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Letter from G. C. Berkemeier to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from G. C. Berkemeier to Theodore Roosevelt

Following their meeting at the Outlook office, Reverend Berkemeier invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at the “Harvest Home” celebration held by the Wartburg Orphans’ Farm School in Mount Vernon, New York. Berkemeier informs Roosevelt the orphanage is a German Lutheran institution, “American in its spirit”, and the celebration, previously attended and enjoyed by Governor Charles Evans Hughes, will be attended by many German Lutherans

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-22

Creator(s)

Berkemeier, G. C. (Gottlieb Cleophas), 1855-1924

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge discussed the British arbitration treaty with President Taft who assured him that the phrase “all questions internationally justiciable” will provide an escape for issues that no nation could agree to arbitrate, including all domestic issues. Lodge feels that the phrase will make the treaty safe but also very limited in scope. The Democrats are troubled by the treaty and Lodge believes that they are being influenced by opposition from Irish and German Americans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-15

Creator(s)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Letter from the Roosevelt League

Letter from the Roosevelt League

The Roosevelt League invites the recipient to a gathering of Americans of German descent who are supporting Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy for president. Roosevelt understands the Germans and their cultural achievements better than any other candidate and has done the most to ensure a fair election. There will be a meeting, a banquet, and then a short visit to the White House. The recipient is asked to respond, by telegraph if possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt League

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Brucken

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Brucken

Theodore Roosevelt agrees that Americans should be “Americans and nothing else” but criticizes Ernest Brucken for betraying this principle by organizing and threatening to use the German American vote. German American organizations and pacifists have joined together and forced the government into a policy of “abject tameness.” American citizens should be working to create an American culture common to everyone. German American organizations are preventing the development of a distinct American culture.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Guy Thomas

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Guy Thomas

Theodore Roosevelt regrets possibly hurting Dr. Appleman’s feelings but Appleman should publicly repudiate the views of Professor Rohrbach. The published letter from Rohrbach called for German Americans to oppose military readiness in favor of the interests, and possible victory, of Germany and Japan. Appleman said nothing and needs to publicly announce that the interests of the United States come first.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick H. Bates

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick H. Bates

Theodore Roosevelt denies he advocated for war against Germany. He has stated that if he were president he would have gone to war, if necessary, to end the violence in Mexico and the murder of Americans at sea. Roosevelt only wants support from Americans, and if the German-American friends of Frederick H. Bates cannot support him because he is opposing Germany then they are not acting like Americans. Citizens should not vote based on their origin or the origin of their parents. Americans must vote and act only with regard to their duty towards the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-05-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

The president at the summer White House

The president at the summer White House

Woodrow Wilson, at his summer home Shadow Lawn, is shown being menaced by a number of a shadows, including ones labeled “German American Vote,” “T.R.,” “Wilson’s Mexican Policy,” “Democratic Extravagance,” “R.I.P. Principle of Arbitration,” “Military Impotence,” “Poor Appointments,” “Pork,” “Women’s Vote,” and “Daniels.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1916-09-08

Creator(s)

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Some timid fusion men

Some timid fusion men

Summary of the meeting of the first Fusion conference. The conference will meet again before June 1 and seek to form a permanent organization in September. The Republicans of the conference are concerned about a “trap” and the German-American organizations want an “honest Fusion movement.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-12

Creator(s)

Unknown

Summary of letter from Hugo Münsterberg

Summary of letter from Hugo Münsterberg

Ambassador von Holleben is leaving the United States with appreciation and gratitude for the kindness showed to him by President Roosevelt. He does not believe the rumors that Roosevelt requested his withdrawal in favor of Hermann Speck von Sternburg. Hugo Mu¨nsterberg has been working to convince German periodicals that they should support the Roosevelt administration. Director Heinrich Conried of the Irving Place Theatre would like Roosevelt to attend a performance of Alt Heidelberg.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-14

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff