an unnamed purpose. He would be pleased if President Roosevelt would agree to serve.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27