Germans

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-07-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Blome, Arnold

Language

English

President Roosevelt assures Marie Mensing that he is not anti-German and hopes the two nations will maintain close ties.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt approves of Walter W. Strong’s “mighty fine” letter. Roosevelt regrets having alienated many of his former German friends, but had to think of what is right not friendship. While being partly of German descent, Roosevelt is “American and nothing else.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-12-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt does not know why McCoy did not receive his letter and thinks they should also get in touch with Robert D. Carey. Roosevelt expresses his opinion to Mrs. Thorne Hitchcock that if President Wilson had “one ounce of the spirit” of Andrew Jackson or Zachary Taylor that they would already be at war. Roosevelt mentions that his three sons in the United States have been trained at Plattsburgh Camp.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-08-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt tells John St. Loe Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, that he is mistaken in believing that the American public will acknowledge Roosevelt as a leader again. Roosevelt does, however, believe that what he has said will influence public opinion and they will see that his position was right. Roosevelt sends two of his articles about the Lusitania disaster to Strachey, which were and are still not popular. Roosevelt sends his regards to Strachey’s daughter and wife and is glad their house has become an emergency hospital. Roosevelt will write James Bryce expressing his approval of Bryce’s report on German atrocities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-05-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt expresses his pleasure at having met with Dr. White at Oyster Bay, New York, and at White having encouraged Roosevelt to take a greater interest in the situation of German-Americans. Roosevelt looks forward to receiving a book White is sending.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-03-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt tells Ferdinand von Stumm that his point about Mexico is “perfectly fair.” If he had to, Roosevelt would choose blood-and-iron over milk-and-water, and he thinks it bad to arouse fear but worse to arouse contempt. Roosevelt thanks Stumm for his frank letter and hopes that he understands that what Roosevelt has said and written was with the intent toward justice, which is what he strove for as President. Roosevelt treated other countries with courtesy to increase friendship between them and the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. S. Richard Fuller for sharing with him a letter written by an individual named Pottier. Roosevelt also hopes that Germans will begin to protest what is occurring in Belgium.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

After inviting Finley Peter Dunne and Margaret Ives Dunne to the White House, President Roosevelt spends the rest of his letter discussing Finley Peter Dunne’s recent article entitled the “Anglo-Saxon Triumph.” Roosevelt takes umbrage with Dunne’s belief that individuals should look down on particular Americans due to their ancestry and specifically references those of Irish and German ancestry. In a postscript, Roosevelt states the current temptation is toward Anglophobia, not Anglomania, and the easiest thing for a politician to do is find fault with England. The president prides himself in getting a greater portion of Irish and Catholic Americans to vote for him than any previous Republican candidate without any significant attack on England.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Ralph Trautmann knows that the statement about Williams is false, Trautmann’s report dismissed every charge against Williams. Senator Lodge’s bill will restrict immigration from some undesirable people but not keep out any German immigrants. The newspapers will lie about the bill but President Roosevelt doubts that this will deceive many people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Stewart Edward White asks Theodore Roosevelt for help securing the licenses and permissions to hunt in Kenya and the German colony, Tanzania. Gaining such licenses for himself, R. J. Cuninghame, and his brother is difficult because of the requirements of the different countries. White hopes Roosevelt will be able to help or have a suggestion of who he might apply to.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-22

Creator(s)

White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946

Ambassador Meyer is reporting to President Roosevelt the state of affairs in Russia after having found St. Petersburg quiet. Meyer traveled throughout Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine. The letter examines the situations in many different cities and other topics including removing Jews from Russia, revolution and revolutionaries’ tactics, a pheasant shoot, military escorts, history, travel, and Russian construction quality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-28

Creator(s)

Meyer, George von Lengerke, 1858-1918

The writer describes a trip he took to Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, onboard a German ship. He had heard about the high quality of German passenger lines, and he reports his experience onboard very favorably. The writer also comments about the strained relations between the English and the Germans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-16

Creator(s)

Unknown

A newspaper clipping showing an image of the grave of Quentin Roosevelt found by an American aviator. The Germans had buried him and erected a cross bearing the words, “Roosevelt, American Aviator.” The grave was outlined with stones with the remnants of the wreckage piled at its head.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918

Creator(s)

Unknown

Secretary of State Hay does not believe that President Roosevelt is thin-skinned, so he encloses a document that gives the perspective of a “junker-doctor, thoroughly saturated with beer and German culture.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-27

Creator(s)

Hay, John, 1838-1905