Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943

“Papers returned to Mr. Forster as requested.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-26

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock writes President Roosevelt with his advice on the complicated matter of withdrawing coal lands. On Roosevelt’s direction, the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office began surveying and drafting a list of townships that contained rich coal lands with the intention of withdrawing them from homestead exemptions, and the Department is working quickly to wire all of Roosevelt’s orders to appropriate land offices around the country. However, it is apparent that oil industry men can use many loopholes to obtain the land.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Creator(s)

Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909

Noble E. Dawson notifies Theodore Roosevelt of his son’s death a few years ago in the event Rudolph Forster failed to do so. Dawson details his son’s merits and that he found dictations from Roosevelt amongst his belongings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-19

Lulie Roberts Swift sends her poem,”The New Dixie,” to Theodore Roosevelt for a third time. She hopes he responds but shares her conviction that all things are done according to God.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-27

Creator(s)

Swift, Lulie Roberts, -1924

Douglas Robinson, President Roosevelt’s brother-in-law, looks forward to his and Edith’s visit and deeply appreciates them coming. He lays out travel plans and the day’s itinerary leading to the program at the library. Robinson has said nothing about Roosevelt’s attendance at the event.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

Creator(s)

Robinson, Douglas, 1855-1918

Douglas Robinson discusses the details and scheduling of President Roosevelt’s trip to Herkimer County, New York, for the dedication of a library in the name of Robinson’s parents.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-11

Creator(s)

Robinson, Douglas, 1855-1918

Senator Bourne and other Oregon legislators recommend that George A. Westgate be named as the Surveyor General of Oregon. They are eager to name a replacement because the last Surveyor General was dismissed for poor conduct, and Westgate is known to be a man of integrity. Regarding the upcoming election, Bourne believes the public will resist any effort by Roosevelt to name his own successor, even though many would like him to run for office again. He believes New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes would be the people’s choice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-03

Creator(s)

Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940

Rudolph Forster sends William Loeb a telegram informing him of the armistice for the war in Central America. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president of Guatemala, wants an armistice, “but at feasible hour mutually agreed upon.” He includes a telegram from Estrada Cabrera to President Roosevelt explaining that President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico set the armistice at 5 a.m., but it was delivered five hours later while Salvadorian forces were attacking.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-16

Creator(s)

Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943

The Emperor of China, Guangxu, writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate him on the successful peace negotiations between Japan and Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-08

Creator(s)

Guangxu, Emperor of China, 1871-1908

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou encloses a letter for President Roosevelt and hopes that William Loeb is enjoying the trip. Cortelyou has been pleased with Assistant Secretary Rudolph Forster’s work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-23

Creator(s)

Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940