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Theodore Roosevelt thinks Hamlin Garland, Jesse Lynch Williams, Irving Batcheler, and others can do good work. He shares with C. S. Thompson that he does not think the Chicago convention will nominate him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-04
President Roosevelt introduces Natalie Curtis Burlin who would like to investigate the artistic side of Native Americans in the southwestern United States. Roosevelt would like “every possible facility” given to Curtis and instructs Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock to consult with Hamlin Garland and George Bird Grinnell on Curtis’s ideas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-22
President Roosevelt thanks Charles Fletcher Lummis for the November “Lion’s Den” and has been discussing Native American affairs with George Bird Grinnell and Hamlin Garland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-06
President Roosevelt has been discussing potential land leases at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and is concerned that the leases will become “more than temporary expedients.” Roosevelt’s ultimate goal is to have Native Americans be “productive occupiers of their own lands.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-30
John Graham Brooks reports to Commissioner of Labor Wright about the labor dispute in Colorado. He discusses the history of conflict between labor unions and employers going back nearly ten years. Brooks describes the conflict from both the workers’ and employers’ perspectives. Brooks recommends that the government let it be known that he has investigated the dispute, but thinks there is little else that can be done to fix the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-04
Responding to an inquiry about President Roosevelt’s membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Brander Matthews writes that he does not have any information about the president’s membership, but he hopes that he continues it. The National Institute includes many of the leading artists, composers, and writers in the nation, according to Matthews. Included in the membership are William Dean Howells, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Washington Cable, Richard Watson Gilder, and Hamlin Garland. The group holds two or three meetings a year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-26